BENGALURU: Dharavi is known as Asia's biggest slum, its swathe of tightly packed hutments with blue tarpaulin roofs ...

Mumbai: As summer temperatures continue to soar, Dharavi’s water crisis is reaching alarming levels, leaving thousands of ...

Mumbai: When Shrushti Kulaye dreamed of a career in the civil services, it also meant a life out of her impoverished ...

Erratic supply, illegal connections, pressure of tanker mafia, and contamination make life worse in peak summers.

But up to a million slum dwellers in the economic capital Mumbai are set for upheaval as the city is poised for a radical makeover Five years after the regional government announced its intention ...

A deadly fire in a Mumbai slum, triggered by a gas cylinder explosion, has claimed the lives of two individuals, including a ...

The testimony of a catechumen who will be baptised this Easter in one of the poorest neighbourhoods of Mumbai. ‘This journey has shown me that no matter how low you have fallen, God's love c ...

Sabeer Bhatia, Hotmail's co-founder, sparked a debate about India's economic disparities after encountering a self-made ...

A survey of 202 citizens across seven informal settlements showed remarkable improvements in their lives, such as the time spent to fetch water, the costs to acquire the basic necessity, impact on hea ...

Watch the children get happy, chaotic reception » Rubina and Azharuddin have lived in a Mumbai slum all their lives ... "I hope the children get a better life after this," said a neighbor ...

The slum, one of Asia’s largest, occupies over two sq km of prime real estate in India’s financial capital of Mumbai. Up to a million people are estimated to inhabit Dharavi, and they generate ...

After evading capture for 21 years, a man accused of killing his wife and raping his stepdaughter in Maharashtra's Palghar ...