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India gets first ever gender-neutral hostel in Mumbai's TISS
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Sep 16 (ANI): After the historic verdict by the Supreme Court to scrap Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) that criminalised homosexuality, India has become the first-ever country to have a gender-neutral hostel.
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Hyderabad: 5-year-old girl raped by school employee
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Sep 16 (ANI): A five-year-old girl was allegedly raped inside her school premises by an employee, in Hyderabad.
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Case to be filed against Missionaries of Jesus for revealing nun's identit
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Trivandrum (Kerala) [India], Sep 14 (ANI): A case will be registered against Missionaries of Jesus under Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 228A (disclosure of the identity of the victim of certain offenses including rape) for publishing the photo of the victim nun.
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Opposition criticises Centre for not taking stand on Section 377
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Sep 9 (ANI): Echoing Supreme Court Justice DY Chandrachud's thoughts, the opposition is criticising the Narendra Modi-led government for not taking a stand on Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) which criminalised homosexuality.
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Decriminalising homosexuality will tarnish Indian culture: Wasim Rizvi
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi/Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sep 07 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Shia Central Waqf Board chief Wasim Rizvi has claimed that Supreme Court's verdict decriminalising homosexuality will tarnish the Indian culture, and suggested the Apex Court to review its decision on Section 377 of the I
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Deepika, Ranveer celebrate Section 377 verdict the quirky way!
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Sep 6 (ANI): As India continues to celebrate the Supreme Court's decision to decriminalise Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), everyone from activists to the common man is engulfed in the jollification.
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How Google is celebrating Section 377 verdict
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 6 (ANI): From activists to celebrities to the common man, everyone is engulfed in celebration after the Supreme Court on Thursday decriminalised Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
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Fashion industry hails SC's order on section 377
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Sep 6 (ANI): Terming it as a "historical judgment", the fashion industry lauded the Supreme Court's verdict that decriminalised Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
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A historic decision: LGBT community on SC decriminalising homosexuality
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 6 (ANI): Soon after the Supreme Court, in a landmark judgement on Thursday, struck down Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), celebrations broke out across the nation by the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Intersex (LGBTI) community.
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UN in India hails SC order on Section 377
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 6 (ANI): The United Nations in India welcomed the landmark ruling by the Supreme Court of India on Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code and hoped that the ruling will be the first step towards guaranteeing full range of fundamental rights to LGBTI persons.
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UNAIDS welcomes SC decision on IPC 377, urges other countries to follow In
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 06 (ANI): The UNAIDS (United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS) on Thursday welcomed the decision of the Supreme Court of India to annul key provisions of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code. The world agency expressed hope that this decision sets the trend and is
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Supreme Court decriminalises homosexuality
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep. 6 (ANI): In a landmark judgement, after months of deliberations, the Supreme Court on Thursday struck down the Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) which criminalised homosexuality.
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