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SC says can't take elitist view to stop begging; issues notice to Centre,
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday made it clear that it cannot take an elitist view and ban begging while stressing that needing to take to the streets to eke out a living is a socio-economic problem.
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Mumbai Jain temple holds COVID-19 vaccination camp for poor, people withou
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 17 (ANI): A Jain temple in Mumbai, which was earlier converted into a COVID-19 vaccination centre, is now inoculating beggars and street vendors who do not have any identity proof for free.
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Delhi HC issues notices on PIL seeking to restrain begging at traffic junc
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 1 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notices to the Delhi Government and Delhi Police on a petition seeking direction to temporarily restrain beggars and vagabonds from begging at traffic junctions and in markets to avoid spreading Covid-19, and rehabilitat
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Shah challenges Mamata to expel TMC leader who called Dalits 'beggars by n
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
North 24 Parganas (West Bengal) [India], April 11 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday challenged West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to expel Trinamool Congress candidate Sujata Mondal who termed Dalits "beggars by nature".
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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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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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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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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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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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