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HC seeks Centre, Navy’s reply on dismissal of sailor post sex change
The Centre and the Indian Navy have been asked by the Delhi High Court to submit their response on why a plea by a sailor, who changed his sex, against dismissal from service be not admitted. A notice was issued to the Central Government and the Navy by a bench of Justice GS Sistani and …
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January 15, 2018 -
Navy sacks sailor for undergoing sex change surgery
A sailor with the Indian Navy has been discharged after he underwent a gender reassignment surgery and transformed into a woman, reports said on Tuesday. Manish Giri went under the knife in Mumbai last year as he was feeling like a “woman trapped in a man’s body”. After getting a new identity, he changed his …
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October 10, 2017 -
Remains of Pearl Harbour sailor to return home
The remains of an American sailor who killed during the Japanese attack on the Pearl Harbour in 1941 is set to return to his hometown in Iowa state for burial, officials said. Fireman 1st Class William H. Kennedy was killed aboard the USS Oklahoma but his remains were not properly identified until earlier this year, …
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May 9, 2017