Voting is on February 5. Results will be declared on February 8. The BJP put out a poster within minutes of the announcement ...

In slums the world over, squatters trade safety and health for a few square meters of land and some security of tenure. They are pioneers of swamps, floodplains, volcano slopes, unstable hillsides, ...

Many of the slum dwellers cannot afford to buy even a tenth of what the rich have. When I asked one of the informal settlers about the decorations of the rich, the answer surprised me. He said that ...

A hurriedly executed survey of an ancient masjid, protests leading to the death of five, the finding of several “closed” temples since, and an intensified anti-power theft drive around the contested ...

Nargis Dutt Nagar slum is set for redevelopment into luxury apartments, with a project valued at ₹10,000 crore by Roshni Developers and Godrej Properties MUMABI: Bandra’s largest slum ...

Hundreds of slum and shanty residents in multiple areas of Kolkata have been rendered homeless in winter following consecutive fires last week. On the night of December 21, a massive blaze reduced ...

Nargis Dutt Nagar, Bandra's largest slum, is slated for a massive redevelopment project worth Rs 10,000 crore. Omkar will rehabilitate over 1,500 families while Godrej Properties will develop ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Young dancers perform, during a Christmas ballet event in Kibera slum, one of the busiest neighborhoods of ...

A major fire broke out in a slum near New Alipore Bridge in Kolkata, close to BP Poddar Hospital, on Saturday evening around 7PM, gutting around 40-50 shanties, a fire brigade official said, adding no ...

One of the most challenging aspects of the Dharavi redevelopment project is the survey of one lakh structures in the slum. New technology has been used to conduct a survey of over 30,000 structures ...

There is also a private hospital near the slum and a multi-storey building next to the place where the fire broke out. Locals feared that the fire may spread quickly due to the abundance of flammable ...

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