Menaka Guruswamy makes history as India’s first openly queer MPMenaka Guruswamy made history today by taking her oath as a Member of Parliament. She is the first openly queer MP in India. Guruswamy is a...
06 Apr, 2026, 05.23 PM IST
Tamil Nadu: AIADMK Rajya Sabha candidate M Thambidurai files nomination at SecretariatNominations are being filed for Rajya Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. Key candidates from AIADMK, DMK, Congress, BJP, and Trinam...
05 Mar, 2026, 12.40 PM IST
Trinamool names four for Rajya Sabha pollsThe Trinamool Congress has announced its candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections. State minister Babul Supriyo, former Bengal DGP...
28 Feb, 2026, 12.51 AM IST
SC frowns upon 'arbitrariness' in criteria appointment of women Army officersThe Supreme Court has raised concerns about the unequal evaluation criteria for Short Service Commission (SSC) women Army officers seeking ...
17 Sep, 2025, 10.05 PM IST
SC reconstitutes committee on gender sensitisationThe Supreme Court has revamped its Gender Sensitisation and Internal Complaints Committee, as per an official order. Justice B V Nagarathna...
06 Aug, 2025, 06.43 PM IST
Supreme Court reconstitutes committee on gender sensitisationThe Supreme Court has reconstituted its Gender Sensitisation and Internal Complaints Committee. The 11-member committee is chaired by Justi...
17 Jan, 2025, 12.28 PM IST
Apex court tells HC to decide afresh Mohammed Faizal's conviction suspensionThe Supreme Court set aside the Kerala high court order that suspended the conviction of Lakshadweep MP PP Mohammed Faizal in an attempted ...
22 Aug, 2023, 11.57 PM IST
BPL Medical Tech COO Krishnamoorthy honoured for his work in UKChief Operating Officer of Bengaluru-based BPL Medical Technologies, Guruswamy Krishnamoorthy, has been honoured by the King of England wit...
26 Jul, 2023, 09.42 PM IST
SC inquires on level of court interference on same-sex marriageHe said that even if SC issues guidelines to fill lacuna in laws, the framework set out has "to be fleshed out by the legislature". The cen...
26 Apr, 2023, 12.06 AM IST
Same-sex marriage hearing, day two: Centre files fresh affidavit in SC, wants states to be made party in the matterThe Indian government has urged state governments to submit their views on same-sex marriage in the country within ten days. The move came ...
19 Apr, 2023, 11.51 AM IST
Jio Institute appoints Dr. Guruswami Ravichandran as the ProvostProf. Ravichandran will join Jio Institute as its founding Provost and Professor of Engineering, on July 1, 2022. From 2015 to 2021, he ser...
04 Apr, 2022, 10.51 PM IST
Lawyers Menaka Guruswamy & Arundhati Katju, the face of historic Section 377 verdict, reveal they're a coupleSC decriminalising homosexuality in 2018 was not only a professional achievement, but also a personal win for the duo.
20 Jul, 2019, 02.54 PM IST
TIME's 100 most-influential people list: Priyanka Chopra hails 'amazing' litigators who fought against Sec 377Katju and Guruswamy joined the TIME's 100 most-influential people list.
18 Apr, 2019, 11.01 AM IST
Supreme Court's adultery verdict strong, progressive on gender equality, say women lawyersSenior advocate Rebecca John and lawyers Aishwarya Bhati and Menaka Guruswamy, termed as correct the apex court's observation that the adul...
27 Sep, 2018, 04.34 PM IST
- Government must invest 100 per cent to develop indigenous semiconductor fabrication units
Isn’t that good enough to start thinking of fabs? “If government needs a fab to ensure India is self-secure, it has to put 100% of the inve...
24 Sep, 2012, 05.46 AM IST
- For specialised users, desktops will stay
Even as the computer market shifts to smaller, smarter devices, there's a set of users for whom the shift is not that easy.
19 Jan, 2010, 02.48 AM IST
- JD(S) rebel's entry to alter equations in K'taka by-poll
The ruling JD(S), which succeeded in persuading coalition partner BJP to extend unconditional support to its candidate Shivabasappa, will n...
21 Nov, 2006, 02.58 AM IST