Census: 131,729 gay couples report they're married
Increasingly visible, the number of gay Americans telling the U.S. census they're living with same-sex partners nearly doubled in the past decade, to about 650,000 couples. And more than 130,000 recor
Saudi woman to get 10 lashes for driving a car
Saudi activists say a court has sentenced a Saudi woman with 10 lashes for defying the kingdom's ban on women driving.
Activist Samar Badawi says Shaima Ghassaniya was found guilty Tuesday of driving
New era for US military as gay ban expires
As a staff sergeant training to be an Air Force officer in the US military, David Hall had a promising career ahead of him until a fellow airman outed him as gay.
Nearly 10 years later, Hall said he
Police stop 'gay' party in Mumbai, participants fined
City police stopped a 'gay' party that was being held in a bungalow of suburban Versova last night, in which at least 130 guests, including Bollywood actor Bobby Darling, took part.
Police have also
Karnataka govt orders a ban on Tomatino
The Karnataka government has issued orders to officials in Bengaluru and Mysore to stop the Tomatino festival scheduled to be held in the cities on Sunday.
State's Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda said
Text of Prime Minister's address at 15th National Integration Council meeting
Following is the text of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's address at the 15th National Integration Council meeting here Saturday:
"I am very happy to welcome all of you to this 15th meeting of the Nat
Domestic Servants' Assn to protest against Tata DoCoMo ad
An association of domestic servants has objected to a TV ad of Tata DoCoMo saying it depicts their profession in bad light.
"We object to a commercial, which shows a maid, who finds a mobile phone wh
Chinese lovers 'outsource break-ups'
In a bid to avoid the pain of ending a relationship, some Chinese have now reportedly resorted to a unique way of breaking-up - outsourcing the responsibility to a middleman.
At least 40 such 'break
Red lingerie to lure Hungarians online for census
Hungary has produced a provocative video advertisement to encourage more people to fill out its national census online next month.
In a video posted on social networking sites on Wednesday, a topless
Why not ban only obscene and objectionable dance: SC
The Supreme Court today asked the Maharashtra government to examine whether it can 'modify' certain provisions of the Bombay Police Act to ban only 'obscene and objectionable' form of dance in bars, h