Stand with RSS, BJP on Section 377 issue: Minority leaders

Last Updated: Friday, December 20, 2013, 18:52

Several Muslim leaders on Friday echoed the RSS and BJP`s sentiments on the Section 377 issue with some even warning the UPA government that it would be taught a lesson in the 2014 polls over its move to file a review petition against the Supreme Court verdict against homosexuality.

Vijaywargiya takes a jibe on Rahul for his homosexuality views

Last Updated: Friday, December 20, 2013, 17:25

Former Minister and senior BJP leader in Madhya Pradesh, Kailash Vijaywargiya on Friday took a dig at Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi for his views on homosexuality after the Supreme Court verdict on the issue last week.

BJP ambivalent on homosexuality law, says debate not yet over

Last Updated: Friday, December 20, 2013, 15:59

The BJP on Friday suggested that its stand on the Supreme Court judgement on Section 377 of IPC which upheld criminality of homosexual relations is still open, saying the debate over the issue is not yet over.

Congress sends defamation notice to Ramdev over homosexuality

Last Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2013, 23:44

MPCC`s Legal and Human Rights Department`s general secretary sent a defamation notice to Baba Ramdev for his controversial remarks against fellow party workers on the issue of homosexuality.

Psychiatrists oppose SC verdict on homosexuality

Last Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2013, 17:00

Supreme Court`s recent verdict upholding Section 377 of IPC has drawn flak from psychiatrists who said both heterosexual and homosexual behaviours are normal and natural aspects of human sexuality.

Dismiss AK Ganguly: Sushma Swaraj appeals to President

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 17, 2013, 00:31

Sushma Swaraj appealed to President Pranab Mukherjee to dismiss AK Ganguly from the post of WBHRC chief after the retired judge was accused of sexually harassing a law intern.

RSS toes Rajnath Singh`s line on homosexuality issue

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 23:13

RSS toed the line taken by BJP president Rajnath Singh in support of the Supreme Court judgement against homosexuality.

Homosexuality is `imported disease`, says VHP

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 22:44

Terming as "historic" SC decision upholding legal provision against same sex relations, VHP said homosexuality was an "imported disease" which needed treatment.

Nepal`s gay community disappointed with Indian SC verdict

Last Updated: Sunday, December 15, 2013, 23:26

The gay community in Nepal has expressed their disappointment over the recent Indian Supreme Court`s verdict that holds same gender consensual sex as a legal offence.

BJP calls homosexuality unnatural, says cannot support it

Last Updated: Sunday, December 15, 2013, 01:59

Spelling out its stand on the controversial Section 377, the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has described homosexuality as “an unnatural act” which “cannot be supported”.

`Not now`, says Shinde on issuing ordinance on gay sex

Last Updated: Saturday, December 14, 2013, 12:42

Government on Saturday said it did not plan to issue an ordinance on gay rights issue "now" to negate the Supreme Court judgement on homosexuality that has sparked an uproar.

PUCL flays SC order on gay sex

Last Updated: Friday, December 13, 2013, 20:46

Protesting the Supreme Court`s judgment of criminalising homosexuality, a human rights organisation on Friday said that by affirming the constitutional validity of the section 377 of IPC, the apex court has relegated LGBT persons to the status of `second class citizens` because of their sexual orientation.