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  Spare time for poor, children and God, Pope tells Xmas mass

  World | December 25, 2012 17:14 IST

  Vatican City, Dec 25 : Pope Benedict XVI presided over Christmas Eve Mass at St. Peter's Basilica on Monday.A smiling Benedict, dressed in gold-coloured vestments, waved to photo-snapping pilgrims and applauding church-goers as he glided

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  Direct cash transfer for poor from Jan 1

  India | November 27, 2012 21:35 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 27:  The ambitious direct cash transfer scheme, to be launched from January one next year, will cover 29 welfare schemes initially, the government said today while describing it as a “game-changer” but

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  India TV's nationwide expose reveals pathetic, filthy conditions in railway pantry cars

  India | August 22, 2012 20:49 IST

  New Delhi/Mumbai/Lucknow/Hyderabad, Aug 21: A nationwide investigation by a team of India TV reporters alongwith nutrition experts revealed the pathetic state of affairs in India's leading trains, where food is being served from pantry cars

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  Rushdie Is A Poor, Sub-Standard Writer, Opines Retd Justice Katju

  India | January 25, 2012 16:33 IST

  New Delhi, Jan 25: Salman Rushdie is a “poor” and “sub-standard writer” who would have remained largely unknown but for his controversial book ‘Satanic Verses', according to Markandey Katju, till recently a judge of the

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  Roads, Power Scene Poor In Rahul, Sonia Constituencies : SP

  National | November 22, 2011 18:19 IST

  Lucknow, Nov 22: The Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh today alleged that Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi have failed to ensure development of their own constituencies.  “...Rahul and his mother

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  Aam Aadmi's Govt Tells SC, One Is Not Poor If One Spends Rs 26 A Day

  India | September 21, 2011 18:19 IST

  New Delhi, Sept 21: The Planning Commission in India either appears to be completely cut off from day-to-day inflation in real life, or is deliberately  trying to act crazy.On Tuesday, the Planning Commission told the

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  SC Orders Delhi Private Hospitals To Provide Free Treatment To Poor

  India | September 01, 2011 22:25 IST

  New Delhi, Sept 1: The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered Delhi's private hospitals, built on subsidised government land, to provide free treatment to the poor, saying they cannot “wriggle out” of their responsibility. A bench of

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  Britain's Rioters: Young, Poor, Disillusioned

  World | August 11, 2011 15:45 IST

  London, Aug 11: Young rioters clogged Britain's courthouses Wednesday, each one painting a bleak picture of a lost generation: a 15-year-old Ukrainian whose mother died, a 17-year-old who followed his cousin into the mayhem, an

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  Won't Host Reality Shows As My Hindi Is Poor, Says Katrina

  Bollywood | July 13, 2011 18:32 IST

  New Delhi, Jul 13: Half of Bollywood including A-listers like Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar are busy hosting reality shows, but actress Katrina Kaif says she won't try her hand there as her

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  MPs Demand Women's Reservation, Yadavs Demand Poor Women Quota

  India | March 08, 2011 17:01 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 8 : Political parties on International Women's Day, cutting across party line, called for passing the long-pending Women's Reservation Bill to give 33 per cent reservation to women in the legislatures but

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  How Delhi Hid Its Poor And Slums From CWG Guests

  India | October 20, 2010 11:25 IST

  To round up, arrest and 'deport' beggars from Delhi's streets, the Delhi police used The Bombay Prevention of Begging Act, promulgated in 1959 with full force. This Act which under its broad definition of begging

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  Poor Worst Affected By Price Rise, Says PM

  India | August 15, 2010 8:50 IST

  New Delhi :  Admitting that poor people are the worst hit due to rising food prices, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said the government is making every effort to control inflation, which has been