The MP claimed she threatened to file a rape case against him if he did not pay her Rs 5 crore.
The Shiv Sena on Saturday came out in support of senior Indian Police Service officer Sunil Paraskar, accused of raping a Mumbai-based model, and made light of the allegations against him saying it has become a "fashion" to charge men with rape.
Bharti was booked for obstructing public servants from discharging their duty during his purported midnight-raid when some African women were allegedly molested in 2014.
R K Pachauri, who is facing sexual harassment allegations, moved a city court seeking permission to travel abroad to attend a global water summit in Greece from April 26 to 29.
The MoS was accused of sexual harassment from his former colleagues during his stint as an editor; allegations which he has termed as "baseless" and "fabricated".
'What we see today is bargaining.' 'The man's family sets a price for him and then they start bargaining.' 'He is sold to the family that offers the highest price.' 'In this market, a woman is just a commodity to be sold because if she remained at home, it is a humiliation for the family.'
Ujala Thakur, the main accused in connection with the assault of national level Kabaddi player Sneha 'Dolly' Singh was arrested on Wednesday.
The court allowed Pachauri's application seeking its permission to travel to Kazakhstan, Guyana and Mexico till October 5 to attend various meetings, conferences and a film festival.
Malayalam cine actor Shweta Menon, who chose not to proceed further after accusing a Congress MP of molesting her, had claimed in her statement to the police that she was repeatedly touched by him.
An American national was attacked and robbed of her mobile phone in the ladies' compartment of a local train in Mumbai on Sunday.
The accused Sunil Rastogi would come from UP to Delhi and look for lone minor girls, kidnap and take them to under-construction buildings or isolated locations, rape them and then flee the city.
The suspension of Bijaswan MLA came after Kejriwal returned to Delhi wrapping up his four-day visit to poll-bound Punjab.
A shocking case of rape of 14 minor girls allegedly by the hostel warden of a private school in Likabai in West Siang district has come to light after a few students reported the matter to police.
Pachauri has been allowed to go abroad from June 29 to July 9.
The use of words like 'if' and 'then' in the affidavit, which was to be an unconditional apology, has defeated the purpose, Rohatgi said.
Even as police remains clueless about Aruna Shanbaug's assailant, a local newspaper on Friday claimed to have traced him to a village in Uttar Pradesh.
A private bus that mowed down a teenager in Mukstar and another that crushed a 10-year-old girl belong to a transport company owned by SAD leader Hardeep Singh Dhillon.
The National Integration Council, which discussed ways to check communal violence, on Monday condemned all forms of violence intended to disturb communal harmony and resolved to take immediate action against those involved in it.
Pachauri was also allowed to travel to Mexico for conferences spanning a month.
At least 660 rape crisis centres will be established across the country and named as Nirbhaya centres, as a tribute to the victim of December 16, 2012, Delhi gang rape case.
'Mr Akbar has underestimated the level of pent-up anger and commitment among these women,' a young lawyer tells Sunil Sethi.
Bollywood actress Preity Zinta has submitted four photographs to Mumbai police showing bruises on her hand to back her claim of criminal assault against her ex-boyfriend Ness Wadia even as the industrialist shared with investigators the contact details of witnesses he wants examined, police said on Wednesday.
Justice S P Garg posted the matter for July 16.
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The incident occurred in Prasad Nagar area more than two months ago, when the German girl, who works for an NGO in Maharashtra, had come to Delhi.
Disgraced long-time USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar was sentenced on Wednesday to 40 to 175 years in prison for molesting young female gymnasts, following days of wrenching testimony from about 160 of his victims, including Olympic medallists.
Five Chandigarh police constables were arrested on Friday and dismissed from service on the charge of raping a minor girl.
The passport of rape accused Uttar Pradesh minister Gayatri Prajapati was impounded on Saturday and a look-out notice was issued against him, hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the Samajwadi Party and the Congress of chanting "Gayatri Prajapati Mantra".
In yet another case of violence against people from the Northeast, a 29-year-old Manipuri youth was allegedly beaten to death by a group of five to six men in South Delhi's Kotla Mubarakpur area in the wee hours of the day.
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The court is expected to consider the police application on Saturday.
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Pachauri is scheduled to speak in China from August 22-28.Thereafter, he is scheduled to attend a meeting in Tokyo.
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A public blacklist that bars you from flying for a certain period -- based on the severity of your offence -- could in fact deter others from behaving badly, says Anjuli Bhargava.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will not leave the Ecuador embassy in London, where the whistleblower was holed up for over two years, without getting a guarantee that he will not be extradited to the US, his lawyer said on Tuesday.
Jadavpur University students, who were beaten up and arrested for protesting against the university's apathy over a sexual assault on campus, talk to Sumit Bhattacharya about a night of horrors.
The two were being taken to Gaya central jail for interrogation, Magadh Zone Deputy Inspector General Saurabh Kumar said.
Senior Nationalist Congress Party leader and former Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil has stoked a controversy by trivialising rape when he said an MNS candidate for the Assembly poll jailed for the offence could have waited for elections to get over before committing the crime.
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