Young transgender people in China are risking their lives and health by  attempting surgery on themselves and taking unsafe hormones, Amnesty International said in a report on Friday.


Trans Chinese youngsters attempt surgery on themselves


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A court near here on Friday extended till June 7 the bail of former Jalandhar bishop Franco Mulakkal, accused of sexually assaulting a nun between 2014 and 2016.


Kerala Bishop's bail extended till June 7


Former US military intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning has been released from prison after spending two months behind bars for refusing to testify before a grand jury, her lawyers said.


Chelsea Manning freed after jailed for contempt


Amit Mehta, an Indian-American judge, will fast-track a decision on President Donald Trumps bid to quash a subpoena for financial records from his accounting firm, saying he will decide the full case after a hearing on May 14.


Indian-American judge to fast-track ruling on Trump finances subpoena


The Centre on Thursday filed another affidavit in the Supreme Court in the Rafale deal against the perjury plea of the petitioners seeking a review, claiming the mismatch between a certain portion of the judgement pronounced on December 14, 2018, about its submissions on the CAG report, is not a major error and that it does not affect the judgement.


Rafale: Centre says mismatch between CAG report and SC not a big error


Television actor and singer Karan Oberoi, arrested on charges of raping and blackmailing a woman, has been sent to 14 days judicial custody by a Magistrate Court here.


Rape-accused Karan Oberoi gets 14 days judicial custody (2nd Lead)


A Delhi court on Thursday summoned Tihar Jail authorities after Christian Michel, the alleged middleman arrested in the AgustaWestland chopper scam, accused jail officials of serving him boiled food which he said had made him lose 16 kg.


Jail officials summoned after Michel says he lost 16 kg


The Supreme Court on Thursday said that it will meet, in July, the wife of a former IPS officer of the West Bengal cadre, who committed suicide and held Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee "directly responsible" for his death.


SC wants to meet wife of IPS officer who committed suicide


DMK President M.K. Stalin on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court's order dismissing the case filed against the release of the seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.


Release the 7 convicts in Rajiv Gandhi case: Stalin


The CPI-M on Thursday asked Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and the Supreme Court to "take the court out of the crises in which it is currently mired".


SC must take steps to come out of crises: CPI-M



Rape-accused Karan Oberoi gets 14 days judicial custody


After directions from a court, police in Jammu and Kashmir's Leh district have filed an FIR against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders in a case of bribery allegation levelled by local journalists.


FIR against J&K BJP leaders for bribing journalists


The Indian Embassy in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has urged Indian expats to report any delay in payment of salary by their employers, the media reported on Thursday.


Indian Embassy in UAE urges expats to report salary delay


A Pakistani national was apprehended by the Border Security Force (BSF) at the international border in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district.


Pakistani held while illegally crossing over to India


A veteran who was dismissed from Britain's Royal Navy because of his sexual orientation, has planned to sue the UK's Defence Ministry for the return of his medals, which were cut from his chest when he was expelled in 1993.


Bisexual UK navy veteran stripped of medals to sue


A teenage American recruiter for the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) has admitted in a Texas federal court that he was guilty of a conspiracy to help the terrorist organisation, according to John C. Demers, the assistant attorney-general for national security.


American LeT recruiter admits to helping terror group


Rome, May 8 (IANS/AKI) A total 52 million people are chronically undernourished and hunger is on the rise in the Near East and North Africa region, driven by its worsening conflicts, a new United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation report said on Wednesday.


52 mn people going hungry in Mideast, North Africa: UN


In a big relief for Amrapali home buyers -- numbering nearly 46,000 -- the Supreme Court on Wednesday said it may give ownership rights of all the group's projects to authorities in Noida and Greater Noida to complete the construction and hand over the flats to the homeowners.


SC to Amrapali: Ownership rights should be given to Noida and G. Noida authorities


A British court on Wednesday extended, till May 30, the judicial custody of fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi, while rejecting his fourth bail plea as it suspected that he could flee the country and "interfere" with witnesses.


UK court again rejects Nirav Modi's bail plea


The Congress on Wednesday demanded an apology from the Goa Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sardesai for saying that he would weaponise the BJP youth cadres, if domicile provisions relating to eligibility for government jobs in the state were diluted.


Congress seeks Goa Deputy CM apology for 'weaponising' remark


The Telangana High Court on Wednesday adjourned, to May 15, the hearing in the case relating to goof-ups by the Board of Intermediate Education (BIE) in the results of the Intermediate exams.

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