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		<title>Muslim law board enhances its own women quota</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a122873.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) may been silent on the women's reservation bill. But when it came to reconstituting its executive body, it unanimously increasef the representation of women from one to five.
Announcing this on the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:43:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Court accepts NDTV plea against child rights panel</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Delhi High Court has said that the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has no power to stay the telecast of a TV reality show without completing an inquiry.
Justice S. Muralidhar in an order passed last week said:...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:36:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Activists protest Muslim cleric's sexist remark</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Women activists Saturday staged a demonstration against a cleric who spoke against Muslim women's participation in politics.
Around 30 activists, mostly from the Muslim community, as well as filmmaker Gauhar Raza and lyricist Javed Akhtar gathered...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:11:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Tripura announces economic aid for girl child</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Left Front government of Tripura Saturday announced a special economic package for girl child in families living below the poverty line (BPL) to continue their education and maintain the minimum required nourishment.
"Under the scheme, the state...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:59:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>West Bengal to hike women's quota in civic agencies</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Saturday said the women's quota in the elected seats of panchayat and municipal committees will be raised to 50 percent.
"I have told the panchayat and municipality and municipal affairs departments...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:56:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Minor maid burnt and beaten for eating dog's food</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a122708.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[A 12-year-old maid was allegedly hit again and again with a hot iron rod by a hotel owner's family for eating salty tidbits meant for their pet dog, in a horrifying instance of how Indians continue to treat underage domestic helps.
Ria Malakar, a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:11:02 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Delhiites to queue up outside toilets to spread sanitation message</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a122669.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Realising that simply talking about an issue is of little help, an NGO here has gathered the support of scores of people in resettlement colonies to stand in queues in front of public toilets to draw the government's attention to the lack of proper...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:04:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Will torch myself if not given a home, says poor Dalit</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a122641.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Many rural poor are upset over alleged corruption in getting houses under a central government scheme and a 30-year-old Dalit woman has threatened to set herself on fire if she does not get a home due to her.
Ramvati Devi, a resident of Begusarai...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:53:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Rework contract of auto scrap dealer: CIC</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a122563.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Central Information Commission (CIC) has asked the Delhi government to relook at the contract of a man who has been given the monopoly to scrap old auto rickshaws.
The decision came on an application filed by Om Prakash Tiwari, who had sought to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:38:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Women village leaders want quota within quota</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a122518.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Around 60 women village leaders Friday hailed the passing of the women's reservation bill in the Rajya Sabha but demanded a quota for Dalits and other backward classes (OBCs) for their proper representation.
At a conclave organised here by...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:49:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Maharashtra rapped for failure to protect migrants</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a122327.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Maharashtra government has been hauled up by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) for failing to protect migrants from a hate campaign launched by Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS).
Rapping the state government for its...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:52:02 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>'India needs 152,000 professional trainers for disabled'</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a122282.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The country faces a major dearth of trained professionals who can provide basic educational and vocational skills to the disabled population, the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) said Thursday.
At the inauguration of a two-day national meet on...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:23:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>'We need a national advisor to PM on disability'</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In order to ensure the rights of people with disabilities, there is a need for a national advisor on the subject to the prime minister, former chief justice of the Delhi High Court Ajit Prakash Shah said Thursday.
"There is a need for a national...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:40:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Compassion, love key to human rights protection: Dalai Lama</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a122137.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Tibetan spiritual guru the Dalai Lama here Wednesday said the ethos of global brotherhood, compassion and love hold the key to protection of human rights.
Addressing a symposium on 'Human rights through universal responsibility', he said, "It is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:29:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Rights of workers at CWG sites must be protected: court</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a122136.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Expressing concern over the plight of labourers working in Commonwealth Games sites in the capital, the Delhi High Court Wednesday stressed that their rights must be protected.
A report on the condition of labourers at Commonwealth Games sites was...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:22:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Court asks for report on attack on Mumbai activists</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a122125.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Bombay High Court Wednesday ordered the state government to file a report within 24 hours on the attack on two prominent social activists in Raigad Tuesday.
A division bench of Justice F.I. Rebello and Justice A.A. Sayed gave the order during...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:51:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Government given time to bend adoption law for German couple</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a122096.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court Wednesday gave the Union government four more weeks to see if the country's adoption laws can be relaxed just once to help a German couple adopt its  twins born to an Indian surrogate mother.
A bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:26:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Better working sought for law against domestic violence</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a122045.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence (PWDV) law suffers from poor implementation even three years after coming into force, voluntary organisations and social groups said Wednesday.
United Nations Development Fund for Women (Unifem),...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:41:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>65,000 foreigners found overstaying in India</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a121801.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[More than 65,000 foreigners, including 31,200 Bangladeshis, 14,500 Afghans and 7,500 Pakistanis, were found overstaying in India in 2008 and only 13,995 were deported, according to home ministry figures.
Minister of State for Home Affairs...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:31:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>No question of bulldozing women's bill: Law Minister Veerappa Moily (IANS Interview)</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a121750.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The government has no intention of bulldozing the women's reservation bill in the Lok Sabha and will instead prefer  talking to critics to sort out differences,  Law Minister M. Veerapa Moily has said.
"After all in a democracy (you) can't bulldoze....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:20:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Maoists ignore PETA appeal, continue to kill dogs</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a121704.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Maoist guerrillas continue to kill dogs in rural Bihar, ignoring the appeal of animal rights organisation People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), police said Tuesday.
"We have received reports that Maoists continue to kill dogs at different...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:17:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Now, sexual minority groups seek reservation</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a121692.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[With the women's reservation bill getting through the Rajya Sabha hurdle, sexual minority groups in Kolkata are now seeking a similar quota for themselves as well as reservation in other fields such as health, education and employment. Sexual...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:06:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>MCD engineers threatened to kill me, alleges RTI applicant</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a121623.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[A Right to Information (RTI) applicant Monday alleged that two engineers of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) threatened to kill him if he pursued his quest for information.
Mohit Sharma, 33, a resident of Dilshad Garden applied for...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:05:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>2011 census to probe how many are disabled</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a121585.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[If all goes well, the 2011 census will refine its questionnaire in a bid to determine how many to Indians really suffer from disability.
The 2001 census came up with a figure of 2.13 percent of the Indian population. This, experts say, is way off...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:05:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>298 child sexual abuse cases in last three years</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a121551.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[There have been nearly 300 cases of child sexual abuse in the country in the last three years and only 66 have been disposed of, Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath said Monday.
"According to figures maintained by the National...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:52:01 +0530</pubDate>
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