CBSE launches helpline, email support to assist students with post-result queriesCBSE has launched helplines and email support for student queries. The Class XII results are out with an 85.20% pass rate. Girls outperform...
17 May, 2026, 02.16 PM IST
New Aadhaar card rules 2026: UIDAI expands document list for enrolment; simplifies rules for children; sets Aadhaar validity period for OCI, LTV, foreignersThe Unique Identification Authority of India has updated Aadhaar enrolment and correction rules. New regulations expand accepted documents ...
13 May, 2026, 10.13 AM IST
Who is Sheema Kirmani? Famous Pakistani Bharatanatyam dancer, also seen in Ali Sethi's 'Pasoori,' detained by Sindh PoliceSheema Kirmani News: Renowned Pakistani dancer and activist Sheema Kirmani was among seven Aurat March activists briefly detained by Sindh ...
10 May, 2026, 12.09 PM IST
Rajasthan HC calls transgender policy ‘eyewash’, orders 3% extra weightageRajasthan High Court has slammed the state's transgender reservation policy as a mere facade. The court has ordered a 3% weightage in marks...
31 Mar, 2026, 05.51 PM IST
New EPFO Rule: Transgender ID card issued from national portal now accepted for name, gender changes in EPF recordsThe Employees Provident Fund Organisation has eased the process for transgender members to update their records. A transgender identity cer...
08 Jan, 2026, 10.40 AM IST
Manipur High Court upholds transgender rights to update name and gender in official documentsThe Manipur High Court has affirmed the right of transgender individuals to update their name and gender on educational and official docume...
19 Aug, 2025, 09.39 PM IST
Transgender Passport Policy: MEA details steps for gender update after overseas surgeryThe MEA has detailed the procedure for transgender individuals who underwent gender affirmation surgery abroad to update their passports. I...
10 Jan, 2025, 03.14 PM IST
Transgender identity certificate will be treated as valid documentation for PAN: Centre to SCThe Supreme Court has been informed that a 'certificate of identity' issued by the district magistrate under the Transgender Persons (Prote...
29 Aug, 2024, 01.25 PM IST
Kansas refuses to amend transgender birth certificates under new law which requires reversal of altered recordsKansas will discontinue the practice of amending birth certificates to align with the gender identities of transgender individuals, as per ...
16 Sep, 2023, 11.14 PM IST
Centre extends Ayushman Bharat health scheme to cover trans peopleA comprehensive package is being prepared for the transgender category including the existing AB PM-JAY packages and specific packages like...
25 Aug, 2022, 09.17 AM IST
Govt launches portal to help transgender community members in applying for I-cardsOnce the certificate and I-card are issued, the applicant can download them from the portal itself. In case of delay or rejection, the appl...
25 Nov, 2020, 07.40 PM IST
Govt to launch portal for giving I-cards, special homes to transgendersThe social justice and empowerment ministry is set to launch a national portal, which would equip transgenders to apply for an identity car...
25 Nov, 2020, 12.04 AM IST
Transgenders get right to self-perceived identity as Centre notifies rules to TG ActThe Centre and state governments would bring about changes in the educational curriculum to foster respect for gender diversity, sensitise ...
15 Jul, 2020, 08.58 AM IST
Government makes two major changes in Transgender Bill; may introduce in Parliament next weekNow, a person would be identified as transgender through self-identification and a certificate would be issued by the district magistrate.
18 Jul, 2019, 07.46 AM IST
'Others' voters increase by 15,306 in 5 yrs; activists blame paperwork, insensitive officialsThough the 2011 census puts the population of transgenders at around 4.9 lakh, activists claim it is much higher than that.
17 Mar, 2019, 02.56 PM 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
Odisha to implement 5 sub-schemes for transgendersIn a bid to empower the transgender community in Odisha, the state government has decided to implement five sub-schemes launched by the cen...
22 Sep, 2015, 11.35 AM IST