Homosexuality
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V-Day special: 5 unusual stories which will restore your faith in love
Life | Feb 13, 2016, 05:57 PM ISTNew Delhi: Enveloping the existence of humanity is the feeling of love; unrequited, selfless and passionate love. Come February and it brings along itself a mushy feeling where love literally stays in air.A celebration of
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Homosexuality: Govt yet to formulate any final view, Venkaiah Naidu
National | Feb 02, 2016, 09:27 PM ISTBengaluru: Amid a raging debate on decriminalisation of sexual activity between same sex consenting adults, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today said it was a "humane issue" and the government had not formulated any view
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SC ready for relook at Sec 377, refers petition to five-judge bench
India | Feb 02, 2016, 04:10 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court today agreed to reconsider its earlier decision criminalising homosexuality and referred the curative petition filed by activists in this regard to a Constitution bench of five judges.Three senior most judges
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ISIS targets gays with brutal public killings
World | Dec 02, 2015, 06:06 PM ISTReyhanli, Turkey: Before a crowd of men on a street in the Syrian city of Palmyra, the masked Islamic State group judge read out the sentence against the two men convicted of homosexuality: They would
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Vir Das' latest social message on 'homosexuality' is worth flaunting
Bollywood | Aug 28, 2015, 10:50 PM ISTMumbai: Actor-comedian Vir Das has made a serious and sincere effort to push social messages, such as scrapping article 377 of the constitution to favour homosexuals, with a cool and funky t-shirt range that's part
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Delevigne lauds people's changing attitude towards same-sex marriage
Hollywood | Jul 07, 2015, 04:26 PM ISTLos Angeles: Model-actress Cara Delevingne says it's "wonderful" that the world is becoming more accepting of same-sex marriages.The 22-year-old star, who is currently dating female musician St. Vincent, says she has always been "open" about
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5 important history events of 8th june
Who cares | Jun 08, 2015, 04:23 PM ISTHistory is not created in a day! But, a day can bring many changes in history. Following are five historical events that happened this day and changed the future course of the world. 1. In the
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Delhi government to probe doctor's racket promising cure for homosexuality
India | May 28, 2015, 02:57 PM ISTNew Delhi: Delhi's Health Minister Satyendar Kumar Jain has promised to investigate a racket of doctors who claim to cure homosexuality. Jain has also promised to ensure appropriate punishment for those found guilty.A leading news
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Homosexuality rampant in madrassas, ban them: AMU professor
India | May 27, 2015, 09:21 AM ISTAligarh: An Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) professor has triggered a campus-wide protest by saying that madrassas are “dens of vice and homosexuality.”History department professor, Waseem Raja, allegedly said in a WhatsApp message sent the message
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Goa's CM calls homosexuality a 'natural quality'
National | Jan 14, 2015, 09:23 AM ISTPanaji: Ministers in Goa seem to have chosen a new way to grab media attention. After Sports Minister Ramesh Tawadkar's recent comment that homosexuality is a “problem that needs treatment”, Goa's chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar
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Aamir Khan issued legal notice for promoting homosexuality in 'Satyamev Jayate'
Bollywood | Nov 02, 2014, 07:07 AM ISTChandigarh: Aamir Khan has landed into a legal trouble for raising homosexuality on his show 'Satyamev Jayate 3'A court here has issued notice to Bollywood actor Aamir Khan seeking his response by December 19 on
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Marginalised groups to hold Reclaim our Republic rally at Jantar Mantar on Jan 26
India | Jan 25, 2014, 03:05 PM ISTNew Delhi: Members of various rights groups, civil society activists and gay rights workers will hold a rally at Jantar Mantar on January 26 (Republic Day) at Jantar Mantar.Lesbian rights activist Lesley Esteves in a
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Congress sends defamation notice to Ramdev over homosexuality
National | Dec 20, 2013, 12:20 PM ISTIndore: Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee's Legal and Human Rights Department's General Secretary Pramod Kumar Dwivedi sent a defamation notice yesterday to yoga guru Baba Ramdev for his controversial remarks against fellow party workers on the
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RSS should make clear its stand on homosexuality says Digvijay
National | Dec 15, 2013, 03:59 PM ISTNew Delhi: As BJP endorsed the Supreme Court order against homosexuality saying it will not support any “un-natural act”, Congress today said the RSS should also break its silence and give its view on the
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Darul Uloom Deoband welcomes SC verdict on homosexuality
India | Dec 12, 2013, 05:24 PM ISTMuzaffarnagar: Leading Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband today welcomed the Supreme Court verdict declaring gay sex illegal and asked the Centre not to repeal Section 377 that criminalises homosexuality. “Homosexuality is an offence under Islamic
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Russian pole vaulter Isinbayeva clarifies her remark on homosexuality
Other Sports | Aug 17, 2013, 11:06 AM ISTMoscow: A day after condemning homosexuality, Russian pole vault great Yelena Isinbayeva took a u-turn on her critical words Friday saying her comments in English may have been “misunderstood.”On Thursday the two-time Olympic gold medalist
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Man gets life term for murdering male partner who refused sex
India | Aug 14, 2013, 07:09 AM ISTMumbai: A sessions court yesterday convicted a man and sentenced him to life imprisonment for brutally murdering his male partner after the latter refused to have sex with him. Shaukat Ali had stabbed his 55-year-old
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SC Pulls Up Centre For Contradictory Stands On Homosexuality
India | Feb 28, 2012, 03:37 PM ISTNew Delhi, Feb 28: The Centre today favoured decriminalisation of gay sex in Supreme Court, contradicting its earlier stand and drawing the apex court's ire, prompting it to remark that the government must not make
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Azad Calls Homosexuality A Disease
India | Jul 05, 2011, 12:03 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jul 5 : Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday described homosexuality as a “disease” and regretted that despite being “unnatural”, it now afflicts a substantial number of people in India.“The disease of