Gay rights activists hug as they celebrate the Delhi high court ruling decriminalising gay sex outside the court premises on Thursday. PHOTO: AFP

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Sexual revolution in INDIA

July 2: It is now not a criminal offence to be gay. A landmark ruling by Delhi high court on Thursday redefining Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which has been on the statute book for 149 years, means India will Full story

Trinamul, DMK join fuel stir in House

July 2: The Budget Session of Parliament began here on Thursday on a stormy note with Opposition members, joined by a few allies of the ruling UPA, criticising the government in the Lok Sabha for hiking petrol Full story

Raja denies he called TN judge

July 2: Union communications minister A. Raja, who AIADMK supremo J. Jayalalithaa alleged was the one who had called a Madras high court judge in favour of an accused in a pending criminal case, on Thursday refuted the charges as "baseless" and "politically motivated".Full story

Bold reform path laid: Will Pranab follow it?

July 2: Never before has an annual Economic Survey, as the one for 2008-09 tabled in the Lok Sabha on Thursday, been so bold in hoping to bring about reforms. The government will need to muster immenseFull story

Hopes rise revival to come soon

July 2: Though the overall growth of the domestic economy slowed down to 6.7 per cent in 2008-09 from nine per cent a year earlier, the pre-Budget Economic Survey 2008-09 has lifted hopes of a revival.Full story

Seth’s Suitable Girl in 2013

July 2: Indian poet and novelist Vikram Seth is writing a sequel to his acclaimed, monumental story A Suitable Boy, to be titled A Suitable Girl.Full story

Kasab mom to visit him

April 14: External affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee said Tuesday that 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab’s mother was coming from Pakistan to visit him in jail in Mumbai. Full story

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