Ex-Kalakshetra faculty member Sheejith Krishna arrested over sexual harassment complaints
8 months ago

Ex-Kalakshetra faculty member Sheejith Krishna arrested over sexual harassment complaints

Hindustan Times  

The Tamil Nadu police have arrested Bharatanatyam dancer Sheejith Krishna following a sexual harassment complaint by two of his former students when he was a faculty member at Chennai’s Kalakshetra Foundation. Sheejith Krishna Based on the directions of the Madras high court, a preliminary enquiry was conducted on the complaint, an officer at the All Women’s Police Station in Neelankarai said. The premier performing arts institution made headlines last year after students went on protests, alleging sexual harassment by four teachers. The high court subsequently directed the Kalakshetra Foundation to produce profiles of the members in the Internal Complaints Committee constituted earlier on 3 April 2023.

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Here are the big stories from Tamil Nadu today
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Here are the big stories from Tamil Nadu today

The Hindu  

Edappadi Palaniswami wins Kodanad defamation case The Madras High Court ordered the payment of ₹1.1 crore of defamation damages to the Leader of the Opposition Edappadi K. Palaniswami on a suit filed by him against S. Dhanapal, the brother of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s driver Kanagaraj, for having linked his name to the 2017 Kodanad estate heist-cum-murder case. …

Odisha Asks Colleges, Varsities To Form Panel For Addressing Sexual Harassment Complaints
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Odisha Asks Colleges, Varsities To Form Panel For Addressing Sexual Harassment Complaints

News 18  

The Higher Education Department of Odisha has directed all the private and government universities and colleges to constitute an Internal Complaints Committee to address sexual harassment complaints. In its letter to the registrars of all the universities and deemed universities, and principals of the degree colleges on Monday, the department noted that all the Higher Educational Institutions must provide a …

Remarks on karma at TN school event stir row
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Remarks on karma at TN school event stir row

Hindustan Times  

A motivational speaker’s remarks on karma and rebirth, and allegedly blaming children for their struggles in life at two government schools in Tamil Nadu, has sparked a massive row and prompted action by the state government. Steps will be taken by the school education department to provide the necessary innovative training with the help of departmental experts.” He ordered the …

Four staff of Government college at Valparai held for sexual harassment
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Four staff of Government college at Valparai held for sexual harassment

The Hindu  

Four temporary teaching staff of the Government Arts and Science College at Valparai in Coimbatore district were arrested late on Saturday on charges of sexually harassing at least six girls. The police said assistant professors S. Satheeshkumar, 39, and M. Muraliraj, 33, attached to the Commerce Department; lab technician Anbarasu, 37, and skill course trainer N. Rajapandi, 35, were arrested …

Central government school teacher arrested in POCSO case in Tamil Nadu
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Central government school teacher arrested in POCSO case in Tamil Nadu

New Indian Express  

KANNIYAKUMARI: A central government school male teacher has been arrested by Nagercoil All Women Police on the charges of sexual harassment of female students. Sources said that Kanniyakumari district SP E Sundaravathanam had received information sent by the school last Saturday that a teacher from the school sexually harassed female students. Based on this, district child protection unit officials and …

JNU teacher under scanner over sexual harassment claims
7 months, 3 weeks ago

JNU teacher under scanner over sexual harassment claims

Hindustan Times  

Several students at the Jawaharlal Nehru University’s Centre of Chinese and South East Asian Studies along with members of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union protested on campus on Monday alleging inaction by the varsity’s Internal Complains Committee against a senior professor accused of harassing a student of CC&SEAS. Even then, no action was taken, neither was any interim relief …

It is a blight on Kalakshetra Foundation to have not addressed sexual harassment complaints promptly: Madras High Court
10 months ago

It is a blight on Kalakshetra Foundation to have not addressed sexual harassment complaints promptly: Madras High Court

The Hindu  

It is a blight on Kalakshetra Foundation to have not addressed effectively and promptly the allegations of sexual harassment of students, the Madras High Court has said. It ordered immediate consideration of recommendations made by an independent inquiry committee headed by former Punjab and Haryana High Court judge K. Kannan. The judge pointed out that the Chennai-based Kalakshetra Foundation, governed …

Woman who accused Mangaluru school teacher of hurting religious sentiments removed from job
10 months ago

Woman who accused Mangaluru school teacher of hurting religious sentiments removed from job

New Indian Express  

MANGALURU: A parent of a St Gerosa school student who was a teacher in a different school has lost her job for allegedly protesting against her daughter's school. Kavitha, the parent, had protested against the St Gerosa school teacher accusing her of making anti-Hindu remarks last week. However, Holy Angels Higher Primary School Correspondent Fr Cyprian Pinto maintained that the …

Karnataka: School teacher suspended over derogatory remarks on Lord Ram
10 months, 1 week ago

Karnataka: School teacher suspended over derogatory remarks on Lord Ram

Deccan Chronicle  

A teacher from St Gerosa English Medium Higher Primary School in Jeppu, Mangaluru, has been placed under suspension pending enquiry following allegations by students and BJP leaders that she made derogatory remarks on Lord Sri Ram, Ramayan and Hindu religion.Controversy triggered when an audio clip of a parent addressing Vishwa Hindu Parishad, surfaced, in which he mentioned about the remarks …

Teacher sacked over ‘anti-Hindu’ remarks in Karnataka
10 months, 1 week ago

Teacher sacked over ‘anti-Hindu’ remarks in Karnataka

New Indian Express  

MANGALURU: Two days after a teacher of St Gerosa School was accused of making remarks against Hindu religion in classroom, the school management sacked the accused teacher on Monday. The action came after scores of parents led by BJP MLAs D Vedavyas Kamath and Y Bharat Shetty staged a protest in front of the school, demanding immediate suspension of the …

Protests over alleged derogatory remarks against Hinduism end with teacher’s suspension at St. Gerosa School
10 months, 1 week ago

Protests over alleged derogatory remarks against Hinduism end with teacher’s suspension at St. Gerosa School

The Hindu  

Protests over the alleged derogatory remarks against Hinduism and Lord Sri Rama by a teacher in the classroom of St. Gerosa English Medium Higher Primary School here ended with the management keeping the teacher under suspension pending inquiry by the Education Department. Mullai Muhilan and Mangaluru City Police Commissioner Anupam Agrawal held a lengthy meeting with the school management, School …

Temple staffer held over sexual harassment in Karnataka: Police
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Temple staffer held over sexual harassment in Karnataka: Police

Hindustan Times  

Bengaluru Police said the accused has been produced before the Kollegala Judicial Magistrate First Class court, which remanded him to judicial custody for 14 days. A case has been registered a staff member of the Sri Male Mahadeshwara Swamy Kshetra Development Authority over alleged sexual harassment, police said, adding the accused has been arrested. “The accused, Mahadevaswamy, a resident of …

Odisha: Girl Student Sexually Harassed,' Accused Teacher Arrested
1 year ago

Odisha: Girl Student Sexually Harassed,' Accused Teacher Arrested

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha police on Thursday arrested a teacher of an English medium school in Sambalpur district for allegedly sexually harassing a Class IX girl student. According to Sambalpur Sub Collector, Puspanjali Panda, a police complaint was lodged against the teacher by the school principal following which the cops took him into custody. “Following the complaint, police inspectors of Khetrajpur …

At centre of sexual harassment row, Kalakshetra director demits office
1 year, 1 month ago

At centre of sexual harassment row, Kalakshetra director demits office

Hindustan Times  

Chennai: Kalakshetra’s director Revathi Ramachandran who has been in the centre of the storm over sexual harassment complaints by students against teachers has “demitted” her office on October 31, the institution said. Aneish Rajan “has taken over as Director ” from November 1, with Kalakshetra Foundation’s Governing Board members and Advisor present during the occasion, the institute posted on X …

Why ignored previous complaints against rape accused official: Atishi
1 year, 3 months ago

Why ignored previous complaints against rape accused official: Atishi

Hindustan Times  

Delhi cabinet minister Atishi on Saturday wrote to Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar asking how the official accused of raping and impregnating a minor was allowed to work in the WCD department despite previous sexual harassment complaints against him. "Several media reports have brought out that the officer of the WCD Department, who has been arrested for the alleged repeated rape …

Telangana: Official at sports school suspended after girl students allege him of sexual harassment
1 year, 4 months ago

Telangana: Official at sports school suspended after girl students allege him of sexual harassment

India TV News  

The Telangana government on Sunday suspended a senior official of State Sports School in Hakimpet, Hyderabad after some girls students of the instutute alleged him of sexually harassment. Telangana Minister for Sports and Youth Services V Srinivas Goud told reporters that the official has been suspended. Reacting to the media report about the allegations of the sexual harassment of girls …

Top news of the day: May 25, 2023
1 year, 6 months ago

Top news of the day: May 25, 2023

The Hindu  

Plea in Supreme Court on President not inaugurating the new Parliament building A public interest petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Thursday challenging the inauguration of the new Parliament building by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and not the “First Citizen of India”, President Droupadi Murmu. Another 2 cheetah cubs born in Kuno National Park die from “apparent dehydration …

Madras high court to reconstitute Kalakshetra’s Internal Complaints Committee
1 year, 8 months ago

Madras high court to reconstitute Kalakshetra’s Internal Complaints Committee

Hindustan Times  

The Madras high court on Monday said it will reconstitute the Internal Complaints Committee of Kalakshetra Foundation on April 24. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} The court was hearing a joint petition filed by seven students of Kalakshetra seeking a safe learning environment and redressal mechanism to deal with complaints on campus. The court has also called for the inquiry report …

Madras high court to reconstitute Kalakshetra’s Internal Complaints Committee
1 year, 8 months ago

Madras high court to reconstitute Kalakshetra’s Internal Complaints Committee

Hindustan Times  

The Madras high court on Monday said it will reconstitute the Internal Complaints Committee of Kalakshetra Foundation on April 24. The court has also called for the inquiry report of the Tamil Nadu State Women Commission on the sexual harassment charges against four faculty members in Kalakshetra Foundation. Madras high court advocate BS Ajeetha had resigned as an external member …

Kalakshetra’s summer of discontent
1 year, 8 months ago

Kalakshetra’s summer of discontent

The Hindu  

A small revolution has been making itself felt on the sylvan campus of the Kalakshetra Foundation, an institution of the arts in Chennai. Matters escalated with complaints of sexual harassment, particularly after Padman was honoured as part of Women’s Day by the institution, students said. The foundation also had issued a gag order preventing students and staff from discussing the …

Lessons From Kalakshetra Row: How the ICC Let Its Students Down
1 year, 8 months ago

Lessons From Kalakshetra Row: How the ICC Let Its Students Down

The Quint  

Why did protests at Kalakshetra Foundation, which started with students registering their dissent on social media, flare up and spill over onto the campus? A part of the answer lies in the fact that the college's Internal Complaints Committee – set up as per the Prevention of Sexual Harassment Act – failed to do its job not on one, but …

Kalakshetra Row: Accused Professor’s Wife Files Complaint Against Survivor
1 year, 8 months ago

Kalakshetra Row: Accused Professor’s Wife Files Complaint Against Survivor

The Quint  

Divya Padman, wife of Kalakshetra professor Hari Padman, who is accused in a sexual harassment case at Kalakshetra College of Fine Arts, has filed a complaint against three people, including a sexual assault survivor, to defend her husband. The students of Rukmini Devi College of Fine Arts raised multiple allegations of sexual harassment against four of the institute’s faculty members, …

TN Police Arrest Kalakshetra Dance Professor Accused in Sexual Harassment Case
1 year, 8 months ago

TN Police Arrest Kalakshetra Dance Professor Accused in Sexual Harassment Case

The Quint  

What has happened at Kalakshetra so far? The Union government-funded institution, Chennai's reputed dance school Kalakshetra has been facing serious allegations of toxic culture and sexual harassment. On 30 March, students of the Kalakshetra Foundation began an indefinite protest demanding the dismissal of four faculty members and accused them of sexual harassment and abuse on campus. The Chennai police had …

Kalakshetra Sexual Harrassment Row: Accused Booked, Students Call Off Protest
1 year, 8 months ago

Kalakshetra Sexual Harrassment Row: Accused Booked, Students Call Off Protest

The Quint  

On Friday, 31 March, assistant professor Hari Padman of the college at the Kalakshetra Foundation in Tamil Nadu was booked under several sections of the IPC, including the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act. It is under the scanner after nearly 100 women from Kalakshetra Foundation lodged petitions with the Tamil Nadu Women's Commission complaining of verbal abuse …

In Photos: Kalakshetra College Students in Chennai Protest Alleged Harassment
1 year, 8 months ago

In Photos: Kalakshetra College Students in Chennai Protest Alleged Harassment

The Quint  

Hundreds of students and staff at Chennai’s Kalakshetra Foundation, have been protesting on the campus of Rukmini Devi College for Fine Arts since Thursday morning, 30 March, demanding suspension of an assistant professor and three other senior dancers in light of sexual harassment allegations. The Kalakshetra Foundation - an institute of national importance, directly funded by the Ministry of Culture, …

Govt school teacher booked for sexually harassing students
1 year, 8 months ago

Govt school teacher booked for sexually harassing students

Hindustan Times  

Mysuru According to officials, Manjunath sexually harassed girl students of classes 4,5 and 6 for several months. The state education department has suspended the headmaster and a teacher of a government primary school in Tumakuru on Monday for allegedly sexually harassing girl students, officials said. According to officials, Manjunath sexually harassed girl students of classes 4,5 and 6 for several …

Tamil Nadu: Video of goons harassing women outside a govt college in Madurai goes viral, 6 arrested
2 years, 1 month ago

Tamil Nadu: Video of goons harassing women outside a govt college in Madurai goes viral, 6 arrested

Op India  

On Wednesday a group of six miscreants assaulted a 50-year-old man P. Senthamil Pandian who came to pick up his daughter from the college. The incident took place outside Sri Meenakshi Government Arts College for Women, Madurai, Tamil Nadu where the victim’s daughter studies. #WATCH| TN:Some youths assaulted a parent who’d come to pick up his daughter from Sri Meenakshi …

Tamil Nadu School Teacher Among Two Arrested for Sexually Assaulting UKG Student
2 years, 3 months ago

Tamil Nadu School Teacher Among Two Arrested for Sexually Assaulting UKG Student

News 18  

A 50-year-old government school teacher from Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, who was detained on suspicion of sexually assaulting a 4-year-old child, was brought before a court and held in judicial custody till September 9, according to the police. The accused allegedly sexually abused a UKG girl student who attends a private school in Tiruvannamalai, according to the police. Since his wife, …

Govt school teacher among 2 held for rape of four-year-old LKG girl in Tamil Nadu
2 years, 3 months ago

Govt school teacher among 2 held for rape of four-year-old LKG girl in Tamil Nadu

Firstpost  

The incident came to light when the girl’s parents took her to hospital for treatment after she had repeatedly complained of irritation in her private parts. The doctors later informed that the child was subjected to sexual assaults Tiruvannamalai: A government school teacher and a transport in-charge in a private school have been arrested here for allegedly sexually assaulting a …

Lucknow professor assaulted on campus after remark on Kashi Vishwanath temple
2 years, 7 months ago

Lucknow professor assaulted on campus after remark on Kashi Vishwanath temple

Hindustan Times  

A Lucknow University professor was allegedly assaulted by a student on the campus on Wednesday, days after he triggered a controversy with his remarks on the Kashi Vishwanath temple. "Karthik Pandey, a student leader, came to me and started hurling abuses and casteist slurs at me and hit me," Professor Ravi Kant Chandan of the university's Hindi department said. Lucknow …

Tamil Nadu: Teacher suspended after student alleges religious conversion
2 years, 8 months ago

Tamil Nadu: Teacher suspended after student alleges religious conversion

India Today  

A school teacher has been suspended in Tamil Nadu's Kanyakumari after a class 6 student lodged a complaint against alleged attempts of religious conversion in a government higher secondary school. The student accused her tailoring teacher of promoting Christianity inside classroom and attempting religious conversion. READ | Tamil Nadu girl who killed self over ‘conversion’: CBI takes over case | …

Inquiry initiated into complaint against Bharatanatyam dancer Zakir Hussain
2 years, 8 months ago

Inquiry initiated into complaint against Bharatanatyam dancer Zakir Hussain

The Hindu  

The Revenue Divisional Officer of Karur on Tuesday initiated an inquiry into the complaint of inappropriate behaviour lodged by a woman dance teacher of Karur Government Music School against Bharatanatyam dancer, A. Zakir Hussain, who is also an adviser to District Government Music Schools. In a complaint to the Director of Arts and Culture, Tamil Nadu, the dance teacher alleged …

Teacher held for bid to rape minor student in Hyderabad
2 years, 10 months ago

Teacher held for bid to rape minor student in Hyderabad

India Today  

A school teacher in Hyderabad's Chatrinaka area was arrested on Saturday for allegedly attempting to sexually abuse a Class 4 girl. When the victim was alone in the classroom, the accused tried to remove her clothes, said Chatrinaka inspector, Syed Abdul Khader, in a statement to The Times of India. He was charged with violating the Protection of Children from …

Complaint filed against AIIMS Delhi students for derogatory Ramleela skit
3 years, 2 months ago

Complaint filed against AIIMS Delhi students for derogatory Ramleela skit

Op India  

A complaint has been filed by the Kalinga Rights Forum against AIIMS Delhi students for a derogatory Ram Leela skit performed by them on the occasion of Vijayadashami. Filed Complaint with @CPDelhi @LtGovDelhi Director @aiims_newdelhi for Strict action against Communal and offensive Play in the guise of Ramleela organised in campus of @aiims_newdelhi as a premeditated effort to hurt religious …

Tamil Nadu: 53-Year-Old Professor Sentenced Imprisonment For 53 Years In Sexual Harassment Case
3 years, 3 months ago

Tamil Nadu: 53-Year-Old Professor Sentenced Imprisonment For 53 Years In Sexual Harassment Case

ABP News  

Chennai: The Karur District Principal Session Court awarded 53 years of imprisonment to a 53-year-old government assistant professor in connection with the sexual harassment charges of five students. In April 26, 2019 the women students of a government arts college in Thanthonimalai in Karur raised sexual harassment complaint against assistant proffessor of Economics department, Ilangovan. The police also registered five …

Chennai horror: Survivors open up about their trauma as sexual harassment cases surface
3 years, 6 months ago

Chennai horror: Survivors open up about their trauma as sexual harassment cases surface

India Today  

In the past week, Chennai has been rocked by stories of sexual harassment one after another after accused were called out on social media, and it all started with one school. Over the last one week, teachers from at least five schools in Chennai have either been arrested or suspended after allegations of sexual harassment against them. How it started: …

Chennai martial arts teacher detained after woman accuses him of sexual assault
3 years, 6 months ago

Chennai martial arts teacher detained after woman accuses him of sexual assault

India Today  

The police have registered a case against a karate and judo instructor based on a complaint from a woman, who alleged that he had sexually assaulted her seven years ago. The woman had joined Hi Impact MMA & Self Defence Martial Arts School in Chennai to learn Judo under Kebi Raj. She later filed a complaint on May 29, after …

Sports academy coach arrested after sexual harassment charges in Chennai
3 years, 6 months ago

Sports academy coach arrested after sexual harassment charges in Chennai

India Today  

The Flower Bazaar All Women Police have arrested a 59-year-old athletics coach of a sports academy in Tamil Nadu's Chennai for allegedly sexually harassing young trainees. The 19-year-old girl lodged a complaint against Nagarajan after allegations of sexual harassment by his former trainees surfaced on social media. The coach continued to defame the girl in the circle, prompting her parents …

He groped, kissed & intimidated: Students of another Chennai school accuse teacher of sexual harassment
3 years, 6 months ago

He groped, kissed & intimidated: Students of another Chennai school accuse teacher of sexual harassment

India Today  

Days after a schoolteacher in Chennai was suspended and arrested following multiple allegations of sexual harassment levelled by his students, students of another school in Chennai have come forward and accused a commerce teacher of having sexually harassed and intimidated them for years. 'Teacher routinely harassed, intimidated students' In their mail to the management, the school's alumni said the accused …

Record, review online classes to prevent sexual harassment: TN CM to schools
3 years, 6 months ago

Record, review online classes to prevent sexual harassment: TN CM to schools

India Today  

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Wednesday directed recording of all online classes by the school management concerned and its periodical review by a committee comprising representatives from the institution and the Parents Teachers Association. The chief minister held a review meeting in this connection and warned that strict action would be taken against anyone indulging in such a …

Chennai school teacher, accused of sexual misconduct, arrested days after social media stir
3 years, 6 months ago

Chennai school teacher, accused of sexual misconduct, arrested days after social media stir

India Today  

The teacher of a top school in Chennai, who was accused of sexual misconduct by several students and was booked under Pocso sections, has been arrested. The arrest comes after several students of the Chennai school came out on social media narrating their personal accounts of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behaviour by the teacher both during physical and online classes. …

Tamil Nadu: Online campaign launched against school teacher's inappropriate behaviour and sexual harassment of students
3 years, 7 months ago

Tamil Nadu: Online campaign launched against school teacher's inappropriate behaviour and sexual harassment of students

Op India  

On May 23, former and current students of Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan, a group of Schools in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, called out a teacher for his alleged paedophilic behaviour and instances of sexual harassment of students. Source: Kripali Samdaria’s Instagram stories Demanded photos, night video calls and asked girls for ‘date’ Several students alleged that Rajagopalan made inappropriate comments on …

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