-Outlook New Delhi: Election office in Delhi today issued notices to five candidates for suspected paid news and advertisement in print Media and social Media websites. The District Media Certification and Monitoring Committee (Central) directed returning officers of the respective assembly constituencies to issue notices to BJP candidate from Sadar Bazar, Jai Parkash, and Congress candidate from Moti Nagar, Sushil Gupta, for suspected paid news and seek their response within 24 hours. Besides,...

-The Indian Express The law is clear on how to handle sexual harassment. But our most important institutions have been slow to catch up. The notification issued by the Supreme Court on November 26, 2013 does not address the issue raised by the young intern who has made a complaint that she was sexually harassed by a former judge. The 10 eminent members of the Gender Sensitisation and Internal Complaints Committee will...

-PTI   NEW DELHI: Backing the government's stance on food subsidy at the WTO, India Inc today said it is important to ensure legal entitlement of low-cost ration to the poor in order to achieve all-round development. "For us in India, we have to ring-fence the interest of subsistence farmers and poor by procuring grains at minimum support price (MSP) and ensuring legal entitlement of low-cost ration to the poor," Assocham President Rana...

-The Hindu The pressure to furnish proof, the fear of fighting a superior, the likely impact on career, and adverse publicity prevent women from reporting sexual harassment An employee of Tehelka accuses Tarun Tejpal, founder and editor-in-chief of the weekly magazine, of sexually assaulting her during an event organised in Goa, and the police file a first information report. A law intern claims she was sexually harassed by a retired judge of...

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: With the Congress and the BJP hammering away at each other in the ongoing assembly contests that will set the stage for national polls next year, the Election Commission of India wants to make sure that social Media and online platforms run by Google, Facebook and Twitter won't be used to breach the code of conduct that governs candidates and political parties. The commission's key...