Haryana doctors arrested for sex determination tests

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 16:40

Two doctors, including a woman, were arrested by police Friday after health department officials found them conducting sex determination tests on pregnant women in Haryana`s Yamunanagar district.

EU lawmakers `forcefully` condemn crackdown on gay communities

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 04:31

European Parliament on Thursday "forcefully condemned" laws in nearly 80 countries which criminalise or otherwise discriminate against homosexual men and women.

Vatican grilled on child abuse by UN watchdog

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 00:50

The Vatican was today pushed for the first time to provide answers to the UN over its commitment to stamp out child sex abuse by priests.

Shocking Philippines sex ring: Webcams to stream live abuse

Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 09:25

British police are working with Australian and US counterparts to break a Philippines paedophile ring that has been streaming live scenes of child abuse over the internet, the National Crime Agency revealed Thursday.

I have become a criminal now, Onir tells Chief Justice on LGBT ruling

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 15:28

Maverick filmmaker Onir has written a letter to the Chief Justice of India.

US criticizes Nigeria for same-sex marriage ban

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 04:44

The United States on Monday criticized Nigeria for approving a law that punishes same-sex marriage with prison, saying the move would curtail basic human rights.

Nigeria outlaws same-sex marriage and civil unions

Last Updated: Monday, January 13, 2014, 22:10

Nigeria`s President Goodluck Jonathan has approved a bill banning gay marriage and same-sex partnerships that sparked international condemnation, his spokesman said on Monday.

Typhoon sparks Philippine child trafficking fears: Charity

Last Updated: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 19:24

A UK-based children`s charity has asked Philippines to investigate the suspected recruitment of child workers for sex trafficking in a region devastated by Super Typhoon Haiyan, aid official said.

Farrah Abraham says sex tape ruined her life

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 18:39

Farrah Abraham has revealed that she regrets baring all for a 2013 sex tape with porn star James Deen, because the film has robbed her of true friends.

Lily Tomlin marries longtime partner, collaborator Jane Wagner

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 04:03

Actress Lily Tomlin has married her longtime partner and comedy collaborator Jane Wagner, Tomlin`s publicist said on Tuesday.

Doctor arrested for conducting sex determination tests

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 7, 2014, 19:05

A doctor, owner of a nursing home in Dabwali in Haryana, was arrested today for allegedly conducting sex determination tests at his clinic.

Man in Delhi kills sex worker for `betraying` him

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 7, 2014, 01:07

Selling his house and shop and taking loans at heavy rates of interest rates to help a sex worker whom he loved and wanted to marry to pay her debts, a man saw red when she still refused to live with him and murdered her, police said Monday.