Suva, Oct 23 (IANS) Navjeath Singh Sohata has become the first Sikh cop to don a turban with the official Fiji Police crown after the island nation's police force approved changes to the uniform in a bid to promote diversity.
Mumbai, Oct 21 (IANS) Leading LGBTQIA activists are crestfallen by the recent Supreme Court judgement denying them the much-anticipated marriage equality rights, but vow to continue the struggle which promises to be a long haul.
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) After three long years of waiting for the Supreme Court's verdict on marriage equality rights, the LGBTQ+ community and their allies find themselves in a state of frustration and disappointment.
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday delivered four verdicts in the same-sex marriage case. The four judgments were written by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud, Justice S.K. Kaul, Justice Ravindra Bhat, and Justice P.S. Narasimha. IANS decodes the judgments:
Bengaluru, Oct 21 (IANS) Harish Iyer is one of the most well known LGBTQI activists in India. He was one of the petitioners in the Supreme Court who sought equal marriage rights.
Kolkata, Oct 21 (IANS) Her journey of transformation from Deb Barua to Debika Barua was not easy. In her own words, the path was tough because it was riddled by the thorns of discrimination. After a long and painful voyage, Debika Barua has finally established herself as a popular face of queer rights in Kolkata, a blogger and an elocutionist, besides handling her schedule as an employee of a leading ITeS firm in Kolkata.
Bengaluru, Oct 21 (IANS) A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court announced a 3:2 verdict on the petition seeking marital rights for members of the LGBTQ+ community, declining to legalise same-sex marriage in India. This verdict prompted me to ask the opinion of my 30-year-old son. He very casually said, "Let them do what they want to do behind closed doors in their homes. Why should we bother?"
Mumbai, Oct 19 (IANS) Aggrieved at being denied wheelchairs after landing, two women passengers with mobility issues, who recently travelled by Tata’s Vistara Airlines, have slapped separate lawsuits of Rs 10 crore each against the airline.
Toronto, Oct 19 (IANS) A judge in Canada has dismissed a challenge by a Sikh law student, who had sued the Edmonton city in Alberta and law society in the province over mandatory oath to the monarchy last year.
Kochi, Oct 18 (IANS) The Kerala High Court has held that a wife not preparing food for her husband due to a lack of cooking skills cannot be termed as cruelty for the purpose of dissolving a marriage.
