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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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" ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday sought the respective stands of the union and the Delhi governments on a lawsuit challenging a Delhi High Court verdict legalizing consensual homosexuality ...

New Delhi, July 9 (ANI): Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily today said that the government will review the Delhi High Court's ruling to legalize gay sex among consenting adults. Moily, although stopped short ...

By Ritu Sharma New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) India's armed forces have received the Delhi High Court's judgement decriminalising homosexuality with a resounding "no", with armed forces acts saying such behaviour is deemed ...

New Delhi, July 9 (ANI): A two judge bench of the Supreme Court comprising Chief Justice K. G. Balkrishnan and Justice P Sathasivam today issued notice to the Union Government, to explain ...

New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday issued notices to the union government, the Delhi government and the NGO Naz Foundation seeking their stand on a lawsuit challenging the July ...

New Delhi, July 9 (ANI): The Supreme Court is likely to take up the petition filed by astrologer Suresh Kumar Kaushal challenging the Delhi High Court's ruling to legalize gay sex. Kaushal sought ...

Chandigarh, July 8 (IANS) Enthused by the Delhi High Court verdict decriminalising gay sex, at least four gay couples in this city have performed wedding rituals at a prominent temple, declaring themselves ...

New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) The Delhi High Court's verdict decriminalising homosexual sex, which has invited sharp reactions, had been challenged in the Supreme Court. The lawsuit was filed by advocate Suresh Kumar ...

By Shweta Srinivasan New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) "We are not criminals, never were," a member of the capital's abused and suppressed transgender community said as the group erupted in joy after hearing ...

New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Saturday said the Delhi High Court had done a "very dangerous thing" by decriminalising gay sex, though Janata Dal-United ...

New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) The National Commission for Women (NCW) Saturday called for a nationwide debate on the Delhi High Court's landmark ruling that decriminalised gay sex in the country. "It ...

New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Saturday said the Delhi High Court had done a "very dangerous thing" by de-criminalising homosexuality and he would raise ...

New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) While thousands of homosexuals across the country celebrate freedom from the criminal tag following the Delhi High Court verdict, a group representing sex workers Friday wrote a ...

New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) After the Delhi High Court's landmark verdict decriminalising gay sex, the matter is now in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's court - on whether to amend the ...