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29.12.2006 Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar, along with several activists of trade unions and civil society organisations, staged a sit-in outside the Banga Bhavan here on Thursday against alleged forcible acquisition of agriculture land for the Tatas to set up a car factory in Singur

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28.12.2006 Inaugurating the Dalit-Minority International Conference in New Delhi on Wednesday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said it was necessary to make a distinction between the problems faced by Dalits and those by minorities.

27.12.2006 The Tsunami Response Watch is a one-stop humanitarian website that pools information on the post-tsunami efforts in India.

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27.12.2006 Shooting down a proposal to punish women for adultery, the National Commission for Women (NCW) has recommended that a woman, even in an extra-marital affair, should be treated as a victim.

26.12.2006 a growing number of women, who have formed self help groups and started making candles, papads and pickles, are now making forays into ambitious new projects in an effort to cement a new future.

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26.12.2006 A dozen village information centres functioning in the tsunami-hit coastal villages of Tamil Nadu get Internet connectivity. This facility would provides the fishermen have access to video conferencing, weather reports, local market network on fishing trade in these villages.