Kochi, Sep 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Kerala High Court has asked the parents and sibling of a 21-year-old individual to undergo counseling in order to understand the concept of gender identity. A division bench of Justice…
Dhaka, Sep 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) A Bangladesh court has jailed two prominent human rights activists for two years each over their “distorted report and doctored images” on security force killings published in 2013, the media reported…
Guwahati, Sep 14 (SocialNews.XYZ): The Assam government has constituted a five-member committee to prepare a draft bill to ban polygamy in the state. Governor Gulab Chand Kataria issued a notification about the formation of the…
Washington, Sep 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) A US federal judge has granted a temporary restraining order against an executive order by New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, who suspended the right to carry firearms in public in…
Aurangabad (Maharashtra), Sep 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Taking strong cognisance of media reports of children forced to row to school in thermocol rafts, the Bombay High Court’s Aurangabad Bench has ordered the Collector to provide proper facilities…
New Delhi, Sep 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Upholding a family court’s order, the Delhi High Court has refused to direct a man to pay maintenance to his wife, noting that the law governing maintenance for a spouse…
Srinagar, Sep 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to J&K government after a petition was filed by landowners in Budgam district who are agitating against the government decision to pay them compensation…
Patna, Sep12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Students of a government girls school in Bihar’s Vaishali district on Tuesday went on a rampage, vandalising properties of school and vehicles, as they demanded for basic amenities like benches and toilets….
Ahmedabad, Sep 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Gujarat High Court will, on October 9, hear a cluster of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Gujarat Prohibition Act, 1949. The matter was brought to the division bench…
Jalgaon (Maharashtra), Sep 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) A man in Maharashtra’s Jalgaon brutally killed a stray dog for damaging the seat of his tractor, as per a video going viral on social media, and evoking disgust and…
New Delhi, Sep 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court on Monday deferred hearing on a plea filed by the sister of slain gangster Atiq Ahmad seeking custody of his two minor sons, who are lodged in…
Washington, Sep 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) A group of lawmakers, including Indian-American Pramila Jayapal, has introduced a Congressional resolution condemning hatred, xenophobia, and racism against South Asian, Sikh, Arab, Muslim and Mid-Eastern communities in the aftermath of…
Patna, Sep 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) As caste-based survey is “almost completed” in Bihar and will be made public soon, the parties in opposition bloc INDIA have an edge over the BJP. Many political parties, including JD(U)…
San Francisco, Sep 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Automakers Nissan and Kia can collect data on their drivers’ “sexual activity” and “sex lives,” and may sell information to third parties, a new report has found. According to the…
New Delhi, Sep 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Despite global efforts, the world is falling short of achieving gender equality. This year’s edition of the UN Women and UN DESA ‘Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The Gender…
Bengaluru, Sep 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday questioned officials as to why no charge sheet has been registered against the accused in caste atrocity cases even after 120 days, warning that action…
Agra, Sep 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Acting on a tip from a concerned citizen, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India worked with the Divisional Forest Officer, Agra to rescue an Indian parakeet – a…
Mexico City, Sep 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court of Mexico has decriminalised abortion across the country, two years after it ruled in favour of a challenge to an existing law in Coahuila state saying that…
New Delhi, Sep 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Delhi High Court has granted a divorce decree to a woman on the grounds of cruelty and desertion, holding that making false allegations against the “chastity” of a woman…
Hyderabad, Sep 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Akula Buvvamma alias Mohammad Mahboobi (53) has a busy morning schedule. Waking up at 6 a.m., one of the first things she does is to fetch water from a public tap,…