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Bihar activists to file lawsuit against changes in RTI act
Patna, Nov 21

Right to Information (RTI) activists in Bihar have decided to challenge in court the changes made to it by the state government.

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'Stop child abuse in schools'
New Delhi, Nov 20

With two out of every three children, a majority studying in schools, reported being physically abused in India, a child rights organization Friday called for immediate implementation of the proposed safer schools guideline in the country.

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Nearly 50 percent of Indian women marry before 18: Unicef
New Delhi, Nov 20

India has a legislation prohibiting child marriage, but latest household surveys indicate that 47 percent of women, who are now aged 20-24 years, were married before the legal age of 18, a Unicef report released Friday said.

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Children release Unicef report in Bhopal
Bhopal, Nov 20

For the first time in Madhya Pradesh, a clutch of children released the Unicef State of the World Children Report 2009 here Friday, praising the efforts of the government for their survival, care and protection but also calling for more focus.

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India-Bangladesh couple seeks intervention to stay united
New Delhi, Nov 20

It's nothing short of a Bollywood love story. India's Zubair Khan and Bangladesh's Shazia Zarin met on Facebook, fell in love, she fled from home, they got married and are expecting a child. Now the girl's millionaire businessman father is seeking her deportation, and the desperate couple is pleading with President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to intervene.

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Dalai Lama hopeful PM will raise Tibet issue in US
New Delhi, Nov 21

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama Saturday described Manmohan Singh as a "clean politician" and said he was hopeful the prime minister would do whatever possible on the Tibetan issue when he meets US President Barack Obama next week.

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Take proactive action against child labour, Dikshit tells police
New Delhi, Nov 20

Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit Friday launched the 'Time for Change' campaign against child labour and asked police to proactively take action against offenders.

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Log on to find details of missing children
New Delhi, Nov 20

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Friday launched a website that will have information on all lost children staying in children's homes in the capital.

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India working well on child issues, but too slow: Unicef
New Delhi, Nov 20

Progress on child issues is slow even though India has accomplished a great deal in ensuring the rights of children almost two decades after it ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), Unicef India representative Karin Holshof said Friday.

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Damaged property, business loss bear testimony to farmers' protest
New Delhi, Nov 20

Sugarcane stems and broken dustbins at Janpath market in the heart of the capital Friday bore testimony to the vandalism by farmers, a day after nearly 30,000 of them descended here from Uttar Pradesh to protest the new sugarcane pricing policy.

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