Homeless

Kerala, Rained Out And Homeless, Needs Help. What You Can Do.

India News | NDTV News Desk | Saturday August 18, 2018

Kerala is an unprecedented crisis, ravaged by torrential rain. Here is how you can help.

Kerala Floods: Number Of Deaths Rises To 29, Army Rescues 54 Tourists

India News | Reported by Sneha Mary Koshy, Edited by Abhishek Chakraborty | Saturday August 11, 2018

When it rains, it pours; and Kerala is experiencing it. Dams, reservoirs and rivers have overflowed, roads have caved in, sections of highways collapsed, and homes swept away in ferocious floods. People are homeless, tourists are stranded, and wildlife is in danger as more than half of Kerala is dealing with severe flooding due to the unforgiving r...

Army Turns Saviour In Disaster-Hit Kerala With ''Operation Sahyog''

Kerala News | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday August 10, 2018

The Indian Army has launched a major rescue and relief operation in flood-ravaged Kerala where torrential monsoon rains have killed at least 27 people and left thousands homeless due to flooding and landslides.

We Will Leave Promoters, Directors Homeless, Supreme Court Warns Amrapali

Business | Wednesday August 8, 2018

All directors and promoters of real estate major Amrapali Group will be rendered homeless if the company fails to deposit Rs 5,000 crore needed to build unfinished projects, the Supreme Court warned on Wednesday. The top court also directed the group to submit a proposal on selling of its assets to raise Rs 4,000 crore to enable completion of housi...

More Than 70,000 Homeless After Deadly Lombok Earthquake In Indonesia

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday August 8, 2018

More than 70,000 people have been left homeless in the deadly earthquake that hit Lombok island, forced to sleep in makeshift shelters and lacking food, medicine and clean water, authorities said Wednesday.

Homeless Man Handed Out Resumes On Road. Viral Tweet Leads To Job Offers

Offbeat | NDTV Offbeat Desk | Monday July 30, 2018

A homeless man, who stood on a roadside handing out resumes, has been flooded with job offers after a tweet about him went viral. Dressed in a nice shirt, pants and tie, web developer David Casarez stood on the street with a handwritten placard that read "HOMELESS, HUNGRY 4 SUCCESS. TAKE A RESUME." Little did he know, he was on his way to going vir...

She Gave Up Finding Her Schizophrenic Son. Until An Unknown Number Called

World News | Terrence McCoy, The Washington Post | Monday July 30, 2018

Few homeless people drift into Dolan Springs, Arizona, because there's not much of a town to drift into. Little more than a gas station, a Family Dollar and a grocery store, it's a splash of half-civilization in the middle of the desert, where 36 percent of residents live below the poverty line. So when Patience Matthieu, a thin brunette of 31 year...

A Scramble For Survivors After Laos Dam Collapse, Thousands Await Rescue

World News | Reuters | Thursday July 26, 2018

Rescuers scrambled to reach homeless and stranded people in the remote southern tip of Laos on Thursday, three days after the collapse of a partially built hydropower dam sent a devastating torrent of water across paddy fields and through villages.

Hundreds Missing, Many Feared Dead After Hydropower Dam Collapses In Laos

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday July 25, 2018

Hundreds of people are missing and an unknown number believed dead after the collapse of a hydropower dam under construction in southeast Laos, state media reported Tuesday.

Teacher On Plane Talked About Struggling Students. What Passengers Did

Offbeat | Allison Klein, The Washington Post | Wednesday July 18, 2018

Chicago schoolteacher Kimberly Bermudez was on a Southwest Airlines flight to Florida when her seatmate asked her what she did for a living, she told him about her first-graders, some of whom are homeless, and all of whom come from low-income families.

6-Year-Old Homeless Girl Kidnapped, Raped By Drug Addict In Delhi: Police

Delhi News | Edited by Stela Dey (With inputs from PTI) | Tuesday July 17, 2018

A six-year-old homeless girl was brutally raped by a 24-year-old man in central Delhi, a police official told news agency PTI today.

The Secret To Startup Survival: Entrepreneurs Tell Their Tales

World News | Bloomberg | Thursday July 5, 2018

The entrepreneurs sharing their insights were all finalists in a $1 million search to find this year's best social enterprise. The prize was won by Change Please, a London-based coffee company that trains homeless people as baristas and gives them work so they can leave the streets. Change Please also won an unexpected partnership with musician and...

World Cup 2018, Iran vs Portugal: Iran's Goalkeeper Goes From Being Homeless To Blocking Cristiano Ronaldo's Penalty Kick

Rebecca Tan, The Washington Post | Wednesday June 27, 2018

In 2011, Beiranvand made his professional debut as a keeper for the Iranian team Naft Tehran, and has since grown into one of the country's star athletes.

Boko Haram Homeless Face Housing Crisis As Rains Hit

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday June 27, 2018

Thousands of men, women and children made homeless by the Boko Haram insurgency risk disease because of lack of shelter in northeast Nigeria, aid workers said on Tuesday.

Mumbai Fire Left Deepika Padukone, Fellow Residents "Homeless" For Night

Cities | Suyash Karangutkar, Mid-Day | Thursday June 14, 2018

The posh Prabhadevi tower, where each apartment costs over Rs 20 crore, is home to several high-profile citizens. While some residents refused to speak to the press, a few mustered recounted the nightmare.