Moscow: The bill, pushed by the pro-Kremlin United Russia party, was backed by 28 out of 35 deputies in Kostroma town's legislature. A similar ban is already in place in the southern Astrakhan and central Ryazan regions but it was shelved in St Petersburg, Russia's second city, last November after MPs failed to agree on its "legal definitions". The legislation effectively outlaws any gay pride events while allowing authorities to...
01:05 PM, Feb 04, 2012
New Delhi: Artist Balbir Krishan, a gay painter from Uttar Pradesh claimed that he was assaulted by unidentified men at the end of his solo exhibition at the Lalit Kala Academy in Delhi on Thursday evening. The assailants said that his art was provocative and went against the religious sentiments of people. They also threatened that just as late painter MF Husain was hounded out of the country for his...
02:34 PM, Jan 06, 2012
London: Pop diva Lady Gaga has offered to team up with the 'Goddess of Pop' Cher on a duet. Cher, 65, who is currently recording tracks for her upcoming album, admits being delighted after learning that Gaga and producer Red One had co-written a song for her, titled 'The Greatest Thing', reported Daily Star. "Just walked in from studio. Finished 1st track on new cd & 'Gaga' 'You Are The...
02:04 PM, Jul 17, 2011
London: Actor Brad Pitt supports the New York state's decision to legalise same-sex marriage, and says every American should have the right to marry whoever they want. Pitt raises six children - Maddox, nine; Pax, seven; Zahara, six; Shiloh, five; and two-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne - with partner Angelina Jolie. "It is encouraging that New York has joined the movement to grant equal marriage rights to its citizens. But...
09:28 AM, Jul 08, 2011
Mumbai: Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad's comment that men having sex with men (MSM) is a "disease" and "unnatural" has upset the film fraternity. More and more actors, like Bipasha Basu and Nandita Das, are expressing their displeasure over the comments. Azad clarified his stance Tuesday saying his remarks were out of context, clarifying that while some people say it's unnatural, some say it is natural. This what the celebs...
03:05 PM, Jul 07, 2011
CNN-IBN talks to activists over Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad's comment, 'Homosexuality is unnatural.' ...
09:59 PM, Jul 05, 2011
New Delhi: Giving clarification on his controversial comments on homosexuality, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Tuesday said that the Media has misquoted him and he didn't use the words 'homo' or 'gay'. Speaking at an AIDS conference in New Delhi on Monday, Azad said, "The disease of 'Men having Sex with Men' (MSM), which was found more in the developed world, has now unfortunately come to our country and...
07:32 PM, Jul 05, 2011
New Delhi: Bollywood celebrities like Celina Jaitley and Onir, who are quite vocal about supporting India's gay community, are shocked at Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad's comment that men having sex with men (MSM) is a "disease" and "unnatural". They feel he is "regressive". "Dear honourable Mr.Health Minister the World Health Organization removed homosexuality from its list of diseases in 1990. I'm shocked 2 hear that R health minister wld...
04:36 PM, Jul 05, 2011
New Delhi: Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday sparked off a debate by saying that homosexuality is 'unnatural' and a 'disease'. Speaking at an AIDS conference in New Delhi, Azad said that gay sex is unnatural and leads to more AIDS cases. He added that the phenomenon has been transported to India from 'foreign shores'. "The disease of 'Men having Sex with Men' (MSM), which was found more in...
07:11 AM, Jul 05, 2011
New Delhi: Baba Ramdev after becoming an enemy of MNCs is now a crusader against corruption, but there's a whole other side to the Yoga Guru. Ramdev has made some pretty striking statements in the past. Baba Ramdev had earlier taken a stand against cold drinks saying, "Drinking cold drinks cause cancer, drinking cold drinks can also lead to impotency, drinking cold drinks causes osteoporosis, drinking cold drinks can also...
09:26 PM, Jun 03, 2011
Kathmandu: Still portrayed as buffoons, aliens and despicable people by their own silver screen story-tellers, Nepal's burgeoning gay community is now hoping Bollywood's path-breaking films like I Am and My Brother Nikhil will give Nepali filmmakers the right perspective one day. Bollywood film director Anirban Dhar, whose I Am, starring Nepal's Manisha Koirala and Bollywood's Rahul Bose, Juhi Chawla, Nandita Das and Sanjay Suri, released in India last month, is...
02:00 PM, May 31, 2011
They have asked the Supreme Court to uphold a ruling that decriminalized homosexuality in 2009. ...
08:51 AM, Feb 10, 2011
They have asked the Supreme Court to uphold a ruling that decriminalized homosexuality in 2009. ...
08:51 AM, Feb 10, 2011
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