A system born of crisis is today cited as an example of “best practices” for other cities to follow. Yet these models remain ...

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to create rapport with slum residents and curb crimes in those localities, city police have launched an ...

By Dhurjati Mukherjee Urbanisation in India has emerged as a big problem as most cities are expanding in an unplanned manner, ...

Slums and abandoned quarters in areas under Zone-2 here, serving as safe hide-outs for criminals from other cities and even ...

Mumbai: Bombay High Court has dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by former Mumbai MP Gopal Shetty who wanted ...

The charred body of Habibullah Mollah (65), a rag picker was recovered from a gutted shanty after fire brigade personnel ...

As Suman Musadkar walked slowly through the narrow dirt alleyways of a neighbourhood in Mumbai, India's most populous city, ...

Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) has been a landmark initiative in India’s housing sector, providing an ambitious solution ...

A major fire broke out in a slum in the Narkeldanga area of the city in which one person was killed, a Fire Brigade official said on Sunday. At least 30 shanties were gutted in the fire, the official ...

Hyderabad-based healthcare NGO Helping Hand Foundation (HHF) has deployed an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered health application at the primary healthcare level in urban slums. The initiative ...

MUMBAI: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday decided to impose property tax on all commercial establishments in slum areas but categorically stated that the imposition of the ...