Home Minister P Chidambaram has appealed to Maoists to halt violence and come to talks with the government on Friday, Oct 30."We do not asked them to lay down arms. We are only asking them to halt violence. If they halt violence the Center is ready to pursue talks on their demands, including forest rights, land acquisition, industrialisation and developments," he saidHome Minister said that the Center...
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Women at a campaign by Nepalese Women Rights Activists in Kathmandu on Sunday to enhance women’s awareness of violence and crime.NAIROBI: The U.N. Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) has launched a campaign in the Kenyan capital Nairobi to mobilise people around the world to take part in a drive to stop the pandemic of violence suffered by women.The global advocacy initiative Say NO — UNiTE to End...
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Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Friday appealed to the Maoists to halt violence so that the Centre could facilitate talks between them and the State governments on issues of land, forests and employment.The Home Minister sought to make a distinction between halting violence and laying down arms which could happen in future. While referring to the CPI (Maoist) belief in armed liberation struggle, he...
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Violence against women on television is being shown with increasing frequency, more graphically and in ways never before seen in TV history, according to a report by a television watchdog group.found that violence against women increased 120 percent between 2004 and 2009, with the most frequent type of violence being beating (29 percent), followed by credible threats of violence (18 percent), shooting...
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30/--/The Centre on Friday once again appealed to the Naxals to abjure violence if not completely lay down their arms. “Maoist must shun violence…We had appealed to the Naxals to halt the violence. These are three simple words – halt the violence. They should halt the violence and the Centre will impress upon the states to initiate talks,” Union home minister P Chidambaram said in a press conference...
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ACCORDING to the National Coalition on Domestic Violence, one in every four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime, and 1.3 million women in America are victims of physical assault by an intimate partner each year.But as prevalent as it may be, domestic violence is one of the most chronically underreported crimes. Too often, the media and others characterize domestic violence as a...
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Centre on Friday said it will persuade the state governments to talk to the Maoists on aspects like land reforms and land acquisitions if they stop violence.Union Home Minister P Chidambaram made it clear that no talks could be held in an atmosphere of violence."We never said lay down the armsWe said halt the violence and talkIf they halt violence, the Centre will persuade the state governments to...
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Centre on Friday said it will persuade the state governments to talk to the Maoists on aspects like land reforms and land acquisitions if they stop violence.Union Home Minister P Chidambaram made it clear that no talks could be held in an atmosphere of violence."We never said lay down the armsWe said halt the violence and talkIf they halt violence, the Centre will persuade the state governments to...
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Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) has launched a campaign in the Kenyan capital Nairobi to mobilize people around the world to take part in a drive to stop the pandemic of violence suffered by women.The global advocacy initiative Say NO -- UNiTE to End Violence against Women, will stimulate, count and showcase actions on ending violence against women. The innovative platform will spotlight global...
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men.The United Nations kicked off a campaign today mobilizing people around the world to take part in a drive to stop the pandemic of violence suffered by women at the hands of men.to inspire individual efforts aimed at eradicating violence against women, such as reaching out to school students, volunteering at local shelters, advocating for legislation or donating funds for programmes that protect...
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