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IIM Indore student accuses placement panel member of sexual harassment

The Indian Institute of Management Indore has initiated a formal investigation into a sexual harassment complaint filed by a female student against a male student-member of the business school's......

Saluting the Vishaka judgment, 20 years on

This historic judgement brought the issue of sexual harassment in the workplace into the mainstream discourse. Given the achingly slow pace of social progress in India, this is no small cause.......

HC raps Centre, Delhi govt over failure to implement Vishaka guidelines

The Delhi high court on Wednesday pulled up the Centre and the city government over their failure to implement Vishaka guidelines on dealing with cases of sexual harassment against women in the......

'Against ethos of Constitution': SC halts 'bulldozer justice'

There will be no demolition of properties, including of those accused of crime, till October 1 without its permission, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday while observing that even one instance of......

TM Krishna row: Madras Academy 'not to change decision'

A storm is brewing in the Carnatic music circle over the Music Academy Madras's decision to give its prestigious Sangita Kalanidhi Award to Carnatic vocalist T M Krishna this year, which was......

ICICI Holdings to offload 5% stake

ICICI Holdings, which will control the insurance and mutual fund business of ICICI Bank, will go in for private placement of a 5 per cent stake to raise around $500 million. It has appointed JP......

'Firms must have more autonomy'

A day after releasing a concept paper on the Companies Act, Company Affairs Minister Premchand Gupta, discussed how the new proposals would make compliance easier for India Inc in an interview with......

Where have all the women bankers gone?

Women dominate Indian banks's clerical and officer rolls, but few make it to the executive office these days, notes Tamal Bandyopadhyay. In the run-up to Business Standard's annual banking......

Women on night shift: A lesson from Tamil Nadu

The move to allow women to work the night shift, by amending the Factories Act, has been opposed in Delhi by the Mahila Congress, the Indian National Congress's women's wing, and the All India......

NSEL case: CBI files criminal case against Jignesh Shah, Sebi officials

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday registered a criminal case against MCX (Multi Commodity Exchange) Stock Exchange; its promoter Jignesh Shah; senior Securities and Exchange Board of......

Chhaava: Mazza Nahin Aaya

Sambhaji is a lion but the movie was a damp squib, sighs Vishaka Rautela. When Aurangzeb said, 'Mazza nahi aya,' I agreed with him. I was looking forward to watching Chaava, as there has been no......

Can you recognise this actor?

Here's a hint: He made Judi Dench go weak in the knees. Richa Chadha is directing a short film, starring her beau Ali Fazal, comedian Aadar Malik and Satyajeet Dubey. The short film -- produced by......

'Anurag Kashyap should be ashamed of himself'

'Anurag Kashyap kept quiet for more than three years and now, he wants to become Devdas by making her tragedy his.' IMAGE: Kangana Ranaut and Anurag Kashyap at a screening of Raman Raghav 2.0,......

Ajay Devgn's All The Best in rough waters?

Ajay Devgn and All The Best director Rohit Shetty may have a winner on their hands but the film has Kannada director Hemanth Hegde fuming. Hegde claims that All The Best is a plagiarised version of......

Kalki: I will always have a connect with Anurag Kashyap

'I can’t talk to the media about why Anurag and I split because it would be like writing an entire book to understand and do justice to it,' Kalki Koechlin tells Sonil Dedhia. Kalki Koechlin......

Sandeep, Vishaka claim AITA junior titles

Sandeep Kumar and Vishaka Sheoran claimed the boys and girls' under-18 titles respectively in the AITA Talent Series junior tennis championship in Delhi on Saturday.Sandeep defeated Nitish Raj 6-3,......

'What we are seeing today is 'who the accused is' matters'

'The law is neither able nor willing to function the way the legal machinery is envisaged.' IMAGE: The Image That SHOCKED India: Wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and her cousin Sangeeta Phogat being......

'Hockey sex scandal panel has no legal sanctity'

Legal experts feel that the five-member committee constituted to probe charges of sexual harassment against M K Kaushik, former chief coach of the Indian women's hockey team, has no legal......