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  V-Day special: 5 unusual stories which will restore your faith in love

  Life | February 13, 2016 17:57 IST

  New 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 | February 02, 2016 21:27 IST

  Bengaluru: 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 | February 02, 2016 16:10 IST

  New 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 | December 02, 2015 18:06 IST

  Reyhanli, 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 | August 28, 2015 22:50 IST

  Mumbai: 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 | July 07, 2015 16:26 IST

  Los 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 | June 08, 2015 16:23 IST

  History 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 14:57 IST

  New 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 9:21 IST

  Aligarh: 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 | January 14, 2015 9:23 IST

  Panaji: 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 | November 02, 2014 7:07 IST

  Chandigarh: 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 | January 25, 2014 15:05 IST

  New 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 | December 20, 2013 12:20 IST

  Indore: 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 | December 15, 2013 15:59 IST

  New 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 | December 12, 2013 17:24 IST

  Muzaffarnagar: 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 | August 17, 2013 11:06 IST

  Moscow: 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 | August 14, 2013 7:09 IST

  Mumbai: 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 | February 28, 2012 15:37 IST

  New 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 | July 05, 2011 12:03 IST

  New 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