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RG Kar fallout: People's outpour of anger may turn a new leaf in Bengal's politics, say observersThe death of an RG Kar hospital medic has sparked widespread protests in Bengal, potentially altering the political landscape. Citizens, dr...
Foxconn founder Terry Gou announces actress Tammy Lai as running mate in Taiwan's presidential raceTerry Gou, the founder of Foxconn, has announced his running mate for the Taiwanese presidential election. Gou, who is running as an indepe...
Assam Youth Congress president Angkita Dutta expelled from primary party membership for six yearsDutta on Thursday filed a complaint with the police against the organisation’s national president Srinivas B V accusing him of harassment a...
Assam youth wing chief expelled from Congress for 6 years for anti-party activitiesThe Congress had come up with the slogan in the run-up to last year's Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls. Dutta had tweeted: "When previous IYC p...
Kevin Spacey to pay $30 mn to 'House of Cards' makers to cover losses caused by his firing over alleged sexual harassmentSpacey also faces lawsuits from other men, including actor Anthony Rapp.
View: The lie of ‘lying’ women, and why there is a long way to goWhile celebrating this verdict, one must be mindful that this was an acquittal in the case of criminal defamation where a victim of sexual ...
PM Modi’s ‘Main Bhi Chowkidar’ poll drive leads to war of wordsA BJP functionary described the campaign as “highly successful and the single-biggest Twitter campaign done by a political party or company...
No one should interfere in temple traditions: Rajinikanth on SabarimalaSpeaking to reporters here, he said there was no second opinion on equality for women in every sphere.
MJ Akbar quits as union minister over #MeToo allegationsAt least 16 women alleged Akbar of sexually harassing them in the 1990s.
Here is how political parties deal with sexual harassment chargesThough parties are mandated to have Internal Complaints Committees to prevent sexual harassment of women, functionaries of BJP and Congress...
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
View: Can MeToo lead to a political party for and by women?In India, a powerful movement is exposing male public figures who have assaulted or harassed women, with some unfortunate flirts as collate...
It is for MJ Akbar to respond, says Smriti Irani on sexual harassment charges against himAs the #MeToo campaign gathered momentum, some women journalists have come out and accused Akbar, Minister of State for External Affairs, o...
#MeToo: Chetan Bhagat says he's not a harasser; allegations have affected him, his familyThe author shared an elaborate four-page statement on Facebook for his fans.
After the giddy early years of the millennium, a sense of grown-upness to 2018There is a sense of grown-upness even in the new economy: the heady days of startups give way to investors becoming choosy and cautious.
Why Gujarat verdict heralds a new BJP 3.0Gujarat was the original Hindutava laboratory. It remains a BJP bastion but the 2017 result ironically is driven less by saffron and more b...
Vibrant and noisy Gujarat campaign shows democracy is alive and kickingThe Congress attempted to blend Rahul Gandhi’s modern face with strident caste politics, leftist rhetoric and me-too Hindu nationalism.
BJP may promise Bengal package for Mamata Banerjee's supportTMC's internal estimates place its Lok Sabha tally at 25 to 30, which could give it the single largest block of seats after the BJP and Con...
By heeding Janardhan Dwivedi's diagnosis, Congress can chart its way forwardIf you cannot identify what has gone wrong, you will never discover how to set it right. Dwivedi deserves a doctorate.
- Through the third eye
Shibu Soren’s well-wishers are hoping he proves third-time lucky.