The Mauritian sports ministry confirmed on Wednesday that chef de mission Kaysee Teeroovengadum had stepped down from his role at the April 4-15 Games after it was alleged he had sexually assaulted women's javelin thrower Jessika Selma Rosun.
"Initial reading of the post-mortem report does not suggest any sexual assault. The death was due to drowning," says Bassi.
Prabhu Ramamoorthy, 35, who came to the United States on a H-1B visa in 2015, engaged in a sexual act with a female, while she was sleeping on a flight from Las Vegas to Detroit. Ramamoorthy was seated along with his wife, when he sexually assaulted his co-passenger.
Tehelka founder editor Tarun Tejpal, who has been accused by his junior colleague of sexual assault, on Tuesday alleged he has been framed because of "political vendetta".
According to the police details, the woman went to her friend's house in Sector 23, Faridabad, on Monday evening. While returning home, she took an auto-rickshaw to the NIT 2 Chowk and then walked to the Metro Chowk.
57,766 cases of atrocities against the SCs were reported in 2023, the highest in the last three decades.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed trial proceedings against former Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa in a sexual harassment case filed under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.
The Supreme Court has overturned an Allahabad High Court order, ruling that grabbing of breasts and pulling the pyjama string amount to "attempt to rape".
Two days after the sexual assault on a 3-and-half-year-old girl student at a school in Bangalore, police are yet to arrest the culprit, as the state government on Thursday decided to file a criminal case against the institution for violating several rules.
Murray Denis Ward, 54, allegedly inappropriately touched the three NAB inmates on September 2, the police said.
''Women are coming into public spaces in larger numbers than ever before. They are educated, capable, opinionated, and determined.' 'But the more women push for access to public space, the harder they are pushed back -- through attacks like this, through discrimination, through the glass ceiling, through the deliberate denial of recognition.'
Trump denied the allegations and said he would sue the NYT if it reported them.
The woman is identified as Deborah Ramirez, 53. She attended Yale with Justice Kavanaugh, where she studied sociology and psychology, the magazine said. Later, she spent years working for an organisation that supports the victims of domestic violence.
He claimed that those named in the complaint could harm him and his wife due to his retracted statements in connection with allegations of multiple cases of rape, murder and burials in Dharmasthala, police said.
The Karnataka high court on Wednesday said that a brutal act of sexual assault on wife, against her consent, albeit by the husband, cannot but be termed to be rape.
The self-styled godman on the run after allegedly sexually assaulting several female students of a management institute in New Delhi, allegedly pressured them with threats of lower grades and lured them with promises of foreign trips, an officer said on Wednesday.
He is accused of assaulting several of his young female acolytes
Malayalam actor Dileep accuses police and media of conspiring against him in the 2017 actress assault case after being acquitted. He alleges a plot to destroy his career and criticizes his ex-wife's statement.
A teacher was on Friday arrested for the alleged sexual assault of a six-year-old girl at a school in Bangalore, as protests erupted with parents demanding answers from the institution which was found to have flouted safety norms.
Shabir Ahmad Khan, the former minister in Jammu and Kashmir cabinet who was accused of sexual assaulting a doctor, reached Srinagar on Thursday afternoon to present himself before police, a day after the state high court granted him interim bail.
The woman was found unconscious in a service apartment on Monday and was taken to a hospital by one of the six men who are being questioned.
A nine-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted while returning home from school near Begur in Electronics City police station limits in Bangalore, the police said.
The father of a rape survivor has appealed to the Supreme Court to cancel the bail granted to Asaram, citing threats and concerns for his family's safety.
Two men have been arrested here for allegedly abducting a Dalit minor girl, unlawfully converting her religion, and solemnising marriage with her, officials said on Wednesday.
The child, whose parents work as labourers in a factory, was beaten and brutalised with a sharp object. She is critical and on oxygen support, said a senior doctor at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences where she is admitted.
The court took into account that the accused had previously been involved in another case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, advocate Jose said.
Weinstein, aged 67, who was once one of Hollywood's most powerful figures, was convicted of first-degree criminal sexual act last month, based on the testimony of Miriam Haley, and rape in the third degree, based on the testimony of one-time aspiring actress Jessica Mann.
The victim alleged that the principal tried to protect him when the matter was reported to the college authorities.
A 61-year-old Indian national has been arrested in the United States on charges of sexually assaulting a fellow woman passenger aboard a domestic flight.
Ernakulam Principal Sessions Judge Honey M Varghese acquitted Dileep of the offences charged against him in the case after the trial that lasted around eight years.
A retired professor from Bengaluru University has been arrested following accusations of sexual harassment, intimidation, and extortion by a 37-year-old woman. The professor, B C Mylarappa, is accused of harassing the woman for months and demanding Rs 1.5 crore.
Kavanaugh's nomination plunged into chaos after Christine Blasey Ford on Sunday told 'The Washington Post' that she was subjected to a sexual assault by the Supreme Court nominee in high school in the early 1980s.
The Supreme Court of India has advocated for sex education to be introduced to children at a younger age, rather than starting from Class IX. The court emphasized the importance of educating adolescents about hormonal changes and related precautions.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted regular bail to Tehelka founder editor Tarun Tejpal in a sexual assault case filed by his colleague with a warning that it will be cancelled if he tries to tamper with evidence or induce witnesses.
India-born celebrity fashion designer Anand Jon on Friday pleaded not guilty to charges of sexually assaulting nearly 20 women, including aspiring models.
The apex court, while rejecting Asaram's regular bail plea, noted that the petition was based on a communication issued by Jail Superintendent of Jodhpur Central jail.
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.
Kuki organizations are demanding justice after a Kuki woman from Manipur died from an illness allegedly linked to the trauma she suffered after being gang-raped in 2023. They allege government inaction and demand an independent probe.
Narrating her ordeal, Maliwal said that her father would grab her by her braid and slam her against the wall, leading to severe bleeding.
A Kerala court is expected to deliver a verdict in the 2017 actress assault case involving Malayalam actor Dileep, a case marked by twists, delays, and a battle over narrative.
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