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Supreme Court forms panel; issues guidelines to protect transgender rights
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Supreme Court on Friday constituted a committee and issued certain guidelines to ensure the protection of the rights of transgender persons in India.
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Madhya Pradesh: 24 transgenders attempt suicide in Indore, demand arrest o
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
"We received information about a situation of ruckus at a house in Nandlalpura where transgender persons reside. Our senior officers promptly arrived at the scene. They learned that some of the individuals had consumed an unknown substance, causing several of them to fall ill. Ambulances
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Welfare measures under Transgender Persons Act still not implemented: Delh
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
A Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela made the observation while hearing a petition filed by Praveen Singh, which the Court has treated as a Public Interest Litigation concerning the welfare of transgender persons.
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Pakistan's failure to protect transgender citizens sparks outrage after br
Updated : 7 months, 4 weeks ago IST
The transgender community, supported by civil society activists, staged a protest outside the Karachi Press Club to denounce the brutal killings of three transgender persons and to demand immediate justice. The demonstration was organised under the banner "Justice for the Khwaja Sira Communi
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Pakistan: Three transgender persons found shot dead in Karachi's Memon Got
Updated : 7 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Three transgender individuals were fatally shot to death near the Memon Goth police station in Pakistan's Karachi, The Express Tribune reported citing officials.
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Pak: Human Rights Commission calls for immediate protection of transgender
Updated : 7 months, 4 weeks ago IST
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned a decision by community elders in Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, to form a committee tasked with expelling transgender persons from the district.
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Pakistan: Transgender rights row deepens as Swabi elders push expulsion pl
Updated : 7 months, 4 weeks ago IST
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan condemned a committee in Swabi for planning to expel transgender persons, calling it unconstitutional and discriminatory, *Dawn* reported. The HRCP urged authorities to protect the community, while transgender representatives rejected the move, stressi
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Four illegal Bangladeshi immigrants disguised as transgender persons held
Updated : 1 year ago IST
The arrested individuals, who had disguised themselves as transgender persons, were found to be engaging in begging and other activities at traffic signals to avoid suspicion.
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SC notice to Centre on plea to allow blood donation by gay men, transgende
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra sought a response from the Centre, National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC), National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) and asked them to file their response.
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Telangana govt rolls out free bus travel scheme for women, transgender peo
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The government of Telangana launched the 'Maha Lakshmi scheme' on Thursday which provides free travel for women, girls and transgender persons.
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"Only one case registered under Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights)
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) annual report says that only one case has been registered under Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act in the country.
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Pak: Local clerics ban transgender persons' music, dance at wedding
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The decision was made by a group of 26 clerics on Friday, who also ruled that clergy would not perform the nikah ritual at any marriages that included music and dance.
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