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Why did I not wear a sweater.... Rahul Gandhi narrates Bharat Jodo Yatra s
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
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.
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Take steps to eradicate child begging, related problems in Delhi, PIL in H
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
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
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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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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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Now, beggers can be voters in K'taka polls
Updated : 8 years ago IST
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.
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