Sexual Harassment Allegations

Microsoft said it is opening an inquiry into how it responds to workplace sexual harassment and gender discrimination, including its handling of allegations about co-founder Bill Gates.

US prosecutors said Tuesday they were dropping a sexual harassment case against former New York governor Andrew Cuomo who was forced to quit over the allegations last year.

Tencent's Riot Games said it has agreed to pay $100 million (roughly Rs. 750 crore) to settle a 2018 gender-based discrimination class-action lawsuit with California state agencies and current and former women employees.

Three days after a schoolgirl died allegedly by suicide in Chennai, leaving a note that said "a girl is safe only in the mother's womb or the grave", a 21-year-old college student has been arrested for sexual assault.

Six women sued Tesla, alleging a culture of sexual harassment at the electric carmaker's California plant and other facilities that included unwanted touching, catcalls, and retaliation for those who complained.

Six women on Tuesday sued Tesla, alleging a culture of sexual harassment at the electric carmaker's California plant and other facilities that included unwanted touching, catcalls and retaliation for those who complained.

Kevin Spacey will have to pay almost $31 million (roughly Rs. 230 crore) to the production company that made the series House of Cards in which he starred until he was fired over allegations of sexual harassment, according to legal documents made public.

The production company sought damages for lost revenue attributed to Kevin Spacey's abrupt exit after allegations of harassment and sexual abuse emerged

Xbox CEO Phil Spencer on Thursday said that the Microsoft-owned game console maker is evaluating its relationship with Activision Blizzard amid allegations of sexual misconduct and equal pay violations against the video-game publisher.

An activist and two policemen in Karnataka's Mangaluru have come under the scanner for allegedly helping the Lokayukta's Special Public Prosecutor in a sexual harassment case against him.

A 34-year-old woman techie working for IT major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has been fighting a legal case for the last three years against her former supervisor for allegedly sexually assaulting her during an assignment in the United Kingdom.

An actress has sued Bill Cosby alleging that the disgraced comedian drugged and raped her in New Jersey 31 years ago, US court documents show.

A class 10 student died by suicide in Bulandshahr after she was allegedly sexually harassed by a classmate and being threatened by his relatives, the police said on Sunday.

Alleging harassment, a female Air Force officer has said she had to "relive the trauma" of sexual assault after she complained against a 29-year-old colleague, a Flight Lieutenant who was arrested in the rape case on Sunday in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore

A police sub-inspector has been arrested from Gorakhpur district for allegedly forcing his wife to have unnatural sex and assaulting her several times, a police officer said on Friday.

Microsoft said it is opening an inquiry into how it responds to workplace sexual harassment and gender discrimination, including its handling of allegations about co-founder Bill Gates.

US prosecutors said Tuesday they were dropping a sexual harassment case against former New York governor Andrew Cuomo who was forced to quit over the allegations last year.

Tencent's Riot Games said it has agreed to pay $100 million (roughly Rs. 750 crore) to settle a 2018 gender-based discrimination class-action lawsuit with California state agencies and current and former women employees.

Three days after a schoolgirl died allegedly by suicide in Chennai, leaving a note that said "a girl is safe only in the mother's womb or the grave", a 21-year-old college student has been arrested for sexual assault.

Six women sued Tesla, alleging a culture of sexual harassment at the electric carmaker's California plant and other facilities that included unwanted touching, catcalls, and retaliation for those who complained.

Six women on Tuesday sued Tesla, alleging a culture of sexual harassment at the electric carmaker's California plant and other facilities that included unwanted touching, catcalls and retaliation for those who complained.

Kevin Spacey will have to pay almost $31 million (roughly Rs. 230 crore) to the production company that made the series House of Cards in which he starred until he was fired over allegations of sexual harassment, according to legal documents made public.

The production company sought damages for lost revenue attributed to Kevin Spacey's abrupt exit after allegations of harassment and sexual abuse emerged

Xbox CEO Phil Spencer on Thursday said that the Microsoft-owned game console maker is evaluating its relationship with Activision Blizzard amid allegations of sexual misconduct and equal pay violations against the video-game publisher.

An activist and two policemen in Karnataka's Mangaluru have come under the scanner for allegedly helping the Lokayukta's Special Public Prosecutor in a sexual harassment case against him.

A 34-year-old woman techie working for IT major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has been fighting a legal case for the last three years against her former supervisor for allegedly sexually assaulting her during an assignment in the United Kingdom.

An actress has sued Bill Cosby alleging that the disgraced comedian drugged and raped her in New Jersey 31 years ago, US court documents show.

A class 10 student died by suicide in Bulandshahr after she was allegedly sexually harassed by a classmate and being threatened by his relatives, the police said on Sunday.

Alleging harassment, a female Air Force officer has said she had to "relive the trauma" of sexual assault after she complained against a 29-year-old colleague, a Flight Lieutenant who was arrested in the rape case on Sunday in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore

A police sub-inspector has been arrested from Gorakhpur district for allegedly forcing his wife to have unnatural sex and assaulting her several times, a police officer said on Friday.