West Bengal polls Phase 2: Mamata Banerjee vs Suvendu Adhikari in high-stakes Kolkata battleIn a crucial day for democracy, West Bengal is heading to the polls for the last round of assembly elections. Leading figures such as Mamat...
29 Apr, 2026, 03.54 PM IST
Transgender law must retain self-identification: Trans activist Maya ThakurA new law amends transgender rights, replacing self-identification with medical board approval. Maya Thakur, a transgender icon, argues thi...
13 Apr, 2026, 02.57 PM IST
Bangladesh schools to go online in energy crunchBangladesh will launch a hybrid school system with virtual and in-person classes on a pilot basis next week to help with the energy crunch ...
09 Apr, 2026, 07.17 PM IST
Delhi govt launches 'Pink Saheli Smart Card' to provide free travel for women and transgender commuters across DTC buses02 Nov, 2025, 04.13 PM IST
Nitish Kumar announces interest-free education loans for those passing class 12 examsThe Bihar government has announced interest-free loans for students who have passed their class 12 board exams, under the Student Credit Ca...
17 Sep, 2025, 01.59 PM IST
Hyderabad's Dr B.R. Ambedkar Open University offers free degree courses to transgender individualsDr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University in Hyderabad is set to offer free degree courses to all transgender individuals in Telangana, starting th...
11 Aug, 2025, 12.12 PM IST
Himachal Pradesh: Education, jobs and ending discrimination main issues, says transgender iconMaya Thakur, the transgender icon from Kothi village in Kunihar area of Solan district under Shimla parliamentary constituency, advocates f...
18 May, 2024, 12.09 PM IST
'Bigg Boss' fame transgender contestant Tamanna to take on Pawan Kalyan in PithapuramFrom modeling to politics, Tamanna became the first transgender to contest in Andhra Pradesh when she unsuccessfully took on TDP supremo N ...
01 May, 2024, 10.08 AM IST
A social barrier well transcendedIn recent years, laws have tried to change this reality. The Supreme Court's 2014 National Legal Services Authority (Nalsa) judgment recogn...
18 Sep, 2023, 11.01 PM IST
Ayushman Bharat to cover sex change of transgendersThe ministry of social justice and empowerment will roll out SMILE on October 12. The scheme has two sub schemes - Central Sector Scheme fo...
06 Oct, 2021, 08.55 AM IST
India Inc opens doors to transgender employeesKPMG, Infosys, Accenture, Nestaway, Sodexo and others have policies have introduced policies as well as hiring plans to ease the transition...
14 Jan, 2020, 07.21 AM IST
Obama to issue notice on use of bathroom for transgenders students in schoolsThe US government is to order all the public schools to allow transgender students to use toilets. The move comes after bathroom law contro...
13 May, 2016, 11.26 AM IST
Advertising through awareness: For city startups, social marketing is the new causeFor a growing number of startups, this extends beyond lending their names to social causes and providing an innovative branding platform fr...
06 Apr, 2016, 11.15 AM IST
Forcing transgenders into beggary may soon be treated as atrocityA chapter detailing a series of offences which shall be treated as atrocity and violence against trangender people has been added to the Ri...
07 Feb, 2016, 12.34 PM IST
'Despite Supreme Court order, transgenders still feel discriminated'Several participants said the SC's last year verdict was not being implemented in several states and felt that the society still misunderst...
27 Aug, 2015, 05.00 PM IST
Meet Manabi Bandopadhyay, India's first transgender college principalBandopadhyay is currently associate professor (Bengali) at Vivekananda Satobarshiki Mahavidyalaya and will take charge of Bengal's Krishnag...
27 May, 2015, 12.25 PM IST
25 per cent seats to be reserved for transgender kids in Delhi schoolsThe Health department will be issuing the required certificate to ascertain the gender and admission to schools will be based on that.
15 Oct, 2014, 04.37 PM IST