Comedian Utsav Chakraborty, who has featured in some videos of comedy collective All India Bakchod (AIB), has been accused of sexual harassment by multiple women who have come out about their experiences on social media. In his defence, he says the issue needs patience and context.


Comedian Utsav Chakraborty accused of sexual harassment


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Two persons were shot dead and a Dalit woman was injured on Thursday during a caste-clash over water sharing for irrigation in Bihar's Nawada district, police said.


2 killed in Bihar over water dispute


Actress Jacqueline Fernandez will travel to flood-affected areas in Kerala to volunteer to build homes with NGO Habitat for Humanity India.


Jacqueline lends helping hand to rebuild Kerala


Vivek Agnihotri has denied that he has ever asked actress Tanushree Dutta for any improper action after she claimed that the filmmaker wanted her to remove her clothes and dance during the shooting of a song.


Vivek Agnihotri refutes Tanushree's allegations: Lawyer


Delhi electricity distribution company (discom) BSES said on Wednesday that a habitual power thief in the city, who had a non-bailable arrest warrant against him, has been arrested and sent to jail.


Court sentences absconding power thief to jail


The tsunami-swept Palu city on Indonesia's Sulawesi Island still lingers with helplessness due to stalled economy following multiple cuts down on electricity and fuel supplies that paralyzed activities to run the city.


Indonesia struggles to recover economy, maintain order in tsunami-hit Palu


Chinese actress Fan Bingbing, who starred in the X-Men and Iron Man film franchises, has been fined hundreds of millions of yuan for tax evasion and other offences, authorities said on Wednesday.


Top Chinese actress Bingbing fined for tax evasion


Hurricane Rosa has reduced to a tropical depression west of Mexico's Baja California peninsula but is still generating dangerous weather, the National Meteorological Service (SMN) has said.


Hurricane Rosa lose steam, hits Mexican coast


Google will contribute $1 million (nearly Rs 7 crore) towards relief and restoration work in Indonesia which was hit by a 7.5-magnitude quake and an ensuing tsunami that has claimed over 1,200 lives.


Google to donate $1 mn towards Indonesia quake relief


After Tanushree Dutta accused actor Nana Patekar of sexual harassment, the Cine & TV Artists Association (CINTAA) strongly condemned any act that outrages the modesty of any individual.


Cine, TV artists association condemns Tanushree Dutta's sexual harassment


Kerala musician and violinist Balabhaskar, who was seriously injured in a road accident last week, died here early on Tuesday after suffering a cardiac arrest, hospital authorities said. He was 40.


Musician, violinist Balabhaskar dead


A team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday searched the residence of a businessman in Srinagar in connection with a terror funding case, police sources said.


Terror funding: NIA raids Srinagar businessman's residence


Actor Kunal Kapoor feels it is high time the film industry stands up against issues like sexual harassment at workplace.


High time film industry stands up against sexual harassment: Kunal Kapoor


Kerala musician and violinist Balabhaskar, who was seriously injured along with his wife in a road accident last week, died here in the early hours of Tuesday, informed sources said.


Musician Balabhaskar dead


The Enforcement Directorate (ED) said on Monday it has attached foreign properties of fugitive diamond jeweller Nirav Modi worth Rs 637 crore, including two apartments in New Yorks Central Park, even as the agency continued its investigation into the Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case.


PNB fraud: ED attaches Nirav Modi's foreign assets worth Rs 637 cr


A French photographer at the centre of a sexual abuse and financial misconduct scandal that led to the postponement of 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature was on Monday sentenced to two years in prison for rape.


French photographer in Nobel scandal jailed for rape


The Enforcement Directorate (ED) said on Monday it has attached foreign properties of fugitive diamond jeweller Nirav Modi worth Rs 637 crore, including two apartments in New Yorks Central Park, in its ongoing investigation into the Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case.


ED attaches Nirav Modi's foreign assets worth Rs 637 cr


Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday promised all help to Kalpana Tiwari, the widow of Apple executive Vivek Tiwari who was shot dead by a police constable for allegedly not stopping when asked to do so on Saturday.


Yogi promises all help to slain Apple executive's widow


An Uttar Pradesh constable was on Saturday arrested and booked for murder after he shot and killed an young Apple executive from close range, an official said.


UP cop kills Apple executive in late night chase


Police in the US has announced the arrest of 17 persons in connection with robberies targeting Apple stores across 19 counties in California that has caused a loss of over $1 million.


17 charged for Apple store theft worth $1 mn


Over 380 flights were cancelled in Japan on Saturday ahead of Typhoon Trami's arrival. It is expected to make landfall on Kyushu island on Sunday bringing heavy rains, strong winds and high waves.

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