Actor Vijay Raaz known for his roles in 'Stree', 'Delhi Belly' and others, has been acquitted of sexual harassment and stalking charges filed by a colleague on the sets of the film 'Sherni' also starring Vidya Balan.
The Supreme Court on Thursday has directed the Central government and all state governments to set up special courts to try POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) cases on a top-priority basis.
French actor Theo Navarro-Mussy has been banned from walking the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival due to serious allegations of "rape and sexual assault," as reported by The Hollywood Reporter.
Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) President YS Sharmila on Wednesday launched a scathing attack against Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) leader Kunwar Vijay Shah.
BJP state president Nainar Nagendran, along with senior BJP leaders Tamizhisai Soundararajan, H. Raja, and party co-in-charge Sudhakar Reddy, participated in the event.
"We had received a complaint and according to it, Hindu girl students were being targeted by creating fear in the name of ragging in a college in Bhopal. They were being sexually abused, being videographed, served intoxicants and were pressured to convert to Islam by blackmailing them on the
In a significant judgment in the 2019 Pollachi sexual assault and extortion case, the Mahila Court in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore convicted all nine accused.
French actor Gerard Depardieu was convicted of sexual assault against two women and received an 18-month prison sentence from a Paris court on Tuesday.
"This has been a very welcoming verdict. It is a verdict which gives the women of this country and Tamil Nadu a lot of confidence in the judicial system and the state government--that if they come out and talk about what they suffer, then they no longer have to suffer in silence and justi
Tamil Nadu Social Welfare and Women's Rights Minister Geetha Jeevan welcomed the Women's Court verdict in Coimbatore in which all nine accused guilty in the Pollachi sexual assault and rape case were awarded life imprisonment.