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Rabindranath Tagore, deeply influenced by the Brahmo Samaj, infused his vast artistic work with spiritual sensibility, emphasizing a person...
'Army of beggars are weakening society': MP minister’s comment on freebies sought by public ignites debateMadhya Pradesh’s Rural Development Minister Prahlad Patel sparked controversy by likening public petitions to begging, stating that such de...
Unknown person booked for giving alms to beggar in Indore, may face imprisonment if convictedIndore police filed an FIR against an unidentified individual for giving alms to a beggar, violating a citywide ban aimed at making Indore ...
Giving alms to beggars in Indore to become a crime from January 1; FIRs to be filed by policeIndore will penalize anyone giving alms to beggars starting January 1, 2025, expanding a previous ban on giving to child beggars. This init...
Indore: Giving money to beggars may now land you in jail as city terms it a crime starting next yearIndore city is going beggar-free. Authorities will register FIRs against those giving alms from January 1, 2025. An awareness campaign will...
Make beggars vanish, by rehabilitationThe article emphasizes the need to address the issue of begging in India, highlighting the negative implications it has on the country's im...
'Bhiksha Mukt Bharat': How Modi govt plans to make Ayodhya and other cities across India beggar-freeThe government targets 30 cities for a nationwide survey and rehabilitation effort to eliminate beggary, emphasizing adults, women, and chi...
Shivraj Singh Chouhan says Indore will soon become IT hub of the country"Take a pledge with me that you will perform your civic duties, do a new good work with your business, employment, education and other work...
Varanasi-based NGO turns beggars into entrepreneursCommon Man Trust, a not-for-profit in Varanasi, conceptualised the initiative 'Beggars Corporation' in February and launched it in July. La...
Govt to rehabilitate 20,000 beggars over next five yearsIn a separate response, the minister of state for planning Rao Inderjit Singh said that NITI Aayog has constituted a committee under its me...
Arvind Kejriwal ticks Social Welfare Minister Sandeep Kumar off, stops anti-begging driveKejriwal's direction to stop the planned move "immediately" caught Kumar, who has been pushing for the drive over the last few weeks, unawa...
Need to avoid beggar-thy-neighbour policies: Raghuram RajanRajan has said there is need to avoid beggar-thy-neighbour policies & sustained exchange-rate intervention that induce capital outflows.
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.
Andhra Pradesh government offers beggars Rs 5,000 to stay away from river festivalThe Andhra Pradesh government has come up with a novel scheme to keep beggars away from the crowded ghats where Godavari Pushkaralu is now ...
- Bal Thackeray slams Rahul for UP migrants comment
While targeting the Congress leader for his remark, Thackeray asked the migrant population to stay "within limits".
- ET in a Classroom: Beggar Thy Neighbour Policy
The beggar thy neighbour policy refers to a policy that aims at addressing one’s own domestic problems at the expense of others — trading p...
- Mizo body wants place in markets for vegetable growers
Delegates of the general conference of the Young Mizo Association urged the Mizoram government to make arrangements so that local vegetable...