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Fake Notes Crush Ragpicker's Rs 25-Crore Dream, Get His Boss Kidnapped
When a ragpicker in Bengaluru stumbled upon bundles of US dollars with a face value of $3 million, or approximately Rs 25 crore, he fainted thinking he had hit a jackpot and then began dreaming about a changed life.
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Rs 25 Crore Found By Bengaluru Ragpicker "Printed Or Photocopied": Police
A Bengaluru ragpicker stumbled upon several bundles of US dollars worth $3 million (Rs 25 crore) in a pile of garbage. But after examination, police have discovered that the notes are fake.
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Ragpicker Shot Dead By Robbers While Trying To Loot Milk Supplier In Delhi
A 42-year-old ragpicker was allegedly shot dead on Monday by two unidentified criminals while they were attempting to rob a scooter-borne man in southeast Delhi's Pul Prahladpur, police said.
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7 Arrested For Beating Ragpicker To Death On Theft Suspicion: Gujarat Cops
Seven residents of a housing society in Surat city in Gujarat have been arrested for allegedly beating a ragpicker to death on suspicion of being a thief, police said on Tuesday.
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2 Brothers Kill Ragpicker After Fight Over Cigarette In Delhi: Police
Two brothers were arrested for allegedly killing a ragpicker in a fight over 'bidi' (type of thin cigarette) in central Delhi's Daryaganj area, police said on Wednesday.
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Ragpicker Arrested For Killing 2 Men With Stones In Mumbai And Goa: Cops
A 23 year-old ragpicker was arrested on Monday for allegedly killing two men by smashing their heads with stones in separate incidents in Mumbai and Goa, a police official said.
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Man Arrested For Killing Woman Ragpicker In Uttar Pradesh's Modinagar
A 24-year-old woman ragpicker was allegedly stabbed to death by her neighbour in Uttar Pradesh's Modinagar, police said on Tuesday.
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Month After Ragpickers Raped Woman At Delhi Bus Stand, 1 Arrested: Cops
A month after a woman from Goa was allegedly raped and assaulted when she was waiting at a bus stand in the city, the Delhi Police said it has arrested a man, while another suspect is still missing.
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What This Ragpicker Did For A Mumbai Local Commuter Will Melt Your Heart
Dipchand Gupta, 30, spots purse having Rs 33,000 cash by the tracks and gives it to Thane stationmaster; latter traces owner who gets back entire month's earnings
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5 Members Of A Family, All Ragpickers, Drown In Drain in Delhi
An open drain in Goyla Khurd Village in Chhawla became a death trap for five ragpickers, including three children, who were hunting for scrap. The minors -- Sahidul, 10, Safikul, 9, and Lalsun, 12 -- had apparently entered the drain after they saw some glass bottles, but got caught in the sludge. When Hasidul, 26, and Afsae Ali, 30, tried to rescue...
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From Ragpicker To Nurse, Banu Sheikh Safi Chose Books To Change Her Life
Yavatmal: When she was three, she lost her father. The tiny tot, instead of playing with toys, had to hold a gunny bag in her hand. On the streets of Yavatmal in Maharashtra, she would walk for hours along with her younger sister and mother to collect rags from gutters and roadside dustbins. After sorting out the rags and other waste materials, the...
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This Ragpicker is Funding Her Own Poll Campaign
Her day begins around 5 am searching for garbage, picking up old electronic items, plastic refuse and bottles, which she sells at scrap shops. By noon, she hits the campaign trail - for herself. This is Sojal Yashwant Bhalerao (54) for you, a ragpicker who is bravely contesting the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) elections to be held o...
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From Ragpicker to Speaker in Geneva Conference
Suman More's life has been a rags-to-recognition journey. As an illiterate, impoverished ragpicker from Pune, the 50-year-old could never have imagined that she would one day be the centre of attention at a conference held all the way in Geneva by the International Labour Organisation. Just the past fortnight, over 2,000 experts from all over the w...
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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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Fake Notes Crush Ragpicker's Rs 25-Crore Dream, Get His Boss Kidnapped
When a ragpicker in Bengaluru stumbled upon bundles of US dollars with a face value of $3 million, or approximately Rs 25 crore, he fainted thinking he had hit a jackpot and then began dreaming about a changed life.
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Rs 25 Crore Found By Bengaluru Ragpicker "Printed Or Photocopied": Police
A Bengaluru ragpicker stumbled upon several bundles of US dollars worth $3 million (Rs 25 crore) in a pile of garbage. But after examination, police have discovered that the notes are fake.
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Ragpicker Shot Dead By Robbers While Trying To Loot Milk Supplier In Delhi
A 42-year-old ragpicker was allegedly shot dead on Monday by two unidentified criminals while they were attempting to rob a scooter-borne man in southeast Delhi's Pul Prahladpur, police said.
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7 Arrested For Beating Ragpicker To Death On Theft Suspicion: Gujarat Cops
Seven residents of a housing society in Surat city in Gujarat have been arrested for allegedly beating a ragpicker to death on suspicion of being a thief, police said on Tuesday.
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2 Brothers Kill Ragpicker After Fight Over Cigarette In Delhi: Police
Two brothers were arrested for allegedly killing a ragpicker in a fight over 'bidi' (type of thin cigarette) in central Delhi's Daryaganj area, police said on Wednesday.
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Ragpicker Arrested For Killing 2 Men With Stones In Mumbai And Goa: Cops
A 23 year-old ragpicker was arrested on Monday for allegedly killing two men by smashing their heads with stones in separate incidents in Mumbai and Goa, a police official said.
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Man Arrested For Killing Woman Ragpicker In Uttar Pradesh's Modinagar
A 24-year-old woman ragpicker was allegedly stabbed to death by her neighbour in Uttar Pradesh's Modinagar, police said on Tuesday.
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Month After Ragpickers Raped Woman At Delhi Bus Stand, 1 Arrested: Cops
A month after a woman from Goa was allegedly raped and assaulted when she was waiting at a bus stand in the city, the Delhi Police said it has arrested a man, while another suspect is still missing.
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What This Ragpicker Did For A Mumbai Local Commuter Will Melt Your Heart
Dipchand Gupta, 30, spots purse having Rs 33,000 cash by the tracks and gives it to Thane stationmaster; latter traces owner who gets back entire month's earnings
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5 Members Of A Family, All Ragpickers, Drown In Drain in Delhi
An open drain in Goyla Khurd Village in Chhawla became a death trap for five ragpickers, including three children, who were hunting for scrap. The minors -- Sahidul, 10, Safikul, 9, and Lalsun, 12 -- had apparently entered the drain after they saw some glass bottles, but got caught in the sludge. When Hasidul, 26, and Afsae Ali, 30, tried to rescue...
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From Ragpicker To Nurse, Banu Sheikh Safi Chose Books To Change Her Life
Yavatmal: When she was three, she lost her father. The tiny tot, instead of playing with toys, had to hold a gunny bag in her hand. On the streets of Yavatmal in Maharashtra, she would walk for hours along with her younger sister and mother to collect rags from gutters and roadside dustbins. After sorting out the rags and other waste materials, the...
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This Ragpicker is Funding Her Own Poll Campaign
Her day begins around 5 am searching for garbage, picking up old electronic items, plastic refuse and bottles, which she sells at scrap shops. By noon, she hits the campaign trail - for herself. This is Sojal Yashwant Bhalerao (54) for you, a ragpicker who is bravely contesting the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) elections to be held o...
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From Ragpicker to Speaker in Geneva Conference
Suman More's life has been a rags-to-recognition journey. As an illiterate, impoverished ragpicker from Pune, the 50-year-old could never have imagined that she would one day be the centre of attention at a conference held all the way in Geneva by the International Labour Organisation. Just the past fortnight, over 2,000 experts from all over the w...
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Mumbai: Rag pickers' daughter will get MBA with kindness of strangers
Donations pour in to help pay course fee.
