World identifies India with Gandhi, Taj, poverty: BBC People across the world said in a survey conducted by BBC... ...  
04:21 PM, Sep 13, 2007

836 million Indians live on less than Rs 20 a day This is according to the findings of a report on the unorganised sector. ...  
09:02 AM, Aug 29, 2007

Man sells son to perform wife's last rites Bipin didn’t have money to perform his wife’s last rites so he sold his son. ...  
09:33 AM, Jul 11, 2007

Bengal tea garden workers in dire straits Tea gardens in north Bengal are in a shambles. ...  
10:22 AM, Jul 03, 2007

How slum authority turned den of corruption Don-turned-politician Arun Gawli still calls the shots at Dagdi Chawl in Mumbai. ...  
12:02 AM, Jun 24, 2007

Scam snatches homes of  millions in Mumbai A CNN-IBN investigation on how flats for slum dwellers are being sold by slum mafia. ...  
11:42 PM, Jun 23, 2007

World Bank gives $350 million to Pak World Bank approves the $350 million credit to Pakistan for its poverty reduction and other development programmes. ...  
01:27 PM, May 23, 2007

Naveen slams Centre for ignoring Orissa Orissa CM Naveen Patnaik is displeased with Centre's allocation of a "paltry" Rs 16 cr for rural electrification in the state. ...  
11:26 PM, May 20, 2007

Deprived of books, girl ends life A fifth standard student has committed suicide in Faridabad. The reason being that her parents were unable to buy her books. ...  
08:30 AM, Apr 10, 2007

Rahman singing for a noble cause

Music Composer AR Rahman lends his voice to the fight against poverty through his music. ...
08:27 PM, Feb 18, 2007

Poverty drives them to sell kidneys Women in a tsunami colony sell their kidneys to make ends meet - they did it before the tsunami and they continue now. ...  
07:12 PM, Jan 17, 2007

Families of Nandigram victims starving Despite promises of financial help the families of two of the six people killed in the Nandigram violence are starving. ...  
05:24 PM, Jan 16, 2007

200 mn Indians live on Rs 12 a day A report reveals that about one third of India’s rural population still lives on less than Rs 12 per day. ...  
12:44 AM, Dec 28, 2006

Grab a bite of the $110 hamburger The hamburger costs more than twice the monthly minimum wage in some parts of Indonesia. ...  
09:00 AM, Dec 19, 2006

Migrants carry HIV home in Bihar Many migrants pick up the virus from prostitutes in cities and carry it home to their wives in Bihar. ...  
03:39 PM, Dec 18, 2006

Newborn sold off for Rs 700 in Assam Extreme poverty drove the cart-puller in Barak Valley to sell his newborn daughter three days after she was born. ...  
10:01 PM, Dec 02, 2006

This mantri lives below poverty line A Cabinet minister in Bihar's Nitish Kumar Government figures in the list of people living below poverty line. ...  
12:16 PM, Nov 13, 2006

Poverty-free India in 20 years: PM
by UNI
PM Manmohan Singh asserted that poverty, illiteracy and unemployment would be eradicated from the country in 10 to 20 years. ...  
03:21 PM, Oct 26, 2006

UN-ited they stand against poverty
by IANS
23 million people across the globe stood up for a minute to take part in UN's "stand up against poverty" campaign. ...  
10:52 PM, Oct 17, 2006

UN-expected invitation for Ramdev Yoga exponent Baba Ramdev is now set to fly to the United Nations to deliver a lecture on poverty alleviation. ...  
11:55 AM, Oct 12, 2006