Indian filmmaker Anurag Kashyap appears before Mumbai police for questioning in alleged sexual assault case

KATHMANDU: Responding to summons of the Mumbai police, Bollywood filmmaker Anurag Kashyap reached the Versova Police Station on October 1 in connection with the alleged sexual assault case registered against him by actress Payal Ghosh. The police...

Travel Abroad 01 Oct, 2020

South Korea govt proposes reforms in EPS regulations

SEOUL: The government of South Korea has presented a proposal in parliament through the Ministry of Labour to amend some points in the existing regulations to revise Employment Permit System (EPS) laws. As per the proposed laws, the worker who has...

Travel 25 Sep, 2020

S Korean SC upholds lower court's prison sentences for disgraced singers Jung Joon-young, Choi Jong-hoon for rape, other crimes

KATHMANDU: South Korea's Supreme Court on September 24 upheld a lower court's prison sentences for singers Jung Joon-young and Choi Jong-hoon convicted of rape and other crimes, according to Yonhap News Agency. Jung, a disgraced singer and TV...

Travel Abroad 24 Sep, 2020

Women, children highly affected by COVID pandemic

KATHMANDU, SEPTEMBER 20 The National Women Commission today organised a webinar on ‘Impact of COVID-19 on Women and Initiatives Taken by NWC and Nepal Police in Addressing Gender Based Violence Issues’ to highlight impact of pandemic on women...

Horoscopes 21 Sep, 2020

Bollywood actress Payal Ghosh accuses Anurag Kashyap of sexual harassment, filmmaker calls it baseless

KATHMANDU: Bollywood actress Payal Ghosh has accused Indian filmmaker Anurag Kashyap of sexually harassing her, which the latter denied, and dismissed the claims as baseless. On September 19, Ghosh took to Twitter and wrote that Kashyap was sexually...

Travel Abroad 20 Sep, 2020

#ArrestSajidKhan trends as Indian filmmaker Sajid Khan faces new sexual harassment charge

KATHMANDU: After a model claimed that Bollywood actor-filmmaker Sajid Khan of trying to touch her inappropriately and asking her to strip before him, the hashtag #ArrestSajidKhan has been trending on Twitter. The allegations have been posted on an...

Travel Abroad 11 Sep, 2020

Opera great Placido Domingo seeks to clear name, denies abusing power as manager

KATHMANDU: Opera legend Plácido Domingo, who has sought to clear his name on sexual assault allegations has denied ever abusing his power during his management tenure at two US opera houses. In an interview with The Associated Press Domingo...

Travel Abroad 24 Aug, 2020

Lee Min-ho's legal rep to take action against those who've made malicious comments against S Korean actor

KATHMANDU: South Korean superstar Lee Min-ho is set to take action against those that have made malicious comments against the actor. According to Soompi, Lee's legal representative is taking action against all malicious comments about the...

Travel Abroad 14 Aug, 2020

Rights situation of women, girls disappointing, says HRW

KATHMANDU, JULY 17 The Human Rights Watch has warned that the rights situation of women and girls is disappointing in Nepal. According to Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Nepal made by the US-based HRW, there have been cases where...

Travel 18 Jul, 2020

Accusations of serial assault spark new #MeToo wave in Egypt

CAIRO: Their accounts are similar. The girls and women describe meeting the young man — a former student at Egypt's most elite university — in person and online, followed by deceit, then escalating sexual harassment, assault, blackmail or...

Women 13 Jul, 2020

Supreme Court expected to rule on Trump tax records

WASHINGTON: The Supreme Court is expected to rule on whether Congress and the Manhattan district attorney can see President Donald Trump's taxes and other financial records that the president has fought hard to keep private. The high-stakes...

Women 09 Jul, 2020

8 women accuse Colombian director Guerra of sexual harassment, do not intend to file complaint to avoid humiliation during legal process

KATHMANDU: Eight women have accused Colombian director Ciro Guerra of sexual harassment and assault — seven have said the filmmaker sexually harassed them, while the eighth said she had been sexually assaulted by Guerra, all between 2013 and 2019 in...

Travel Abroad 27 Jun, 2020