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Gay rights groups borrow Games message for campaign

Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 14:13

International gay rights campaigners are using branded clothing inspired by the Olympic movement`s own values to show their opposition to Russian laws on homosexuality ahead of the Sochi Games.

Tom Cruise drops defamation lawsuit against magazine

Last Updated: Saturday, December 21, 2013, 17:12

Actor Tom Cruise has avoided going to trial with owners at America`s In Touch and Life & Style magazine after reaching a settlement over his $50 million defamation lawsuit.

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.

Gay rights magazine names Pope ‘Person of the Year’

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 00:49

Pope Francis, named "Person of the Year" last week by TIME magazine, has been accorded the distinction once again. This time it`s a leading lifestyle magazine which actively promotes gay rights.

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.

Homosexuality issue: Gowda endorses BJP`s view

Last Updated: Friday, December 13, 2013, 16:58

JDS supremo H D Deve Gowda on Friday endorsed BJP`s view that the Centre should convene an all-party meeting to discuss the Supreme Court verdict on the gay rights issue.

Section 377: Government to take the Ordinance route?

Last Updated: Thursday, December 12, 2013, 23:47

Supreme Court of India on 11 December 2013 set aside the Delhi High Court`s verdict, which had decriminalised gay sex among consenting adults in private in 2009.

Gay sex ruling: `Courts should respect individuals` choice, says Pilot

Last Updated: Thursday, December 12, 2013, 22:03

Union Corporate Affairs (Independent charge) Minister Sachin Pilot on Thursday said Courts should respect "individuals` freedom and choice" in areas like gay rights issue.

Amitabh Bachchan ponders over gay rights ruling

Last Updated: Thursday, December 12, 2013, 14:35

Amitabh Bachchan is left wondering about the consequences of the recent Supreme Court ruling that consensual sex between adults of the same gender is an offence.