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‘We have been saying this’: Police confirm ragpicker killed over meat that wasn’t beef

October 27, 2024 10:38 pm

Another relative who lived in the same shanties, Alauddin Sardar (28), said they are yet to get the post-mortem report and death certificate.

Rags to riches: In Kerala, picking waste is helping women earn thousands

November 06, 2023 3:15 pm

As the state's cleaning army, called the Haritha Karma Sena, crosses 34,000 members, a look at who it benefits

Chandigarh: Ragpicker found dead inside park

May 19, 2022 2:34 pm

Sources said the assailants used something heavy, like some stone or cement slab, to attack the duo. The incident took place around 7.30 am, the police said.

Ragpicker beaten to death after torture with electric shocks: Delhi Police

June 02, 2021 7:48 am

A 28-year-old ragpicker was allegedly abducted, tortured with electric shocks and beaten to death by a group of five persons working with a company associated with Metro construction, on suspicion of theft at Northwest Delhi's Jahangirpuri on Tuesday.

Surat: Childless ragpicker ‘finds’ 10-day-old infant in trash

January 11, 2018 9:56 am

“Everybody suspected that we had stolen the infant. But when I showed the brown colour bag and also the spot from where I had found the child, the police realised that the incident was true and I did not steal the boy," the ragpicker said.

No disposal mechanism for sanitary pads, ragpickers face threat of infection

February 23, 2016 2:12 am

Like him, thousands of ragpickers face the threat of allergy, skin rashes, tuberculosis and several other infections, after coming in contact with used sanitary napkins and diapers.

Door-to-door waste collection takes a hit, PMC forced to look for alternatives

February 06, 2014 2:33 pm

SWACH-appointed coordinators for the drive go on strike against non-payment of salaries.

Minor among 4 thrashed inside police station

September 09, 2013 2:46 am

The police later said that the identity of the rag-pickers was verified and they were set free after it was learnt that they had only been mistaken to be thieves.

Police plan PCR vans for transporting unidentified bodies

August 29, 2013 1:33 am

Dignity in death: Currently,police hire a private vehicle or a government hearse to transport unidentified bodies

‘First we will make Katraj clean,beautiful and duplicate that experiment elsewhere’

June 28, 2011 1:33 am

We at Janwani are working on a very nice project at Katraj. Katraj is the biggest ward of the municipal corporation.

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