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As poll campaigning gains momentum, Odisha crafts workers rush to complete
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Apr 1 (ANI): For families in various slums in Odisha's capital city, the ensuing Lok Sabha polls, for which campaigning are underway in full swing, is proving to be an opportunity to earn some additional income.
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Misaal Mumbai: Changing narrative by painting slums
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], March 8 (ANI): The streets of Pune city in Maharashtra are being painted under the 'Misaal Mumbai' initiative.
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Delhi: 250 huts gutted in major fire
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 13 (ANI): A slum caught a massive fire in Delhi's Paschim Puri area in Wednesday resulting in the burning down of almost 250 huts.
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Jharkhand govt to construct houses for slum-dwellers
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], Oct 30 (ANI): Chief Minister Raghubar Das-led Jharkhand government will soon start a project to construct houses at affordable rates (G+3 category) under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana for people living in slums across the state.
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All current top fighters are from slums: Mike Tyson
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Sept 29 (ANI): Former American boxing heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, who is on his maiden visit to India, has said that poor people are the ones who become "most successful fighters."
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These 'Padwomen' make, distribute sanitary pads in slums
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 12 (ANI): Inspired by Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar's movie 'Padman', two Chandigarh based teenagers have started a hygiene campaign, 'spot free', for girls living in slum areas of the city.
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'Padman' special screening by Surat's 'Pad Couple'
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Surat (Gujarat) [India], Feb 13 (ANI): A Surat based couple, who has been spreading a message on menstrual health, organised a special screening of the movie 'Padman' for 125 women residing in Surat's slums.
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K'taka polls: Yeddyurappa, BJP leaders spend night at slums
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Gandhi Nagar (Karnataka) [India] February 11 (ANI): State Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president B. S. Yeddyurappa stayed at a house in Lakshmana Nagar slum for a day in election-bound Karnataka's Gandhi Nagar Assembly constituency.
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Fire breaks out in Mumbai slums
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 6 (ANI): Fire broke out at the slums near Laxmi Industrial Estate on Andheri - Kurla Road in Mumbai, late on Monday night.
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Artist showcases slums through Misaal Mumbai Initiative
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai [India], Jan.29 (ANI-Newsvoir): "Misaal Mumbai" is an initiative by Artist Rouble Nagi. She has painted over 285 plus houses in Jaffar Baba Colony, which has over 1300 residents in Mount Mary, Bandra West.
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LS passes bill to protect unauthorised Delhi colonies
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 27 (ANI): The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed a bill, providing protection to unauthorised colonies and slums in Delhi from punitive action for three more years.
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Pacific Mall celebrates New Year in truest sense, spreads smile to the und
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 2 (ANI): What can be a better beginning of New Year for those who crave for food even twice a day that a team from Tagore Garden's Pacific Mall distributed 1000 free food packets to people stating in slums opposite Guru Gobind Singh Hospital.
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