Aizawl, Oct 21 (IANS) A total of 174 candidates including 16 women in Mizoram have filed their nominations for the Assembly polls scheduled to be held on November 7, an election official said on Saturday.
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?"
Panaji, Oct 19 (IANS) While the 37th National Games began in Goa with Badminton, much before its formal inauguration, the opposition parties have alleged that non-Goan athletes are recruited to represent the coastal state.
Mumbai, Oct 19 (IANS) Celebrity chef Vikas Khanna, who is the judge on the new season of ‘MasterChef India’, took a trip down the memory lane and reminisced about his first-ever Kashmir trip, after he savoured a dish named ‘Shikara Ride’, made by contestant Rukhsaar Sayyed.
Mumbai, Oct 18 (IANS) Several mice were allegedly found tasting and feasting on food meant for passengers in the pantry car of the long-distance 11099 Mumbai Lokmanya Tilak Terminus-Madgaon Express, Goa, sparking outrage on social media, on Wednesday.
