Harassment

Harassment Over Covid Help To Result In Coercive Action: Supreme Court to Centre

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday May 3, 2021

Supreme Court directed Centre and states to inform their chief secretaries and police chiefs that any clampdown on information on social media or harassment to individuals seeking help on any platform related to Covid would result in coercive action.

No Clampdown On Info, Supreme Court Warns In Big Covid Hearing: 10 Points

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Swati Bhasin | Friday April 30, 2021

No state should clamp down on information if citizens communicate their grievances on social media, the Supreme Court said today amid alarming Covid surge in India, stressing the court will "treat this as contempt if any citizen is harassed".

WhatsApp Group Admin Not Liable for Objectionable Post by Other Member: Bombay High Court

Press Trust of India | Tuesday April 27, 2021

An administrator of a WhatsApp group cannot be held criminally liable for an objectionable post by another member of the group, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has held and quashed a case of sexual harassment lodged against a 33-year-old man.

Remdesivir Supplier "Being Harassed" In Maharashtra: Devendra Fadnavis

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday April 18, 2021

Devendra Fadnavis has alleged the state government was harassing a supplier of Remdesivir from neighbouring union territory Daman because BJP leaders had approached him for the supply of the antiviral medication to the state.

"Waiting For Centre Permission To Set Up Oxygen Plants": Amarinder Singh

India News | Edited by Swati Bhasin | Sunday April 18, 2021

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh Saturday urged people to follow Covid protocols as he insisted that "our objective is not harass people with restrictions but to protect them".

When Bhagyashree Recreated Her "Favourite" Chandni Song With Husband Himalaya Dassani

Entertainment | Written by Pranita Chaubey | Thursday April 15, 2021

"Since it was so beautiful, we had to recreate one of my favourite songs," wrote Bhagyashree

"Victim Of Media Harassment": Kerala Leader After Quitting As Minister

Kerala News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 14, 2021

Kerala leader KT Jaleel, who resigned on Tuesday as a minister over adverse remarks against him by the state Lokayukta for abusing his position as a public servant, said he has been a victim of "unjustified media harassment" for the last two years.

Delhi Student Stalks Air Hostess Trainee On Instagram, Hides Identity Using VPN, Caught

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Thursday April 8, 2021

A Class 12 student was apprehended for allegedly stalking, threatening and harassing a 20-year-old woman on social media to have a sexual relationship with her, police said today.

Central Forces Harass Bengal Voters On Amit Shah's Order: Mamata Banerjee

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 7, 2021

West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today alleged that the security personnel of the paramilitary force CRPF are "harassing voters" in the state at the behest of Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

IIT Guwahati Suspends Student Arrested In Sexual Harassment Case

Guwahati News | Press Trust of India | Monday April 5, 2021

The Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (IIT-G) has suspended the student arrested on the charge of molesting a fellow woman student.

ByteDance Says India's Freeze on Bank Accounts Is Harassment and Illegal, Court Filing Shows

Reuters | Monday April 5, 2021

China's ByteDance has told an Indian court that a government freeze on its bank accounts in a probe of possible tax evasion amounts to harassment and was done illegally, according to a filing.

IIT-Guwahati Student Arrested In Sex Harassment Case: Police

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday April 4, 2021

A student of Indian Institute of Technology in Guwahati (IIT-G) has been arrested on the charge of molesting his college mate and produced before a court in Kamrup district, which remanded him in judicial custody.

Panel Submits Report To Top Court In ISRO Scientist's Illegal Arrest Case

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday April 3, 2021

A high-level probe panel appointed by the Supreme Court to take erring cops to task for causing "tremendous harassment" and "immeasurable anguish" to ISRO scientist Dr Nambi Narayanan in the 1994 espionage case has submitted its report to the top cou

Delhi "Cyber Stalker" Who Harassed Girls, Uploaded Pics Online, Arrested

Delhi News | Reported by Mukesh Singh Sengar, Edited by Arun Nair | Saturday April 3, 2021

A 25-year-old man was arrested on Friday for allegedly stalking a minor girl in Delhi-NCR and later uploading her morphed pictures on social media, the police said.

Citing Health Reasons, Ramesh Jarkiholi Does Not Appear Before Special Investigation Team

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday April 3, 2021

Citing health reasons, former minister Ramesh Jarkiholi, who stepped down from his post on March 3 following allegations of sexual harassment against him, did not appear on Friday before the Special Investigation team probing the case.