Tag: Transgenders

Kochi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday flagged off the Kochi metro – India’s first integrated multi-mode transport system that has reserved jobs for transgenders and will be run mostly by women. With Metro Man E. Sreedharan by his side, Modi also took a Metro ride after he cut the inaugural ribbon at the rail […]

In a major gender reform, decks have been cleared for the recruitment of transgender people in the Odisha Police with the State Police Recruitment Board on Saturday issuing a notification inviting online applications for recruitment to sub-inspectors and constable posts and making transgender candidates eligible to apply for the posts

Titlagarh/ Bolangir: At a time when political parties are leaving no stone unturned to woo the voters, a rap song criticising political parties over unfulfilled promises has been released by documentary film producer Shankhajeet De. The video features Mumbai-based rapper RcR and three transgender artistes from Titlagarh- Madhu, Sarita and Nandini. Speaking to OTV, De […]

Malkangiri: With an aim to empower the members of the LGBTQ community and make them self-dependent, the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) authorities in Malkangiri have appointed five transgenders as security guards. #Malkangiri District Headquarters Hospital authorities set a precedent by roping in five transgenders as security guards to promote workplace equality & empowerment of LGBT […]

New Delhi: In a first, the government will collect data on households headed by a transgender and members living in the family, Home Ministry officials said on Wednesday. Census officers will be seeking specific information based on 31 questions from every household during the house listing and housing census exercise scheduled from April 1 to […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to designate special officer to deal with the complaints of transgenders in a bid to end the harassment and hassles people from the community face in government offices. The Department of Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities has written to the secretaries in all departments under the […]