Meet Bharat Jain, world’s richest beggar: Here's how he turned pennies into a fortuneBharat Jain, who has been begging for over four decades, has amassed a fortune of ₹7.5 crore, proving that even the most unlikely professio...
08 Dec, 2024, 06.54 PM IST
'Agadhi wale boond boond ke liye tarsayenge,' says PM Modi in MaharashtraPrime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing a rally in Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, accused the opposition Maha Vikas Agadhi alliance of ...
14 Nov, 2024, 05.40 PM IST
Six minor girls escaped from govt girls hostel by breaking window and toilet grill in MumbaiMumbai police has registered a FIR against unidentified persons believed to have helped the minor girls. According to the local reports, th...
12 Sep, 2022, 01.03 PM IST
Uddhav Thackeray attacks Centre, BJP while inaugurating two Metro lines in MumbaiThe ongoing Metro rail projects in Mumbai, Nagpur and Pune were announced and began between 2014-19 when a coalition of the BJP and Thacker...
03 Apr, 2022, 11.02 AM IST
After Mumbai, Over 50 NIA Delhi staff quarantinedAn official said that the infection may have originated from the NIA control room close to the lock up. NIA had nabbed Hina Bashir Beg, her...
09 Jun, 2020, 09.28 AM IST
Begging during festivals: India’s inability to address poverty and homelessnessSeveral people from across poorer regions migrate to urban areas around Ramzan hoping to get a share of zakat.
08 Jun, 2019, 11.30 PM IST
Shoppers Stop MD Govind Shrikhande confident that offline shopping is here to stayThe glut of online players is no cause for concern, yet, he feels.
04 Oct, 2017, 03.24 PM IST
Support to Maharashtra government temporary: Shiv SenaThe fresh attack on the Chief Minister came a day ahead of the crucial civic polls, campaign for which was marred by mudslinging by the sta...
20 Feb, 2017, 02.47 PM IST
Shiv Sena and BJP partners in corruption: Maharashtra Congress president Ashok ChavanThackeray should pull out of NDA government in Centre and Maharashtra instead of "boasting" that he had snapped ties with the BJP, said Cha...
27 Jan, 2017, 10.38 PM IST
Sena 'hurt' at not being included in cabinet expansionGrumbling that BJP "took it for granted", Sena said it felt "hurt" by the treatment meted out to it but asserted that it would not go beggi...
05 Jul, 2016, 04.00 PM IST
21% of country's beggars are 12th passouts: Census dataMore than 3,000 beggars have professional diplomas, or are graduates and even post-graduates, according to the Census 2011 data.
30 Dec, 2015, 12.18 PM IST
Runaway, abandoned kids pursue education in Platform School in NagpurThe 'Platform Dyan Mandir' better known as Platform School is run in a premises provided by the Nagpur Municipal Corporation near the railw...
09 Jun, 2015, 12.49 PM IST
IPL spot-fixing probe: Delhi, Mumbai Police continue their gamesThe Delhi Police is back to by-now-familiar game of working at cross-purposes with its counterparts, even as the IPL spot-fixing probe begs...
20 May, 2013, 05.28 AM IST
- Complaint against Rahul Gandhi for Phulpur remark
A complaint has been filed against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in the Bandra metropolitan court for the statement he made in Phulpur.
15 Nov, 2011, 11.02 PM IST
- In Ajmer, begging's Rs 10 cr biz
Alms business is serious business in Ajmer, where pilgrims believe that giving enhances spirituality. What they don't know is that the old ...
27 Jun, 2009, 06.08 AM IST
- First former financial scribe
Aravind Adiga wins this year’s Man Booker Prize.
16 Oct, 2008, 01.37 AM IST
- John Abraham finds home for begging jumbos
Mumbai's begging elephants have found a home, thanks to some lobbying by the stars.
12 Jul, 2008, 05.15 AM IST