A Canadian journalist reports being attacked during a pro-Khalistan rally in Vancouver. He claims multiple Khalistani supporters harassed him, grabbed his phone, and threatened violence. The journalist states he has been covering Khalistan protests across several countries since last year, aiming to provide independent reporting. He alleges that an individual who has been harassing him…
The organization that influences how much houses and commercial buildings are worth in the United States privately paid one woman $412,000 to settle a sexual harassment claim and fielded similar complaints from at least seven other women that have swirled within the group over the last decade, The New York Times has found. All the…
When Nigeria’s third most powerful politician was accused of sexual harassment on national television this year, a fierce backlash ensued — against his accuser. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, one of four women in Nigeria’s 109-seat Senate, was suspended for six months without pay in February. She said the suspension was punishment for speaking out against Godswill Akpabio,…
The chair of a charity Prince Harry set up to help young people with HIV and AIDS in Lesotho and Botswana has accused him of “harassment and bullying at scale” after he quit this week over a dispute he described as “devastating”. Harry, the younger son of King Charles, co-founded Sentebale in 2006 in honour…
KOLHAPUR: A Satara-based woman who had accused Maharashtra minister Jaykumar Gore of harassment was arrested while accepting Rs 1 crore as the first tranche of the Rs 3 crore she had allegedly demanded to settle the matter, police said on Friday.Gore, who is state rural development and panchayati raj minister, had claimed that the woman…
Protesters march on campus against the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil at UC Berkeley on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, in Berkeley, Calif. (AP Photo) The Trump administration has taken a significant step by pulling $400 million in federal funding from Columbia University over its handling of alleged antisemitic harassment. At the same time, the Department of…
NEW DELHI: Indian community leader Balesh Dhankhar was sentenced to 40 years of jail with a non-parole period of 30 years, after being convicted of drugging and sexually assaulting five women in Sydney, the Australia Today News reported on Friday.While sentencing Dhankhar, district court judge Michael King condemned his actions saying that his conduct was…
CHENNAI: Giving more teeth to the definition of sexual harassment at the work place, Madras high court has held that the “act” is more important than the “intention” behind the act.“Unwelcome behaviour at the workplace is sexual harassment irrespective of the harasser’s intent,” JusticeR N Manjula said. “If something is not received well, and it…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee will visit Sandeshkhali on December 30, her first since massive and violent protests in the region amid sexual harassment allegations against TMC leaders.Mamata will attend a public distribution program on the island, which is located in the North 24 Parganas district, which borders the Sundarbans.Banerjee confirmed the…
Blake Lively has accused her “It Ends With Us” director and co-star Justin Baldoni of sexual harassment on the set of the movie and a subsequent effort to “destroy” her reputation in a legal complaint. The complaint obtained by The Associated Press, which The New York Times reported was filed Friday with the California Civil…