AHMEDABAD: Hundreds of roofs in the informal settlements of India’s western Gujarat state have been painted in ...

This is not the first time they have found themselves in this predicament. In 2012, the slum was razed, ironically for ...

Sultana Begum, the great-granddaughter-in-law of the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, lives in a Kolkata slum in stark ...

Since then, for over seven decades now, the slum on the terrace of Karnani Estate has been home to families whose ancestors ...

In the Vanzara Vas slum in the Narol area of the city, which has more than 2,000 dwellings, most of them airless, one-room homes, residents that are part of the project, such as Nehal Vijaybhai ...

As a boy growing up with seven other family members crammed into a small room with intermittent electricity and no running ...

The government is determined to do away with the indignity and squalor in slums through the Affordable Housing Programme in ...

New Delhi: Delhi High Court has said a survey may be needed of residents of a slum in the Okhla area facing demolition action by DDA. Refusing to stay the demolition process, HC on Friday ...

The East Indian community and residents of Christian Gaon in Kurla yesterday decided to protest the municipality’s notice ...

As climate change has made India’s summers more extreme, Ahmedabad has suffered temperatures in excess of 46°C. In the Vanzara Vas slum in the Narol area of the city, which has more than 2,000 ...