Lok Sabha Bill redefines transgender, excludes sexual orientationA new bill introduced in the Lok Sabha aims to legally define transgender persons, excluding those with different sexual orientations or se...
PFI module had planned attacks on Jews visiting Tamil Nadu hill station, say NIA officialsThe module -- Ansar-ul-Khilafa Kerala -- was also indulged in a secret campaign of recruiting, motivating and radicalizing Muslim youths to...
'Indian recruits of IS using Iran deportation camps for Afghan war'The use of deportation camps in Iran by Indian recruits to ISIS has been disclosed by Nashidul Hamzafar, the first Indian to be sent back f...
Islamic State urges lone-wolf attacks on Kumbh, Kerala festThe voice has been identified as that of Abdul Rashid alias Abdulla Abdul Rashid, the prime accused in the Kasargod Islamic State case bein...
MPs express concern over use of medicines for male childBJP MP Vinay P Sahasrabuddhe said due to the use of such medicines from quacks, the children born with "ambiguous genitalia" are often aban...
Third gender: Railways, IRCTC include transgender in reservation formsThe decision which was taken on a representation made by a lawyer will include the facility for both online as well offline.
Railways, IRCTC include transgender as third genderThe ministry in its circular referred to the direction of the apex court of April 2014, which had said that hijras, eunuchs, apart from bin...
Lesbians, gays, bisexuals are not third gender, SC clarifiesThe Supreme Court on Thursday clarified that only transgenders will be included in the category of 'third gender' - and not gays, lesbians ...
Third gender yet to get proper representation in voters' listElection Commission officials said they have been trying their best to ensure that all voters from the category enlist themselves in a sepa...
LIC introduces third gender option in its proposal form; move cleared by IRDATill now, policy buyers could choose between ‘male’ and ‘female’ as gender options. Now transgender applicants can opt for the ‘third gende...
What Kerala's new transgender policy could teach other states about recognising the rights of a maltreated communityIndia's transgender people were recognised for the first time by the Census in 2011. It pegged the TG population at 4.88 lakh, 56% of whom ...
Britain is struggling to understand why some Muslims are flocking to ISISHe told young people who want to join Islamic State they would be "cannon fodder" rather than "valued members" of the movement.
Universities asked to include column for transgenders in formsUGC has also informed that it has issued directions to all its bureaus to ensure that the forms/proformas of all the schemes being operated...
Election Commission rejects demand for 'transgender' on voter IDThe Election Commission had introduced an 'others' column along with 'male' and 'female' in electoral rolls for the recent Lok Sabha polls.
Lok Sabha polls 2014: Transgenders feel rejected as voters list reduces them to 513It is for the first time in India that transgenders and eunuchs are voting as the third gender after Election Commission recognised them as...
It’s official, Transgenders finally get formal identity from Supreme CourtIn a landmark judgement, the SC today recognised transgenders or eunuchs as 3rd category of gender and directed Centre to grant them all fa...
- Bangalore streets lit by gay march
In a bid to stamp their identity, colourfully-dressed gays, lesbians and transgenders today marched through the city streets and demanded o...