"India has become star power": Former MoS MJ Akbar on SCO SummitMJ Akbar lauded India's rising global influence, citing its firm stance against US tariffs and PM Modi's meetings with Chinese and Russian ...
01 Sep, 2025, 02.42 PM IST
Editors Guild of India suspends former minister MJ Akbar, Tarun TejpalThis comes against the backdrop of several complaints from women journalists against MJ Akbar.
12 Dec, 2018, 08.02 PM IST
Pallavi Gogoi says relationship with M J Akbar not consensual; vows to continue to speak truth"This relationship (with Gogoi) gave rise to talk and would later cause significant strife in my home life as well. This consensual relatio...
03 Nov, 2018, 03.32 PM IST
M.J. Akbar denies rape accusations by Pallavi Gogoi, wife defends him; both say he had affair with GogoiIn a separate statement his wife Mallika Akbar also dismissed Gogoi's accusations, made in a Washington Post article Friday, as a "lie".
02 Nov, 2018, 04.18 PM IST
Credit for MJ Akbar’s exit goes to #MeToo warriors: CongressRagini Nayak pointed out that the Congress had demanded Akbar’s resignation on October 10 itself.
18 Oct, 2018, 07.45 AM IST
MJ Akbar quits as union minister over #MeToo allegationsAt least 16 women alleged Akbar of sexually harassing them in the 1990s.
18 Oct, 2018, 06.38 AM IST
MJ Akbar asked to keep a senior minister in the loop: SourcesWhile govt and BJP leadership left it to minister and his legal team to put forward his defence, they signalled full support for him to pre...
17 Oct, 2018, 06.26 AM IST
Is Prime Minister with MJ Akbar’s ‘petition’ or ‘brave’ women asks CongressThe Congress on Monday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make it clear whether he stood by Union minister MJ Akbar or the women journal...
15 Oct, 2018, 11.25 PM IST
Union minister MJ Akbar refuses to quit, decides to take legal action over #MeToo allegationsAkbar questioned the timing of such allegations as they come barely months before the general elections
14 Oct, 2018, 09.02 PM IST
ET View: MJ Akbar must step down, or be removedSome of the charges against him pertaining to sexual harrassment are grave and, indeed, criminal regardless of whether he was a member of t...
11 Oct, 2018, 01.04 PM IST
MJ Akbar faces #MeToo heat, asked to ‘cut short’ Nigeria visit, may be back todayWahab claimed Akbar would force himself on her in his cabin, and even got her desk changed to right outside his cabin, often calling her to...
11 Oct, 2018, 08.29 AM IST
MoS MJ Akbar finds himself in middle of #metoo debateMinister of state for external affairs MJ Akbar is facing allegations of sexual harassment during his editorial stints in well-known news p...
10 Oct, 2018, 06.47 AM IST
UNGA President Miroslav Lajcak commends India's contribution to UN peacekeepingUNGA chief's spokesperson said Lajcak and Akbar discussed issues like migration, sustaining peace, sustainable development, regional issues...
18 May, 2018, 11.51 AM IST
Tashkent echoes India’s stand on Afghan peace processThe declaration also supported Afghan National Unity Government’s offer to launch direct talks with Taliban but without any pre-condition e...
28 Mar, 2018, 08.02 AM IST
Cabinet rejig: PM Narendra Modi likely to remove 6 ministers, 19 to be inductedThe expansion of the Cabinet is likely to see 19 new faces, who govt sources say have been finalised after an exhaustive vetting and select...
05 Jul, 2016, 02.25 AM IST
BJP picks M J Akbar for Rajya Sabha bypoll in JharkhandBJP national spokesperson MJ Akbar was nominated by central election committee of the party to contest the Rajya Sabha bypolls slated for J...
22 Jun, 2015, 11.40 AM IST
Rajya Sabha bypoll: BJP nominates M J Akbar from JharkhandBJP national spokesperson M J Akbar will be the party's candidate for by-election to a Rajya Sabha seat from Jharkhand.
21 Jun, 2015, 07.25 PM IST