The actor and four others--his brother, brother-in-law, driver and a friend, appeared before the crime branch officials at 9 am for interrogation as directed by the Kerala high court.
Actor Dileep and others, who appeared before the Crime Branch office here on Sunday in a case registered against them for allegedly threatening officials probing the sexual assault of an actress in 2017, were interrogated for 11 hours.
Kashyap has denied actor Payal Ghosh's all allegations.
'I am glad Ekta Kapoor spoke up for Pearl.' 'More people need to come forward in his support because I truly believe he is innocent.'
The senior TMC member recalled that he did not speak about the incident for several years, and brought it up with his parents much later in the life.
As we celebrate Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar's birthday on April 14, Subhash K Jha picks 5 fine films based on inequality and the caste system.
Shaili Devi was being treated in Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences in Patna.
The Delhi police on Thursday informed a court Delhi that a first information report has been lodged on a complaint against Aam Aadami Party leader Kumar Vishwas by a party volunteer alleging sexual harassment and insulting her modesty.
Operation Romeo is disappointing not because it is a bad or boring film, but because it did have something significant to say and chickened out, observes Deepa Gahlot.
Paris St Germain forward Neymar has been charged for "insulting and/or molesting" the referee following his post-game rant after the French side were knocked out of the Champions League last 16 by Manchester United.
TVF CEO Arunabh Kumar was booked for molestation after a complaint was registered against him at Versova police station. On Wednesday, a victim had filed a complaint against Arunabh at Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation police station.
A trial court on Monday framed charges against Malayalam film actor Dileep and other accused in the case of alleged abduction and molestation of a south Indian actress in 2017. The actor and nine other accused were present in the additional special sessions court in Ernakulam when the charges were framed against them.
The Kerala high court on Tuesday dismissed actor Dileep's plea opposing further probe in the 2017 actress assault case and permitted the Crime Branch to go ahead with its investigation.
'Jayaji, would you say the same thing if in my place it was your daughter Shweta beaten, drugged and molested as a teenager, would you say the same thing if Abhishek complained about bullying and harassment constantly and found hanging one day?'
Three persons were on Saturday arrested in connection with the alleged assault and stripping of a young woman by a group of people on the busy Exhibition Road in Patna on Thursday that sparked nation-wide outrage. Police said the arrested persons were Ashok Kumar, owner of the hotel where the woman allegedly engaged in flesh trade stayed, and the hotel manager besides an alleged pimp.
We celebrate January 26 as Republic Day because that's the day on which we adopted the Constitution in 1950. Yet, in the days preceding and following Republic Day 2021, three different courts violated the Constitutional rights of citizens, observes Jyoti Punwani.
The incident happened two days after Telangana Labour Minister Ch Malla Reddy had said that the accused in the case would be caught and that there should be an 'encounter' against him.
Thalaivii proves Kangana is the Queen of Bollywood, asserts Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
Prakashanand Saraswati, 79, founder of the Barsana Dham centre in north Hays County in Texas -- one of the biggest Hindu temples in the US -- was arrested at an airport in Washington, DC last week. Known to his followers as Shiree Swamiji, the priest is accused of groping two underage girls on several occasions in the 1990s.
Sharma said she would be going back to the area again on Saturday as she could not meet enough women as the police were busy in giving security for Friday prayers.
Hasin Jahan said she was abused on social media for congratulatory post on Ram Mandir bhumi poojan.
'I had digested all the humiliation that Fadnavisji had heaped on me, but I had never seen somebody stooping so low to prove one's dominance in any political party.'
The Supreme Court Thursday termed as 'wholly unacceptable' the Madhya Pradesh high court order setting 'rakhi' tying as a condition of bail to an accused in a sexual offence case, saying it 'transforms a molester into a brother, by a judicial mandate'.
The draft bill seeks to amend relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for the proposed law's application in the state.
The national capital has topped in the registration of rape cases among six metros in the country with over 450 such incidents reported last year alone. A total of 453 rape cases were registered in Delhi followed by 221 in Mumbai, 97 in Bengaluru, 76 in Chennai, 59 in Hyderabad and 46 in Kolkata in 2011, according to the home ministry.
A Catholic priest from India-- who previously worked with the Archdiocese of Winona, Minnesota -- was deported on Wednesday following his conviction for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old.
A woman self-styled Maoist commander on Friday surrendered before the police in West Midnapore district alleging sexual exploitation by ultra leaders.
Gaurav Jyoti Neog, the journalist of a Guwahati-based TV channel, who was on the spot covering the barbaric assault of a girl by a group of persons at G S Road in Guwahati city on July 9, has quit his job to 'facilitate fair investigation into the case'.
She would have committed suicide after the barbaric assault on her on the streets of Guwahati on Monday night but for the moral support pouring in for her from all over Assam.
The man then allegedly tried to molest her and escaped from the scene when street dogs started barking
According to Delhi Police data, 2,043 cases of rapes were registered last year as compared to 2,059 cases the year before that and 2,065 cases in 2016.
The Bihar assembly on Friday witnessed uproarious scenes over the alleged stripping of a 22-year-old girl in public, with Opposition members storming into the well of the House and forcing Speaker U N Choudhary to adjourn the proceedings at least four times. The issue was raised by Members of the Legislative Assembly belonging to the Rashtriya Janata Dal, Lok Janshakti Party, Congress and Left parties as soon as the House assembled.
The girl, who is at the centre of the Handwara molestation storm, has recorded her statement before the Chief Judicial Magistrate in which she stood by her earlier statement that she was not molested by any army soldier on Tuesday.
A group of nuns of Kuravilangad convent in Kottayam district of Kerala, who have been standing with the survivor in her fight, were on the verge of tears when they said they were yet to believe such a verdict came out from the court and they did not know what has happened.
The students of Jadavpur University said they don't expect anything better from a party like the BJP.
"My girl is just 16 years old and was alone in the police station when her statement was recorded. She was pressurised by police to give that statement," her mother claimed.
Vakeel Saab is an out-and-out Pawan Kalyan show, where he makes his point sometimes with a pen and at times with a punch, observes Joginder Tuteja.
Hindu priest Prakashanand Saraswati, 79, has been charged with 20 counts of indecency with a child and released on a whopping $1 million bail bond by a United States court. Known to his followers as Shree Swamiji, the priest is accused of groping two underage girls on several occasions in the 1990s. The case stems from an investigation that started in May 2007, sealed indictments were issued in April after which an arrest warrant was issued against Saraswati.
Supreme Court Judge Justice Indira Banerjee on Friday recused from hearing a plea field by kin of two Bharatiya Janata Party workers, who were killed in poll related violence on May 2 in West Bengal, seeking court monitored probe and transfer of cases to the Central Bureau of Investigation or Special Investigation Team (SIT).
An inquiry was on Saturday ordered by the Border Security Force after its personnel were caught in a row with locals in Tripura over killing of three civilians who had protested alleged molestation bid by some paramilitary personnel.
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