Slums

About 65 shanties were gutted after a major fire broke out in local slum cluster in sector 65 here on Saturday, a fire official said.

Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday slammed Shiv Sena (UBT) leaders Uddhav Thackeray and Aaditya Thackeray for their 'anti-development agenda" and for opposing the right of every slum dweller in Mumbai to "a better life".

In the video, the influencer said she was ''so nervous but so glad'' she went on the tour, adding that its something tourists should consider doing when visiting Mumbai.

Dharavi Redevelopment Project Pvt. will begin a data-collection survey of lakhs the informal tenement residents in the area on March 18.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates this morning visited a slum in Bhubaneswar and interacted with the people who live there.

The Foundation took 13 young players and two coaches from Khayelitsha to the World Cup in the UK in 2019.

Maoists are trying to expand their urban footprint in Maharashtra by roping in youngsters from poor sections in slums in big cities like Mumbai and Pune for military tasks and setting up safe havens, according to police.

A four-year-old girl died here on Monday after being buried in debris when a JCB engaged in road widening work hit a wall and it collapsed on an adjoining slum where the child was asleep, police said.

The Delhi High Court said on Thursday that the city has become a slum and the civic authorities must work together against illegal construction as it pulled up the MCD and DDA over their failure to act against unauthorised construction.

Presenting the Interim Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman promised to help "deserving" sections of the middle class living in rented houses, or slums, or chawls and unauthorised colonies" to buy or build their own houses.

The Government has said it would launch a housing scheme for the "deserving sections" of the middle class in its last budget before the general elections.

In the largest urban development plan in the world, the Adani Group announced yesterday that each eligible resident of the slum will get a 350-square foot house.

Delhi Cabinet ministers Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj on Sunday visited slum clusters in the national capital and accused the BJP of conspiring to remove slum dwellers.

The Mumbai police on Thursday arrested two suspects and seized 503 grams of MD drugs worth Rs 1.18 crore from a drug factory in the Lalji Pada slum area of the city.

Billionaire Gautam Adani's joint venture with Mumbai's slum rehabilitation authority has hired a global team to redevelop Dharavi - a key step in reimagining one of the largest and most vibrant informal settlements in Asia.

About 65 shanties were gutted after a major fire broke out in local slum cluster in sector 65 here on Saturday, a fire official said.

Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday slammed Shiv Sena (UBT) leaders Uddhav Thackeray and Aaditya Thackeray for their 'anti-development agenda" and for opposing the right of every slum dweller in Mumbai to "a better life".

In the video, the influencer said she was ''so nervous but so glad'' she went on the tour, adding that its something tourists should consider doing when visiting Mumbai.

Dharavi Redevelopment Project Pvt. will begin a data-collection survey of lakhs the informal tenement residents in the area on March 18.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates this morning visited a slum in Bhubaneswar and interacted with the people who live there.

The Foundation took 13 young players and two coaches from Khayelitsha to the World Cup in the UK in 2019.

Maoists are trying to expand their urban footprint in Maharashtra by roping in youngsters from poor sections in slums in big cities like Mumbai and Pune for military tasks and setting up safe havens, according to police.

A four-year-old girl died here on Monday after being buried in debris when a JCB engaged in road widening work hit a wall and it collapsed on an adjoining slum where the child was asleep, police said.

The Delhi High Court said on Thursday that the city has become a slum and the civic authorities must work together against illegal construction as it pulled up the MCD and DDA over their failure to act against unauthorised construction.

Presenting the Interim Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman promised to help "deserving" sections of the middle class living in rented houses, or slums, or chawls and unauthorised colonies" to buy or build their own houses.

The Government has said it would launch a housing scheme for the "deserving sections" of the middle class in its last budget before the general elections.

In the largest urban development plan in the world, the Adani Group announced yesterday that each eligible resident of the slum will get a 350-square foot house.

Delhi Cabinet ministers Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj on Sunday visited slum clusters in the national capital and accused the BJP of conspiring to remove slum dwellers.

The Mumbai police on Thursday arrested two suspects and seized 503 grams of MD drugs worth Rs 1.18 crore from a drug factory in the Lalji Pada slum area of the city.

Billionaire Gautam Adani's joint venture with Mumbai's slum rehabilitation authority has hired a global team to redevelop Dharavi - a key step in reimagining one of the largest and most vibrant informal settlements in Asia.