Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday narrated a story of four children whom he met during the Bharat Jodo Yatra, and said that they were beggers who did not wear sweaters, shivering in winters, which inspired him not to do the same during the yatra.
New Delhi [India], August 13 (ANI): A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been moved in Delhi High Court seeking direction to the concerned departments of Centre and Delhi Government to properly observe and take requisite steps to eradicate child begging and related problems in and around D
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.
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.
Mangalore (Karnataka) [India] May 7 (ANI): A social workers group, Democratic Ambassador for All India Rural Integrity (DAARI) has appealed to Election Commission (EC) to enroll beggers and homeless people across Karnataka on the voters' list and until then stop all election process.