The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is probing a Bihar NGO associated with the Muzaffarpur horror as it used to receive Rs 36 lakh per annum of government funds, an agency official said.


ED probes NGO's finance in Muzaffarpur horror case


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Within a week of setting up a special committee on sexual harassment, the Producers Guild of India has made it mandatory for all members to sign a declaration affirming that laws around sexual harassment of women at workplace are instituted and implemented.


#MeToo: Producers Guild of India amps up efforts to tackle cases


The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has reviewed "100 top bank frauds" committed till 2017 and has submitted a report to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), complete with information on how the frauds were executed and counter-measures the banks can employ to avoid them.


CVC reviews 'top 100 bank frauds' till 2017


A CBI court here has held four persons guilty in a 2014 counterfeit currency seizure case and handed them 10-year rigorous imprisonment each, an official said on Tuesday.


CBI court in Uttar Pradesh convicts four in fake currency case


KWAN Entertainment founder Anirban Das Blah, a popular Bollywood celebrity manager, has been asked to step aside from his position in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations against him.


#MeToo fallout: KWAN founder Anirban Blah asked to step down


Actor Alok Nath has refused to respond to a notice issued to him by the Indian Film and Television Directors Association (IFTDA) regarding writer-director Vinta Nanda's claim that he sexually violated her 19 years ago. IFTDA has now decided to take strong action against the actor.


Alok Nath rejects IFTDA notice, association to take strong stand


US internet giant Google Inc. has said its Cloud CEO Diane Greene will not attend an upcoming international business conference to be held in Saudi Arabia.


Google joins many in shunning Saudi summit after Khashoggi's fate


The Maoists blew up railway tracks in Jharkhand's Giridih district affecting train services on the busy Grand Chord Dhanbad division for seven hours, an official said on Tuesday.


Maoists blow up railway tracks in Jharkhand


The Naxals blew up railway tracks in Jharkhand's Giridih district affecting train services on the busy Grand Chord Dhanbad division, an official said on Tuesday.


Naxals blow up railway tracks in Jharkhand


The Group of Ministers (GoM) formed by the GST Council on Monday agreed that funding from the national and state disaster response funds -- NDRF and SDRF -- are not sufficient in case of disasters and a new mechanism to raise funds is required.


NDRF, SDRF not sufficient for natural calamities: GoM


The Dubai-bound Air India Express flight that hit the upper portion of the five feet tall boundary wall of the Trichy airport in Tamil Nadu was not overloaded, an airline official said on Monday.


Plane that grazed Trichy airport wall not overloaded


The Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust on Monday launched a probe to know how a cargo ship rammed into a jetty on Saturday afternoon, an official said.


Ship rams into Mumbai jetty


Somy Ali, actress and former girlfriend of superstar Salman Khan, says she was sexually abused and raped as a minor.


Somy Ali, raped as minor, urges more women to say #MeToo


Writer-producer Vinta Nanda will remain undaunted in her fight against the sexual violation she faced 19 years ago even if defamation suits come her way, her lawyer said on Monday, a day after actor Alok Nath's wife Ashu Singh reportedly moved a court seeking a police probe into the "Tara" writer's accusation.


Defamation suits won't intimidate Vinta Nanda: Lawyer


The Dubai-bound Air India Express Boeing plane seems to have overshot the normal take-off point as tyre marks have been found between the end of the runway and the compound wall of the Trichy airport in Tamil Nadu, officials said on Sunday.


Air India Express plane may have overshot runway before takeoff


Even as an official investigation into the Air India Express' Trichy take-off incident has commenced, the aviation fraternity has cited the pilots' decision as "dubious" and "dangerous" to carry on with the flight even after traffic controllers advised him otherwise.


AI Express' pilots' decision to continue the flight dubious: Experts


From two Mumbai-based lawyers volunteering to provide legal aid to victims of sexual harassment and assault, to Bollywood personalities like Swara Bhasker and Malaika Arora coming out in the open to support women who have shared their experiences, the current #MeToo wave in India refuses to die down anytime soon.


From lawyers to B-town, #MeToo gets strong support from all quarters (Roundup)


Jewellery designer Farah Khan is the latest celebrity to share her opinion on the ongoing #MeToo movement in India. She says although she supports the brave women who have spoken out against their perpetrators, she also wants just the truth to be stated with no exaggerations as some may try to misuse it.


Want only truth to be stated with no exaggerations: Farah on #MeToo


International Monetary Fund Director-General Christine Lagarde on Saturday said that she was  "horrified" by reports about the fate of missing Saudi journalist but still plans to attend a business forum in Riyadh this month as she has "to conduct the business of the IMF in all corners in the world".


Lagarde 'horrified' by missing journalist case, but will attend Saudi conference


In order to ensure compliance of Goods and Services Tax (GST) provisions, the Delhi government on Friday launched an extensive drive against tax and return defaulters with an aim to increase revenue for the national capital.


Delhi government launches drive against GST defaulters


After ravaging the media and film industry, the #MeToo campaign on Friday hit the corporate world with Tata Motors sending one of its senior executives on leave following allegations of inappropriate behaviour with employees even as another woman journalist, this time from the US, accused M.J. Akbar of sexual misconduct when he was Editor of The Asian Age newspaper.

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