The BMC’s team, arriving early at around 9 a.m. with the intent of pulling down the disputed portion of the mosque, was met with strong opposition from the local community. Hundreds of residents ...

Negative forms of disciplinary practices by parents in terms of physical punishment has reduced from 77% to 58% in the slums of Dharavi ... from 24% to 35%. Navi Mumbai: NCPCR demolishes illegal ...

Ranjith, 41, has made a string of movies with strong Dalit characters and stories about lives of oppressed communities that ...

which is on a mission to make Mumbai a slum-free city by 2030. Dharavi’s redevelopment is crucial not only for the local residents and those having businesses in Dharavi, but also for the entire ...

The Maharashtra government canceled plans to relocate Dharavi's ineligible tenants to Dahisar due to local opposition, opting for an ISBT project instead. MUMBAI: Under pressure from Dahisar ...

with 40,000 tenements surveyed for free housing Mumbai: Work on buildings to house Dharavi residents who are found eligible for free housing within the slum cluster has taken off in the six acres ...

In Mumbai's Dharavi slum, tensions escalated as residents opposed the BMC's plan to demolish part of a mosque. Hundreds ...

Tensions rose among locals in Mumbai's Dharavi slum on Saturday after the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) planned to ...

Its open sewers and shared toilets, close to Mumbai's international airport, stand in contrast to India's development boom. The Dharavi slum, about three-quarters of the size of New York's Central ...

Several NGOs operating in Mumbai's Dharavi have pledged their support for the ongoing state government-led survey of informal tenants in Asia's largest slum. These organisations have also accused ...

Mumbai: The Dharavi Redevelopment Project Pvt Ltd (DRPPL) is likely to hold a low-key groundbreaking ceremony on Sept 12 at RPF grounds in Matunga Railway Colony. The ceremony to be conducted by a ...