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The petitioners are all members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community, and represent Pravriti - an informal network of more than 350 LGBT alumni, students and faculty from across India's 12 IITs. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2MVUyzD Press Trust of India

85-year-old Ananda is the only sculptor left in the Sangrul village of Karvir taluka in Maharashtra's Kolhapur district who doesn't use machines to sculpt idols. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2O2lA4G Sanket Jain

Flood threat loomed large over Patna district on Saturday after the Madhya Pradesh government released 3.55 lakh cusecs of water from Bansagar dam. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2oTnN7K Press Trust of India

Speaking at the second WHC on Friday, Bhagwat had said that Hindus had no aspiration of dominance and the community would prosper only when it worked as a society. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2O1DS62 Press Trust of India

Criticising the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday said that the organisation does not believe in the Constitution of India. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2MZo5ID Asian News International

The Anti-Terrorism Squad of Maharashtra police on Saturday arrested two more persons in connection with the seizure of explosives and an alleged conspiracy to carry out blasts in the state, an official said. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2MfHQGy Press Trust of India

Psephologist, activist and Swaraj India president Yogendra Yadav on Saturday was allegedly arrested and manhandled by Tamil Nadu Police when he was on his way to express solidarity with farmers protesting against the proposed Salem-Chennai Expressway project in Tiruvannamalai. He was later released. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2MYPlac FP Staff

Urging people to have no fret regarding the NRC draft, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday assured that no Indian national would be excluded from the list from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2MduNWm Asian News International

Narendra Modi to address BJP national executive meet today. Novak Djokovic will look to cut Juan Martin del Potro down to size when they meet in the singles final of the US Open. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2oRJNjb FP Staff

Yogendra Yadav claimed the Tamil Nadu Police prevented him and his Swaraj India team from meeting the farmers protesting against the Salem-Chennai expressway. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2O16cWj FP Staff

Nalini Sriharan's plea comes days after the top court asked the Tamil Nadu governor to consider the mercy plea of another convict in the Rajiv Gandhi case. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2N2x1ND Press Trust of India

A police official said such a mass beating was a first in the region and was probably due to frustration on the part of the Naxals. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2MduOJU Press Trust of India

Sale and consumption of alcohol was completely banned in Bihar by the Nitish Kumar government over two years ago. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2MYhpdZ Press Trust of India

The IMD has forecast heavy rainfall and thunderstorms at one or two districts of Odisha in the next 24 hours. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2wZ9ZMK Press Trust of India

Prashant Bhushan termed the Rafale fighter aircraft deal "a scam of unimaginable proportion". from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2MVUwrv Press Trust of India

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday undertook an aerial survey of areas that were flooded in the state after heavy rains. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2NYD6qI Press Trust of India

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the public wanted Yashwant Sinha to contest the elections and take on the BJP. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2MWUFe4 Indo-Asian News Service

"The Uttar Pradesh government has forgotten the riot survivors of Muzaffarnagar and Shamli," the Amnesty International report said. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2MarJdj Indo-Asian News Service

Two people were killed and around 25 were injured after the Majerhat bridge in Kolkata's Alipore area collapsed on Tuesday. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2MYPj24 Press Trust of India

Left leaning Lankesh, who was strongly opposed to Hindutva, was shot dead on 5 September last year by two motorcycle-borne assailants. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2O5s5E8 Press Trust of India

The Maharashtra government has laid down fines ranging from Rs 500 to Rs 150 to curb the menace of open defecation. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2MYOKFj Press Trust of India

The Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) elections which will be held on 12 September, will be a triangular contest this time, with the entry of the alliance of All India Students' Association (AISA) and the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) student wing, Chhatra Yuva Sangharsh Samiti (CYSS). from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2wD0eDI FP Staff

Uttar Pradesh minister Mukut Bihari Verma's remarks on the Ram temple and the Supreme Court were criticised by other politicians. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2QclFnY FP Staff

The Uttarakhand High Court has directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe the death of tigers at the Corbett Tiger Reserve in the last five years. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2O1Lqpp Ankita Virmani

Besides issuing warnings for heavy rains, the NDMA has advised people to stock up on first aid kits, torches, drinking water and non-perishable food items. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Qdh70u FP Staff

National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Saturday said he was hopeful of better relations between New Delhi and Islamabad. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2O1Lndd Press Trust of India

TDP spokesperson Lanka Dinakar said the party Chief would have the last word in regard to any pre-poll alliance for Telangana Assembly election. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Qdh3Oi Asian News International

During his speech, Arvind Kejriwal urged people to plant more trees apart from what they have planted in the drive. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2MbevNn Indo-Asian News Service

Noting that Section 377 rested on deep-rooted gender stereotypes, he said that "what 377 did essentially was to say that this is how a man should be and this is how a woman should be. And, this not what a man is and this is not what a woman is." from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2QdhMiu Press Trust of India

A Forest Department officer deputed to check sand mafia operations was intentionally run over and killed by a tractor-trolley laden with illegally mined sand in Morena on Friday morning, police said. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2M9DxwC Press Trust of India

The results of the All India Entrance Examination for Admission (AIEEA) conducted by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) have been declared. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2QdhIzg FP Staff

Students politics in Delhi University has become synonymous with unruly drama with candidates relying on mainstream political parties for legal and financial aid from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2M8kfHL Pallavi Rebbapragada

BJP's Telangana unit president K Laxman has already said the party would go it alone in the coming Assembly polls. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2MUjiZ3 Press Trust of India

Apart from MDMK, other Opposition parties including the NCP, DMK and the Samajwadi Party have extended support to the nationwide shutdown called by Congress. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2NYYbBi Asian News International

The civil administration and police conducted the raid on Friday after some children complained that they were being "harassed and tortured" at the facility run by a pastor from Kerala. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2MUTImy Press Trust of India

Members of various catholic reformation organisations took to the streets in Kochi Saturday to protest the alleged laxity in the probe into a complaint of rape filed by a nun against a Roman Catholic church bishop. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2NYqJLh Press Trust of India

Counsel General of India in Houston, Anupam Ray said India is cancelling the Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) cards of Wesley Mathews his wife Sini and the couple's some relatives and close associates as public opinion in India on this issue is inflamed and travel of these people to India is not in public interest. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2MXupjS Press Trust of India

Countries across the globe which paved the way for equality and justice for the LGBT community were cited by the SC while striking down part of Section 377. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2NUKSl7 Press Trust of India

The Supreme Court, which unanimously struck down part of the British-era law that criminalised gay sex, has traced the history of Section 377 in its judgment back to the reign of King Henry VIII in 1533. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2NVDdTK Press Trust of India

The Shiv Sena on Saturday raised a sharp objection to Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa's instigating remark about India and rebuked the central government for not taking any firm steps with regard to the neighbouring country. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2N0mNNo Asian News International

The conviction rate for cases under UAPA-cases convicted per cases in which trials were completed-in 2016 was 33 percent, as against 82 percent for all SLL cases, while the pendency percentage - cases pending trial per total cases for trial - stood at 97.8 percent in 2016, as against 82 percent for SLL cases. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2O15fNX IndiaSpend

Students of a primary school in an Uttar Pradesh village refused to have mid day meal on Friday as they couldn't stomach the fact that it was prepared by a woman from a Scheduled Caste from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2oP0LPl Rahul Arora

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh Friday accused the Modi government of "slowly but surely" undermining the values that a democratic polity should fiercely protect and called for a meaningful national debate on it as also the failure of ruling dispensation in fulfilling its promises made. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2NW842B Press Trust of India

The amount raised to the tune of over Rs 1.2 crore has been sent to the Prime Minister's Relief Fund for Kerala, the DDA said. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2oRtLpO Press Trust of India

Sanjay Rajoura is a stand up artist and actor and part of the collective Aisi Taisi Democracy. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2MWDABh Shubhra Dixit

Nearly a month after media reports suggested that the biennial Aero India show was going to be shifted to Lucknow next year, the defence ministry announced on Saturday that the airshow will be held in Bengaluru from 20-24 February, 2019. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Nn7Jcj FP Staff

Commenting on sexual assault charges against a MLA, Kerala State Women's Commission chairperson MC Josephine has said that "mistakes do happen". from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Cxvfis Asian News International

Armies of India and the US will hold their annual combat exercise "Yudh Abhyas" at Chaubatia in Uttarakhand from 16 to 29 September. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2oPlQJx Press Trust of India

Section 377 was partially scrapped in a landmark moment for the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer) community, by the Supreme Court on Thursday. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Czq9lS FP Staff

President Ram Nath Kovind has invited Czech companies to take advantage of opening of defence manufacturing sector in India and set-up joint ventures to produce for the domestic market. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CK4aZJ Press Trust of India

The Jammu and Kashmir Police Friday adopted a fresh strategy of nabbing stone pelters by planting its men among them at historic Jama Masjid downtown to arrest the real culprits in action. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2wWP2CJ Press Trust of India

The Supreme Court on Friday took a stern view of the fact that only 9 of the 29 states, an 2 of 7 UTs have framed a report against lynchings based on the apex court's detailed 17 July 17 order from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Cx2jXP Press Trust of India

From BJP to begin its two-day national executive meet in New Delhi to Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka face off in the US Open finals, here are the top stories of the day. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2wWc5NW FP Staff

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat, speaking at the second World Hindu Congress (WHC) which coincides with the 125th anniversary of Swami Vivekananda's speech at the Parliament of World Religions in 1893 in Chicago, called on the world's Hindu community to come together in a tighter embrace although it is a "difficult" task. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Cx2ceR FP Staff

The decision was taken in an executive council meeting of Lucknow Municipal Corporation. BJP councillors, as well as councilors from Opposition parties, supported the move. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2wVtSoq Asian News International

The police on Friday filed a chargesheet against three Alwar villagers arrested for beating a man to death in July after accusing him of smuggling cows. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Cx7qr2 Press Trust of India

The new amendments to the SC/ST law passed by Parliament cannot be stayed at this stage, the Supreme Court said Wednesday, as it sought the Centre's response on a batch of pleas challenging the fresh provisions. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2wS3OdU Press Trust of India

Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale on Friday rooted for 25 percent reservation to the poor among the upper castes by enhancing the quota limit to 75 percent. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Cx7gQs Press Trust of India

The national executive of the BJP is also likely to respond to concerns over the rise in oil prices and refer to the previous UPA government's "mismanagement of the economy" as it meets ahead of the Assembly polls in five states, with the Lok Sabha election less than eight months away, party sources said. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2wS3NXo Press Trust of India

A militant was killed and a policeman injured when militants attacked a police picket in attempt to snatch weapons in in Achabal block of south Kashmir's Anantnag district from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Cx1Qox FP Staff

In his complaint, advocate Amruthesh NP said Karnad sported a placard around his neck declaring himself as an urban Naxal. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2wS3Nqm Press Trust of India

Senior Deputy Election Commissioner Umesh Sinha will head the EC team to Telangana, which will "assess the situation in the state regarding poll preparedness", the election watchdog said in a statement. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Cx1DSh Press Trust of India

An Assam Rifles jawan and a cadre of the Manipur-based People's Liberation Army (PLA) were killed on Friday. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2wR6p7M Press Trust of India

Justification for homosexuality more than doubled in India during 1990-2014 with 58 percent Indians now okay with having a homosexual as their neighbour, up from nine percent seen in 1990, reveals data from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Cyo1L7 FP Staff

In an exclusive interview with CNN-News18, Nalini said that the Tamil Nadu government and the Centre should work according to the Supreme Court's directions. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2wWc2Sg FP Staff

The plea, which has sought a stay on the operation of the high court's 23 August order, has alleged that the order was "patently erroneous" as it amounted to imposing a "blanket ban" on the media reporting in the case. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Cy6geX Press Trust of India

Patidar leader Hardik Patel was on Friday shifted to a hospital after his health deteriorated on the 14th day of his indefinite fast in Ahmedabad. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2wV5aEL Press Trust of India

Equal citizenship then is about celebration of diversity and acknowledgement that many people face oppressions other than Section 377. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Cx1yOt Manish

LGBTQ or sexual minorities whose long self-exile has come to an end, need support to get up on their feet and walk out of the shadows of stigma and discrimination. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2wUE809 Ashok Row Kavi

India and the Czech Republic on Friday agreed to jointly cooperate in the fight against terrorism in all its forms and from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CyJrI2 Asian News International

Rawat said that Telangana Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Rajat Kumar has been asked to file a report on the current situation of the state, based on which the Election Commission of India (ECI) would take further decisions. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Cx6PWk Asian News International

from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2wPeUj3 Press Trust of India

Indrani Mukerjea had applied for bail in August, citing ill-health and a "threat" to her life in the prison. The court, however, rejected her plea, saying she would be much safer inside the jail than outside. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2wT8Erf Press Trust of India

The state government removed SP Vaid as the police chief on Thursday night, and appointed Director General of Prisons Dilbag Singh as an interim head of the force contrary to the guidelines of the Supreme Court. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2NSTXuQ Press Trust of India

Iran on Friday said it is working together with the Indian government to keep its oil export lines to India open even after US sanctions on the Gulf nation kick in on 4 November. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2oL8CgS Indo-Asian News Service

A leader of the Democratic Youth Federation had raised the sexual abuse charges against CPM MLA P Sasi, following which the party's Kerala unit began a probe. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2wPeFo9 Press Trust of India

BJP's National Information and Technology in-charge Amit Malviya found himself in a spot on Thursday after the Supreme Court decriminalised homosexulaity in India in a landmark judgement. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2oNiDKh FP Staff

SNEHA, a local NGO, has worked across 10 beats in Dharavi for five years, and its efforts have reduced wasting among children up to three years of age by 23 percent. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2wPeYzj IndiaSpend

The right-wing and Urdu newspapers semed unimpressed with the landmark Supreme Court judgment reading Section 377 and legalising homosexuality with some accusing the apex court of committing egregious excess and others underplaying it from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2oPLZrG FP Staff

Section 377 has tried to diminish our dignity and our humanity, and in trying to get it scrapped, I feel that many of us have resorted to harmful ways of mobilising people to support our cause. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2NSTWag FP Staff

Speaking at the MOVE global mobility summit, Nitin Gadkari said the government was clear with its policy to reduce import of oil and end pollution, for which it is encouraging alternative fuel technologies such as biofuels and electric mobility. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Cr46Od Press Trust of India

The Czech Republic, a manufacturing "powerhouse" with advanced technology base, can be a key partner for India's development initiatives, President Ram Nath Kovind has said, referring to footwear major Bata, a brand with which all Indians have grown up. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Nrvsry Press Trust of India

The Delhi High Court on Friday said that it would not interfere with its single judge's order rejecting a plea for furlough by Vikas Yadav, who is in jail for life for the murder of Nitish Katara. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Cr42Ot Press Trust of India

An old bridge collapsed near Siliguri in north Bengal Friday, leaving a truck driver injured, a state minister said. This is the second incident of bridge collapse in the state in three days. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2MTg7k9 Press Trust of India

Manisha Khopkar, a 40-year-old graphics designer from Maharashtra's Thane district in her testimony said that people carrying saffron flags were not the ones to pelt stones at her and 48 others who travelled to Bhima Koregaon on 1 January. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CD0Lfc FP Staff

Given the massive amount of oil India imports from Iran, Washington's demand was always going to be tricky to comply with. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2MUF3HX FP Staff

Kerala State Biodiversity Board would conduct the study in all the flood affected districts with the support of Biodiversity Management Committees at local bodies from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2CD0FUS Press Trust of India

A news editor with Malayalam daily Mathrubhumi, Vinod Chandran and his wife Saritha, were brutally assaulted by a group of robbers who barged into their house in Kerala's Kannur district. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2NrFl8P FP Staff

Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday refused to comment on Pakistan Army Chief Qamar Javed Bajwa's speech on the occasion of Pakistan's Defence and Martyrs' Day on Thursday. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Cr3PuF FP Staff

Ban Ki-moon and Gro Harlem Brundtland appreciated the Aam Aadmi Party's Mohalla Clinic project and said such projects should be replicated across the country. Arvind Kejriwal and Satyendar Jain were also present. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2MWhqPh Press Trust of India

Four persons were injured after a portion of the boundary wall of suburban Kurla railway station in Mumbai collapsed on Friday, a civic official said. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Q9XrKW Press Trust of India

Nakul Singh Sawhney is an independent filmmaker and founder of ChalChitra Abhiyaan, a film and media collective based out of West UP. He is the director of Muzaffarnagar Baaqi Hai, Izzatnagri Ki Asabhya Betiyan and others. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2M9qWJM Shubhra Dixit

The advantages to India are undoubtedly tangible in terms of enhanced access to technology and better operational capabilities. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2QbEg3m Tara Kartha

As the Supreme Court decriminalised homosexuality in a landmark ruling, there was a common theme running across the front pages of our national dailies from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2NSXOZ2 FP Staff

US, wary of China's growing assertiveness in the region and its influence, has been giving increasing weightage to its Indo-Pacific strategy. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Q9XmXE FP Staff

The Supreme Court was hearing pleas which alleged that both Houses of Parliament had "arbitrarily" decided to amend the law and restored previous provisions in such a manner so that an innocent cannot avail the right of anticipatory bail. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2M6qSKI Press Trust of India

Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah has said that "politics is not bad but politicians can be bad". from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Q9XhDk Asian News International

As the latest incident of grievance against popular taxi-service provider Uber, a customer in Mumbai took to Twitter on Friday to lodge a complaint about negligence by an Uber driver during her ride on 4 September. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2NVW3KB FP Staff

DMK president MK Stalin on Friday said his party will actively participate in the Bharat Bandh called by the Congress on 10 September against the oil price hike. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2QcPCEA Indo-Asian News Service

The first conversation we had was with Susan Abraham who is a lawyer and whose husband Vernon Gonsalves was one of the five arrested on 28 August. This was recorded a day after, on 29 August. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2LR6Zao Shubhra Dixit

The World Hindu Congress, which is scheduled to be held from 7 to 9 September, is held once every four years. The event will also mark the commemoration of 125 years of Swami Vivekananda's address at the World's Parliament of Religions in Chicago. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Q9X4jw Asian News International

Meghnad is a public policy professional who runs the YouTube channel Sansad Watch. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2PyYwLf Shubhra Dixit

The state government removed Vaid as the DGP late Thursday night and handed the charge to DG Prisons Dilbagh Singh till a permanent appointment is made. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Qdbyzp Press Trust of India

A fire broke out at Mumbai's Kamala Mills compound on Friday, nine months after the deadly blaze in the same commercial compound. that had killed 14 people. It was a Level 1 fire which started at the backside of the compound where some new construction was being undertaken. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2M77InS FP Staff

The WCD Ministry recently put up a notification on its website warning people of such scams being perpetuated in the name of the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao. Reiterating the fact that the BBBP is not a direct benefit transfer scheme and has no such component of granting individual cash incentives, the notification makes it clear that any such fake forms received in the future would be "disposed of summarily". from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2QaK4dF Khabar Lahariya

India will remember the morning of 6 September, 2018 for a long time to come, when at 11.30 am, in a matter of half an hour, the Supreme Court decriminalised consensual intercourse between persons of the same sex and read down Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2NVLkj4 Phalguni Rao

The Supreme Court was able to read down Section 377 because right to equality guaranteed in the Constitution, but to legalise gay marriages, adoption or inheritance, requires legislative changes, something only the Parliament can do from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2NVQeww Markandey Katju

The Supreme Court has warned all states to comply with its 17 July verdict directing states to submit reports on the procedure to curb to incidents of cow vigilantism and mob lynchings. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2NmQpE7 FP Staff

Maharashtra's chief minister Devendra Fadnavis urged people to join hands with NGOs to tackle the issue of malnutrition and starvation deaths in Palghar district. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2Q6RAWO Press Trust of India

Rahul Gandhi who is currently on a Kailash yatra, posed for photographs with other pilgrims and tweeted a video of the landscape along with the caption 'Shiva is the universe'. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2M9YozI FP Staff

AMS Odisha has released The State Council for Education Research and Training (SCERT) 2018 merit list on its official website, scert.samsodisha.gov.in. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2NmIGpG FP Staff

The Metro Railways has been asked to stop work "temporarily" near the Majerhat bridge till a committee probing its collapse gives its report, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2oUaWCp Press Trust of India

After the alleged attack, Yadav got emotional in front of media and said, "I have never asked for anyone's caste, never did caste politics. But the attackers first asked for my caste and then attacked." from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2M6rqjR Asian News International

The Lok Sabha (on 6 August) and the Rajya Sabha (on 9 August) had passed the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill to overturn a Supreme Court order concerning certain safeguards against arrest under this Act. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2oOY7cs Press Trust of India

Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously decriminalised part of the 158-year-old colonial law under Section 377 of the IPC which criminalises consensual unnatural sex, saying it violated the rights to equality. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2M6mETy Press Trust of India

The ambitious "Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY)" which provides poor and vulnerable families coverage for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization was launched in Jammu on Thursday. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2wSHil9 Press Trust of India

Amid an increasing Chinese assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific, India and the US on Thursday vowed to work together towards advancing a free, open and inclusive region. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2wQfrS1 FP Staff

He further said that terrorists have been detected by the security agencies to be using dark internet for recruiting operatives. from Latest News India on Firstpost https://ift.tt/2wPi8ny Asian News International