SC to examine correctness of verdict reinstating Sec 377

IMAGE: Members and supporters of the LGBT groups participate in Queer Pride march in New Delhi. Photograph: Vijay Verma/PTI Photo The Supreme Court on Tuesday made it clear that it would not......

Is Triple Talaq fundamental to Islam? Hearing begins in Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Thursday commenced its historic hearing on a clutch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the practice of triple talaq and nikah halala among Muslims, saying......

Pak SC grants bail to same sex couple

In a relief to Pakistan's jailed same sex couple, the Supreme Court on Thursday granted them bail, staying the three-year sentence awarded to them by the Lahore high court. Admitting a petition......

What Tejpal did to me is legally RAPE: Victim

Rejecting "insinuations" that her complaint is part of a pre-election political conspiracy, the victim of Tehelka Editor Tarun Tejpal's alleged sexual assault on Friday said what he did to her......

Why the women of Wall Street are disappearing

Nadine Mentor, 29, had just landed in New York--and found out, she says, that she'd bagged one of the biggest gets of her career at Citigroup: a role for the bank leading a bond offering, valued at......

Key facts on gender testing

The rapid improvement of South African teenager Caster Semenya, who won the women's world 800 metres title, prompted track and field officials to order a gender verification test. Here are some......