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Man Crushed To Death By Bulldozer In Delhi, Driver Tried Hiding Body: Cops
A 45-year-old rag picker allegedly came under a JCB (excavator/bulldozer) and was crushed to death in outer Delhi's Ranhola area Thursday morning, police said.
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"Heart-Touching" Video Of Blogger Helping Ragpicker Moves Internet
The efforts of the blogger to help the 75-year-old have been appreciated by the internet.
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2 Die After Entering Sewage Tank In Delhi: Police
Two rag pickers died after entering a sewage tank near the DSIIDC industrial area, informed the police on Sunday.
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Rescuers Dig Through Ahmedabad's Trash Dump For 12-Year-Old "Rag Picker"
Rescuers searched frantically Monday for a 12-year-old girl believed buried for two days under a vast garbage heap which collapsed while she was scavenging in Gujarat's Ahmedabad.
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'Garbage Cafe' In Chhattisgarh To Offer Free Food In Exchange For Plastic
The Ambikapur Municipal Corporation in Chhattisgarh is set to open a first-of-its-kind 'Garbage Cafe' where poor people and rag pickers will get free food in exchange for one kilogram of plastic, while breakfast will be provided if half a kilogram of plastic is brought to the cafe.
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Prime Minister Hails Rag Picker's Son In Mann Ki Baat
It was a proud moment for Asharam Choudhary as well as others at the AIIMS here when Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned the name of the student, who despite a humble background made it to one of the country's most coveted colleges.
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Rs 52,000 Found In Bag On Road, All In Old Rs 1,000 Notes
Two days after the demonetisation of high-value notes, a rag picker in Pune came across a bag full of Rs 1,000 notes today, summing up to Rs 52,000.
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No Diwali for These Children in Jammu
Seven-year-old Neha and her 10-year-old sister Rupa will not get to celebrate Diwali. With a ragged sack in one hand and a stick in the other, the two sisters will instead be collecting scrap.
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On Twitter, Amitabh Bachchan is All Praises For Dharavi Rock Band
"Moments with the 'Dharavi Rock Band'... Scintillating experience... RJ Malishka and organisers, well done!! Kids from band of Dharavi, arguably world's largest slum, were all 'rag pickers'. Music changed them all," Amitabh Bachchan tweeted after the show
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In Agra's Rag Pickers' Colony, Conversion Just Means a New Name
Religious conversion was far from the minds of Agra's 50-odd couples when they turned up for a small ceremony conducted by the Bajrang Dal on Monday. And now that they have been declared Hindus, not much has changed. Except maybe a name.
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Mumbai: Rag pickers' daughter will get MBA with kindness of strangers
Donations pour in to help pay course fee.
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Mumbai: Rag pickers' daughter wants to complete MBA
22-year-old Savita Doke is hunting for a job that will help her pay the Rs 25,000-fee to complete her final year of MBA; she will be the first in her family to get a master's degree.
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A month's food to be cheaper than movie ticket: Delhi minister
Be it a rag picker, a rickshaw puller, a labourer or a housemaid or for that matter anyone earning less that Rs.100,000 a year - all stand to gain from the ambitious National Food Security scheme rolled out in Delhi, says Food and Civil Supplies Minister Haroon Yusuf.
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A Month's Food to be Cheaper Than Movie Ticket: Delhi Minister
Be it a rag picker, a rickshaw puller, a labourer or a housemaid or for that matter anyone earning less that Rs.100,000 a year - all stand to gain from the ambitious National Food Security scheme rolled out in Delhi, says Food and Civil Supplies Minister...
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Mumbai gang-rape case: Accused raped rag picker, prostitute too
The Mumbai Crime Branch, which is investigating Thursday's gang rape at Mahalaxmi's Shakti Mills compound, said yesterday that the five accused had in the past six months raped two other women and molested another on the same abandoned premises.
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Man Crushed To Death By Bulldozer In Delhi, Driver Tried Hiding Body: Cops
A 45-year-old rag picker allegedly came under a JCB (excavator/bulldozer) and was crushed to death in outer Delhi's Ranhola area Thursday morning, police said.
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"Heart-Touching" Video Of Blogger Helping Ragpicker Moves Internet
The efforts of the blogger to help the 75-year-old have been appreciated by the internet.
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2 Die After Entering Sewage Tank In Delhi: Police
Two rag pickers died after entering a sewage tank near the DSIIDC industrial area, informed the police on Sunday.
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Rescuers Dig Through Ahmedabad's Trash Dump For 12-Year-Old "Rag Picker"
Rescuers searched frantically Monday for a 12-year-old girl believed buried for two days under a vast garbage heap which collapsed while she was scavenging in Gujarat's Ahmedabad.
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'Garbage Cafe' In Chhattisgarh To Offer Free Food In Exchange For Plastic
The Ambikapur Municipal Corporation in Chhattisgarh is set to open a first-of-its-kind 'Garbage Cafe' where poor people and rag pickers will get free food in exchange for one kilogram of plastic, while breakfast will be provided if half a kilogram of plastic is brought to the cafe.
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Prime Minister Hails Rag Picker's Son In Mann Ki Baat
It was a proud moment for Asharam Choudhary as well as others at the AIIMS here when Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned the name of the student, who despite a humble background made it to one of the country's most coveted colleges.
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Rs 52,000 Found In Bag On Road, All In Old Rs 1,000 Notes
Two days after the demonetisation of high-value notes, a rag picker in Pune came across a bag full of Rs 1,000 notes today, summing up to Rs 52,000.
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No Diwali for These Children in Jammu
Seven-year-old Neha and her 10-year-old sister Rupa will not get to celebrate Diwali. With a ragged sack in one hand and a stick in the other, the two sisters will instead be collecting scrap.
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On Twitter, Amitabh Bachchan is All Praises For Dharavi Rock Band
"Moments with the 'Dharavi Rock Band'... Scintillating experience... RJ Malishka and organisers, well done!! Kids from band of Dharavi, arguably world's largest slum, were all 'rag pickers'. Music changed them all," Amitabh Bachchan tweeted after the show
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In Agra's Rag Pickers' Colony, Conversion Just Means a New Name
Religious conversion was far from the minds of Agra's 50-odd couples when they turned up for a small ceremony conducted by the Bajrang Dal on Monday. And now that they have been declared Hindus, not much has changed. Except maybe a name.
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Mumbai: Rag pickers' daughter will get MBA with kindness of strangers
Donations pour in to help pay course fee.
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Mumbai: Rag pickers' daughter wants to complete MBA
22-year-old Savita Doke is hunting for a job that will help her pay the Rs 25,000-fee to complete her final year of MBA; she will be the first in her family to get a master's degree.
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A month's food to be cheaper than movie ticket: Delhi minister
Be it a rag picker, a rickshaw puller, a labourer or a housemaid or for that matter anyone earning less that Rs.100,000 a year - all stand to gain from the ambitious National Food Security scheme rolled out in Delhi, says Food and Civil Supplies Minister Haroon Yusuf.
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A Month's Food to be Cheaper Than Movie Ticket: Delhi Minister
Be it a rag picker, a rickshaw puller, a labourer or a housemaid or for that matter anyone earning less that Rs.100,000 a year - all stand to gain from the ambitious National Food Security scheme rolled out in Delhi, says Food and Civil Supplies Minister...
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Mumbai gang-rape case: Accused raped rag picker, prostitute too
The Mumbai Crime Branch, which is investigating Thursday's gang rape at Mahalaxmi's Shakti Mills compound, said yesterday that the five accused had in the past six months raped two other women and molested another on the same abandoned premises.
