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Rajya Sabha: Jaya Bachchan requests revision of Transgender Persons Bill
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 20 (ANI): Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Jaya Bachchan on Wednesday requested for the revision of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill while addressing the Rajya Sabha.
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RS passes bill to increase SC judges, defers bill that removes Cong presid
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 7 (ANI) The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday approved a bill seeking to increase the number of judges in the Supreme Court without discussion while it deferred some bills including one that seeks to remove the Congress President as a member of the trust running the Jallianwala
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Lok Sabha passes bill to prohibit discrimination against transgenders
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 5 (ANI): The Lok Sabha on Monday passed a bill that seeks to prohibit discrimination against transgender persons, including in matters of employment, and provides for giving certificates of identity to them.
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Union Cabinet approves Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill 201
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill 2019. The Bill will be introduced in the ongoing session of parliament.
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MP: FIR filed against two transgenders
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Bhind (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Feb 6 (ANI): Police have registered an FIR against two transgender persons based on a complaint by a man who alleged the duo lured him to New Delhi with prospects of job and forcibly castrated him.
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Mumbai: Transgender community protests against Transgender Persons Bill 20
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Dec 27 (ANI): Members of the transgender community on Wednesday held a protest against the Transgender Persons Bill, 2018 at Azad Maidan here.
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Transgender persons protest against Transgender Persons Bill 2018
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Kalaburagi (Karnataka), Dec 20, (ANI): The transgender persons on Thursday organised a protest against the Transgender Persons Bill, 2018 at the District Commissioner's office here.
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Gender-sensitive campaigns awarded at Laadli Media Awards
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Oct 13 (NewsVoir): Gender-sensitive media campaigns by not so-called mainstream media- be they blogs on mental disability, podcasts on sexual reproductive health for ragpickers or a transgender startup YouTube channel on busting myths on lives of Transgender
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Karnataka cabinet approves transgender policy
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Oct 27 (ANI): Karnataka state cabinet on Thursday approved a policy to safeguard transgender individuals from social, sexual exploitation, and integrate them into mainstream of the society.
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Cabinet approves the Transgender Persons Bill 2016
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 20 (ANI): The Union Cabinet under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill 2016.
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