Facebook, gay marriage in Lalu’s line of fire
August 11th, 2011 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Thursday demanded a debate in the Lok Sabha on "degrading" Indian values due to cultural aggression from internet ... Read more...
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Delhi’s gay community set to celebrate July 2 ruling
July 1st, 2011 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) A group of music lovers from various countries will join the city's Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community Saturday evening to celebrate the second ... Read more...
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Delhi’s gays set for celebrate July 2
June 17th, 2011 - 8:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) Delhi's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) community will come together July 2 to celebrate the second anniversary of the 2009 Delhi High Court's ruling decriminalising ... Read more...
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Supreme Court defers hearing on decriminalisation of gay sex
April 19th, 2011 - 1:39 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr 19 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday deferred its hearing on the issue of legalisation and decriminalising gay sex among consenting adults in private.A bench headed by Justice G ... Read more...
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Supreme Court to hear legalisation on gay rights
April 19th, 2011 - 12:26 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr 19 (ANI): The Supreme Court will on Tuesday take up the issue of decriminalising gay sex among consenting adults in private.A bench headed by Justice G S Singhvi would ... Read more...
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Supreme Court to hear pleas against gay sex in April (Lead)
February 7th, 2011 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS
From Parmod Kumar
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday fixed April 19 for hearing a bunch of petitions challenging a Delhi High Court judgment decriminalising homosexual relationship among consenting adults."It ... Read more...
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Supreme Court dismisses plea to hear armed forces on homosexuality
February 7th, 2011 - 10:33 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 7 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea to make armed forces a party to the petitions supporting and opposing the Delhi High Court's ruling, which decriminalised ... Read more...
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Supreme Court to hear pleas against gay sex in April
February 7th, 2011 - 4:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday fixed April 19 for hearing a bunch of petitions challenging a Delhi High Court judgement decriminalising homosexual relationship among consenting adults.Justice G.S. Singhvi ... Read more...
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Supreme Court to hear legalisation on gay rights
February 7th, 2011 - 2:03 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 7 (ANI): The Supreme Court will today hear the issue of decriminalisation of gay sex among consenting adults in private. A bench of Justices G S Singhvi and A ... Read more...
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India to turn hottest destination for gay, lesbian tourists
January 29th, 2011 - 6:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) As the government legalised homosexuality in India two years ago, tour operators in the country are trying to sell India as the ultimate tourists destination for gays ... Read more...
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Indian tourism industry targets gay, lesbian travellers
January 28th, 2011 - 11:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) Gay and lesbian tourists are big spenders and vacation savvy and are being increasingly targeted by travel operators in India, said travel experts at the 18th South ... Read more...
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India now has seven magazines on gay issues
August 8th, 2010 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
By Rohit Vaid
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) After a far-reaching judgment on homosexuality last year, India's publishing world is abuzz with as many as seven magazines on issues of interest and concern ... Read more...
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Brush your teeth twice daily to avoid heart disease
May 28th, 2010 - 3:22 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 28 (IANS) Brushing your teeth twice a day could go a long way reducing the risk of heart disease, says a new study.
Over the last 20 years, there has been ... Read more...
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Chinese sociologists say jailing of sex-party hosting Prof an infringement of his rights
May 21st, 2010 - 7:42 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, May 21 (ANI): The decision to jail a Chinese Professor convicted of organizing swinging parties at his home, has met with wide-spread criticism from China's social scientists as they believe ... Read more...
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3.5 Year Sentence For Professor Swinger In China
May 20th, 2010 - 8:14 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
May 20 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A 53 year old college professor, Ma Yaohai, and 21 people who were regular visitors in his home went on trial last month in a southeastern ... Read more...
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Chinese Swinger Professor Ma Yaohai Under Trial
May 20th, 2010 - 8:13 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
May 20, (THAINDIAN NEWS) A 53 year old college professor and 21 others have been put on trial by the district court in the southeastern town of Nanjing for 'group ... Read more...
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Government ticked off for not contesting gay sex ruling
March 31st, 2010 - 10:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday ticked off the Union government for its failure to challenge the Delhi High Court's verdict legalising homosexual acts between consenting adults in private.
"This ... Read more...
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Devon James Claims To Be Number 15 In Tiger Wood’s Line-up
March 24th, 2010 - 8:08 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Mar 24 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Well folks yet another woman has come forward to claim her moment in the spotlight and the title of "Tiger Woods' Mistress." This one is a ... Read more...
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Now Valentine cards for gay Indians
February 8th, 2010 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) With Valentine's Day only a week away, India's largest card chain has designed special V-Day cards for gay community.
The Archies card company has rolled out ... Read more...
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Demand for separate law to curb ‘honour killings’
November 4th, 2009 - 4:33 pm ICT by IANS
By Nakshab Khan
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) As 'honour killings' in states like Haryana and Uttar Pradesh continue to shock, voices calling for action are getting louder. Experts say a separate law ... Read more...
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Carla Bruni being dragged into minister’s ’sex tourism’ scandal
October 10th, 2009 - 2:59 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 10 (ANI): Some centre-right parliamentarians are blaming French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy for the "sexual tourism" scandal that has engulfed the country's Culture Minister Frédéric Mitterrand.Openly gay Mitterrand, the nephew ... Read more...
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UNAIDS hails Indian court’s decision decriminalising homosexuality
October 9th, 2009 - 3:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) The executive director of UNAIDS Michael Sidibe Friday hailed the decision of the Delhi High Court decriminalising homosexuality and sought provision for equal rights to all in ... Read more...
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French minister says he is no paedophile
October 9th, 2009 - 12:51 pm ICT by ANI
Paris, Oct.9 (ANI): French Culture Minister Frédéric Mitterrand has denied paying for sex with underage Thai boys and rejected accusations that he wrote a book justifying sex tourism.The Independent quoted the openly ... Read more...
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Government declines view on decriminalising gay sex (Second Lead)
September 17th, 2009 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) The government Thursday refrained from taking a view on the Delhi High Court's ruling decriminalising gay sex, and said it was for the Supreme Court to ... Read more...
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Activists welcome government’s stance on gay sex
September 17th, 2009 - 6:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) Gay activists and lawyers Thursday welcomed the government's decision to leave it to the Supreme Court to arrive at a view on decriminalising homosexuality among consenting ... Read more...
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Government refrains from view on decriminalising gay sex (Lead)
September 17th, 2009 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) The government Thursday refrained from taking a view on the Delhi High Court's ruling decriminalising gay sex, and said it was for the Supreme Court to ... Read more...
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Cabinet puts Section 377 in Supreme Court’s hands
September 17th, 2009 - 4:49 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sep 17 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Thursday, decided to ask Attorney General G E Vahanavati to assist the Supreme Court in arriving at an opinion on Delhi High ... Read more...
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Government takes no view on decriminalising gay sex
September 17th, 2009 - 2:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) The government has not taken a view on supporting or opposing in the Supreme Court the recent Delhi High Court judgement decriminalising homosexuality among consenting adults.
Following ... Read more...
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Delhi child rights panel moves apex court on gay sex
September 15th, 2009 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) Delhi's child-rights panel Tuesday moved the Supreme Court opposing a high court ruling decriminalising homosexuality, saying it would permit sex between men as young as 18. ... Read more...
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Supreme Court seeks government response on gay sex verdict
August 17th, 2009 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday sought the central government's stand on decriminalising of gay sex between consenting adults after a set of two fresh lawsuits challenged the Delhi ... Read more...
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World AIDS meet hails Delhi court ruling on gay sex (Lead)
August 11th, 2009 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) The International AIDS Congress in Indonesia Tuesday hailed the Delhi High Court ruling decriminalising gay sex while advocating that countries must facilitate an "enabling legal environment and ... Read more...
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Moily praises gay sex ruling, says government may amend section 377
August 2nd, 2009 - 2:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) The Delhi High Court verdict de-criminalising gay sex between consenting adults has been highly acclaimed by union Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily as a "well-documented and well-researched" ... Read more...
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Supreme Court refuses to stay gay sex verdict
July 20th, 2009 - 3:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Maintaining that the recent Delhi High Court verdict decriminalising homosexuality does not permit incestuous relations or adultery, the Supreme Court Monday said it will wait for the ... Read more...
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Supreme Court to hear plea against legalizing homosexuality
July 20th, 2009 - 12:09 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 20 (ANI): The Supreme Court will today hear a petition challenging the Delhi High Court's ruling to legalize gay sex among consenting adults.On July 9, a two-judge bench of ... Read more...
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Cabinet to discuss court ruling on gay sex: PM
July 11th, 2009 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin
On Board Air India One, July 11 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday said the union cabinet will soon discuss the Delhi High Court ruling decriminalising homosexuality."I will seek ... Read more...
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