Parrikar welcomes Jayanthi resignation
23 December 2013 11:06 IST
The exit of Jayanthi Natarajan as union minister of state for environment and forests was good for Goa, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said here Sunday. READ
Goa Crime branch probes Lekhi's Tweet
16 December 2013 17:41 IST
Goa Police has begun investigations into BJP spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi's reported tweets in which she allegedly disclosed surname of the woman journalist who has accused Tehelka founder-editor Tarun Tejpal of sexual assault last month. READ
Homosexuality in Bollywood
12 December 2013 22:02 IST
While the Supreme Court has held homosexuality as a criminal offence, Bollywood has been quite open about it and several filmmakers have also depicted such relationships on the big screen. READ
Court can't legalise gay-sex until IPC amended: SC
12 December 2013 21:48 IST
The Supreme Court today put the ball in Parliament's court to consider the "desirability and propriety" of deleting or amending the penal provision making sexual intercourse between people of same sex as a criminal offence ... READ
Sonia - Rahul voice dismay over 'gay' order
12 December 2013 21:38 IST
Amid the storm over the Supreme Court verdict on gay rights issue, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi today expressed disappointment over the order, signalling that Parliament would address the matter. READ
Gay right activists upset with SC verdict
11 December 2013 12:29 IST
The NGO, which was the first to file the petition for decriminalising section 377 of IPC, today expressed dissatisfaction over the Supreme Court judgement upholding the constitutional validity of the penal provision making gay sex ... READ
Gay sex is a criminal offense: SC
11 December 2013 12:14 IST
In a blow to gay rights activists, the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the constitutional validity of the penal provision making gay sex an offence punishable with upto life imprisonment. READ
Tejpal remanded to 12-day judicial custody
11 December 2013 12:11 IST
Tarun Tejpal, rape accused and founder editor of Tehelka, has been remanded to 12-day judicial custody. READ
Centre not received Goa letter on W Ghats
10 December 2013 21:52 IST
The Environment Ministry Tuesday said it is yet to receive any letter from the Goa government on the controversial Kasturirangan report on Western Ghats and will "look at it" once it comes. READ
Shoma quizzed further by crime branch
08 December 2013 23:12 IST
Tehelka's former Managing Editor Shoma Chaudhury was questioned by the crime branch here on Sunday, in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a woman journalist. READ
