Girl scores poor marks, forced by father to Beg

MYSORE: Enraged by his daughter's performance in Class VII exams, a father forced a girl to beg in her school uniform in front of a city temple.

As the 12-year-old girl, from a reputed school, sat weeping in front of a temple on Monday night, she caught the attention of MP Varsha, an NGO worker, who took her to a police station. There, she told her story: she was being punished by her father for not doing well in exams.

The father was arrested and a case registered against him under the Juvenile Justice Act. Angry neighbours damaged his car. He admitted he made his daughter beg in front of a temple. "My intention was to teach her the hardships of life," he told cops. Read More................Girl scores poor marks, forced by father to beg

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Man kills son for refusing to Beg

Raipur: A man killed his 11-year-old son and buried him in his house after the boy refused to join his father as a beggar in a Chhattisgarh village. The man was arrested Monday, police said.

Ashok Nishad, 50, smothered his son Bhola Nishad to death Friday at Thethwarpara village in Dongargarh, some 125 km from here. Ashok was an alcoholic. Read More................Man kills son for refusing to beg

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Abandoned by family, former MLA's widow found begging

From power to penury, Prema Devi has seen it all in her 80 years. The widow of a two-time Jan Sangh legislator, considered close to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, has been forced out of home and into the streets to beg for a living. Read More................Abandoned by family, former MLA's widow found begging

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When officials left begging for beggars!

They were ubiquitous at market places, traffic intersections and other busy spots. But suddenly Chandigarh's beggars seem to have disappeared into thin air - perhaps in a bid to avoid a rehabilitation scheme!Desperate to launch a campaign to rid this 114-sq km city of beggars and bring them into the mainstream, education department officials recently started looking for them. But they were able to trace just 40-odd beggars. The rest seemed to have vanished. Read more............................Chandigarh officials left begging for beggars!

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Shopkeepers Begging for Coins from Beggars

In Calcutta city in West Bengal state of India shopkeepers are begging for coins from the beggars and buying coins at prices above their face value. Reason, there is sudden shortage of coins in this city of 14 million.

Reserve Bank of India has resorted to the emergency measures, distributing millions of coins to satisfy the demand.

Since the coin shortage became acute at the beginning of June, the bank has distributed nearly 5 million rupees (US$121,950; Euro 91,664.16) worth of coins, including one million on Thursday alone, said Nilanjan Saha, the bank's treasurer in the city.

But the emergency supplies have failed to appease the demand & nearly 2,000 people stood in two lines on a recent day at the bank to exchange currency notes for coins, many planning to resell them for a profit.

One woman, who asked not to be named, set up shop outside the bank selling packets of 100 rupee coins for 120 rupees.

"It may sound strange, but we have found that beggars are a good source of coins," said Mum Poddar, who runs a small shop selling stationary.

Bank officials said they were mystified by the shortage.

"There is no reason," said Saha. "But I have heard reports that some unscrupulous traders were melting coins because the face value of the coins are lower than the metal value."

The bank was also investigating claims the coins were being melted down to make razor blades.

There are "reports that as many as six blades can be made from one single one rupee coin," said bank security officer Subal Chandra Naskar.

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