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Over 4 lakh beggars in India, West Bengal ranks top: Govt informs Rajya Sa
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 11 (ANI): India has over 4 lakh beggars, with the highest 81,244 beggars in West Bengal, while Lakshadweep merely has two vagrants according to the 2011 census, Union Social Justice Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot informed the Rajya Sabha.
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No comprehensive scheme for rehabilitation of beggars, govt informs Rajya
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 11 (ANI): The Centre on Wednesday informed the Rajya Sabha that there is no comprehensive scheme for the rehabilitation of persons engaged in begging.
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Rajasthan govt launches campaign to make state 'beggar-free'
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], February 5 (ANI): A campaign for 'beggar-free' Rajasthan has been started in Jaipur, where beggars are being rehabilitated with the joint efforts of Rajasthan Skill and Livelihoods Development Corporation (RSLDC) and Sopan Institute of Science, Technology and Mana
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Differently-abled beggar in Pathankot spends all to help needy, PM lauds h
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Pathankot (Punjab) [India], May 31 (ANI): A differently-abled man in Pathankot, who has been helping the needy with masks and ration amid COVID-19 lockdown, spends all that he earns to help others.
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Beggars can't be choosers: How Imran Khan sold Pakistani citizens to a Chi
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Glasgow [Scotland], April 25 (ANI): A letter dated April 21, 2020, arrived at the desk of Major General Aamir Ikram, executive director of the National Institute of Health (NIH), a 40-year-old vaccine research and manufacturing facility located in Chak Shezad in Islamabad.
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'Feel like beggar without money': Auto drivers face financial crisis amid
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 18 (ANI): Auto-rickshaw drivers in the national capital, who are forced to give up their source of income and sit idle at home are facing problems amid the coronavirus lockdown.
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Night shelters in Nagpur provide skill development opportunities to homele
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], April 16 (ANI): To ensure that the labourers and migrant workers can earn a livelihood once the lockdown is over, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation has started an initiative to introduce skill-based training among beggars and the homeless in the city.
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Woes of beggars outside Delhi's Hanuman Temple increase amid lockdown
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 31 (ANI): As several temples across India, including the fabled Hanuman Temple in Delhi's Connaught Place have been closed due to the pan-India lockdown imposed in the wake of COVID-19 outbreak, it has left many beggars depending for alms at this temple, in a worst sit
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Petitioner seeks urgent hearing into 'right to life of homeless persons a
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 28 (ANI): A plea has been filed by Advocate and activist, Amit Sahni in the Supreme Court seeking an urgent hearing into his plea regarding "right to life of homeless persons, labourers and beggars amid Covid-19 lockdown."
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Septuagenarian beggar donates Rs 8 lakh to temple in Vijayawada
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Feb 14 (ANI): A 73-year-old beggar, Yadi Reddy, who has been seeking alms at the entrance of temples in Vijayawada, has donated Rs 8 lakh to the Saibaba temple here in the course of last seven years.
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Farmers are not beggars, don't need just loan waivers: Nana Patekar
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 23 (ANI): Bollywood actor Nana Patekar on Thursday said that farmers were not beggars and they need emotional support along with financial support to resolve the issue of farmers' suicide in Maharashtra.
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Western Railway recovers Rs 80 cr from 17 lakh violators
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 20 (ANI): Western Railway has recovered over Rs 80 crore from around 17 lakh cases of ticketless and irregular travel, from April to October 2019.
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