He's been labelled as the "world's richest beggar" and is claimed to have a net worth of around $1 million, which is equal to nearly £800,000. The India Times reported that in a day Bharat Jain ...

Bharat Jain, the self-proclaimed world’s richest beggar, has turned this age-old profession into a lucrative business. At 54 years old, Jain’s life story defies conventional wisdom and ...

Begging is big business in the metropolitan city of Karachi. According to a report, there are more than 130,000 beggars in ...

There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who desired to be fed ...

Col Mohammed Rashid bin Saree, Director of the Tourism Security Department, department apprehended as many as 215 beggars from July 17 to August 30 in a campaign dubbed ‘Fight Beggary’.

In Korogocho slums where some of the beggars live, residents regard them as rich. They know they earn plenty of easy money from begging, therefore, they help them spend it. Among those who do it ...