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FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 25, 2019, file photo, Indian journalist Priya Ramani, left, smiles as she leaves Patiala House Court in New Delhi, India. A New Delhi court on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, acquitted Ramani of criminal defamation after she accused a former editor-turned-politician and junior external affairs minister of sexual harassment. M.J. Akbar, now 70, filed a case against Ramani in Oct. 2018, denying the allegations as “false, baseless and wild.” (AP Photo/File)

Indian journalist acquitted of defamation in #MeToo case

By BY KRUTIKA PATHI - Associated Press

Indian journalist Priya Ramani, left, smiles as she leaves Patiala House Court in New Delhi, India, Monday, Feb. 25, 2019. A journalist sued for defamation after accusing former Indian minister and veteran news editor M.J. Akbar of sexual harassment has been granted bail in a New Delhi court. (AP Photo)

Indian journalist gets bail in ex-minister’s defamation suit

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FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2017 file photo, Indian Junior Foreign Minister M.J. Akbar, center, hugs Finland's Foreign Minister Timo Soini in New Delhi, India. Akbar has resigned amid accusations by at least 15 women of sexual harassment during his previous career as a news editor. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

Indian gov’t minister resigns, denies sex harassment claims

By ASHOK SHARMA and EMILY SCHMALL - Associated Press

Indian policemen detain a Congress party worker during a protest against India's junior external affairs minister M.J.Akbar in New Delhi, India, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018. Akbar was accused by a dozen women of sexual misconduct when he was a newspaper editor, though he has denied any wrongdoing and has threatened to take legal action against the women, calling the allegations &quot;false, baseless and wild&quot; in a statement issued hours after he returned from an official trip to Africa. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India’s accused minister files defamation suit amid protests

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