The victim, employed by Sharma's husband, started working in the family's condominium apartment near River Valley Road on January 20, 2021.
Tailin Lyngdoh is a Governess to Health Advisor in Assam Government, Dr. Nivedita Barthakur who was also invited for lunch at the Delhi Golf Club by a member. 'I was wearing the traditional Khasi dress -- Jainsem, and they told me this dress was not allowed. They also told me that I look like a Nepali'
Bahujan Samaj Party MP Dhananjay Singh and his wife Jagriti, arrested in connection with the murder of their maid, were on Wednesday remanded in five days police custody by a Delhi court which observed the alleged offences were "very serious".
"Did you get any summons? Do you know what court summons are?" demanded the defence counsel at a Ghaziabad court at the start of the cross examination of Bharti Mandal, the part-time maid of Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, in the Aarushi Hemraj double murder case on Tuesday afternoon.
Prajwal Revanna, the suspended Janata Dal-Secular MP facing sexual abuse allegations, was arrested on Friday upon his return from Germany, a month after he left the country in the wake of explicit videos of his alleged actions doing the rounds in Karnataka's Haasan.
The woman had around 20 injury marks on her body when she was hospitalised. She was recently discharged, they added.
Konkona Sen Sharma's short Mirror in Lust Stories 2 is a rare thing: A feminist film that is also very, very funny, states Sreehari Nair.
Bahujan Samaj Party MP from Uttar Pradesh Dhananjay Singh and his wife Jagriti were on Tuesday arrested in connection with the murder of their 35-year-old maid and "mercilessly" torturing another minor domestic help with sticks and rods.
Prabhu Dayal, the Indian Consul General in New York, has been accused of treating a former domestic help as a slave and making sexual advances, a charge rejected by Dayal as "complete nonsense". Santosh Bhardwaj, Dayal's former maid, has filed a forced labour-suit against him for making her work for long hours everyday at $300 a month, confiscating her passport and making her sleep in a storage closet. She has also accused him of making sexual advances.
Three individuals, two former employees of Microsoft and a friend of theirs, have networked to help people find jobs as drivers, domestic helps, gardeners and watchmen. Out of these three, two are Americans.
Bahujan Samaj party Member of Parliament Dhananjay Singh, who was arrested along with his wife Jagriti Singh in connection with the murder of their maid, was today allowed by a Delhi court to sign documents related to disbursement of Member of Parliament Local Area Development funds.
CBI sources said the polygraph test was necessitated after she continuously changed her statements.
Sunil Grover and a perky Adah Sharma somehow salvage Sunflower 2, observes Deepa Gahlot.
The case of Devyani Khobragade, a top Indian diplomat accused of fraud by her domestic help, is the third instance where maids working for diplomats at the Indian consulate General in New York have complained against their employers.
A lady doctor, arrested along with her husband for allegedly leaving their 13-year-old maid locked-up and starving in their flat here while vacationing in Bangkok, was on Wednesday granted bail by a Delhi court.
Santos also had access to a highly secure room called an SCIF (sensitive compartmented information facility).
The Union government was on Tuesday asked by Delhi high court to furnish documents including a copy of the contract signed between it and the Indian maid who has pursued a case in the United States against her former employers, an Indian diplomat and her husband, for allegedly abusing her.
Though the lies hardly go beyond extramarital affairs and conception problems, they are laid out by arresting storytellers who raise the stakes while speaking in tongues not wiped clean to make progressive points (No Made in Heaven-type diddling, here), notes Sreehari Nair.
A doctor couple, arrested for allegedly leaving their 13-year-old maid locked-up and starving in their flat while vacationing in Bangkok, was on Monday remanded in judicial custody for 14 days by a Delhi court. Dr Sanjay Verma and his wife Sumita both were sent to judicial custody along with an alleged middleman, Mahadev, for his alleged role in bringing the girl to Delhi from her village in Jharkhand.
While the country is gripped by Ram Mandir frenzy, Danish Husain -- without shouting from the rooftops -- silently staged his opinion with this play on one of India's best-known poets, observes Neeta Kolhatkar.
"There's so many inconsistencies now it's incredible," one source, told The New York Post. "Its like multiple choice--pick a version."
A Delhi District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, headed by its president M P Mehndiratta, also ordered South Delhi-based Metro Job Consultants to refund to its customer Inderjeet Tanwar the entire Rs 8,500 commission charged for providing the requisite service.
A Saudi sponsor has chopped off an Indian maid's hand, evoking strong condemnation from India which demanded that a case of attempted murder be lodged against the culprit.
North India is convulsed with spiritual excitement over the pran pratishta at the Ram temple. But what do folks in Tamil Nadu think about the events in Ayodhya?
The former IMF chief, who was indicted on seven counts on Thursday, allegedly forced the maid at the Sofitel hotel in Manhattan to perform oral sex.
Bharti Mandal, who was employed just six days before the shocking murder, in her deposition said that she reached the Talwars' house on May 16, 2008 at 6 o' clock in the morning
An Indian maid -- who had accused her former employer, an IFS officer, and her husband of harassment and "slavery" -- has received a favourable ruling from a United States court, which approved her petition that she be awarded USD 1.5 million (Rs 78 cr) as compensation by the couple.
Devyani Khobragade's maid Sangeeta Richard, in her first public statement, has thanked those who supported her in fight for justice.
It's family time for Priyanka Chopra in Liverpool, England, and the actor shows us what it's like.
Strauss-Kahn allegedly sexually assaulted the 32-year-old maid, who happened to be in his $3,000 a night suite at the Hotel Sofitel in Times Square on Saturday afternoon, thinking it was empty.
'Hope is about being more accepting of each other, the kind of solidarity and friendship that even our families may not be able to give.'
From a conqueror's epic journey to a school kid's nocturnal adventures, fasten your seatbelts as OTT takes you to multiple destinations this week.
February is a slow month when it comes to original Hindi content on OTT.
The Delhi Police on Monday opposed in a court in New Delhi the bail plea of Bahujan Samaj Party MP Dhananjay Singh, arrested along with his wife Jagriti Singh in connection with murder of their maid, claiming he was aware of the cruelty being meted out to the servants and had also beaten one of them.
The Indian Embassy in Washington, DC, went into damage-control mode on Thursday following the arrest of Devyani Khobragade, India's deputy consul general in New York, in connection with an alleged fraudulent visa application for a domestic worker.
I P Lakra, second secretary at the Indian Embassy, said the housemaid was suffering from Amnesia
A multi-millionaire Indian-American couple, found guilty of virtually enslaving two Indonesian maids, has been ordered to pay nearly $1 million in back wages to their former housekeepers by a US court. The court declared on Friday that the workers are entitled to double the amount of unpaid wages they were owed by their employees, Mahender and Varsha Sabhnani.
Bahujan Samaj Party MP Dhananjay Singh and his wife Jagriti, arrested in connection with the murder of their maid, were on Monday remanded to four-day judicial custody by a court after the Delhi Police said they are waiting for some reports and will confront the accused with them later.
The girl, who is now hospitalised, had bruises below her waist and was also bleeding from a knife cut on her back. Her eyes were also swollen due to her having been beaten.
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