Built by workers drawn to ‘city of dreams’, Garib Nagar in Mumbai survived fires, court battles & repeated eviction attempts.

Rizwan Sajan’s journey from Mumbai slum to reported Rs 20,000 crore fortune is remarkable. Once selling milk and books to ...

The popularity of Danny Boyle’s recent film, Slumdog Millionaire has led to a surge of media interest in the Mumbai slum of Dharavi which is partially depicted in the film. An important part of many ...

MUMBAI (Reuters) - A joint-venture led by billionaire Gautam Adani is struggling to secure land to rehabilitate poor residents of one of Asia's largest slums in Mumbai, a government official said, ...

The Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA), which oversees the approval and monitoring of slum redevelopment projects in Maharashtra, is looking to purchase a new office space of about 20,000 sq ft near ...

Not too long ago, Lakan’s unbearably heated home felt like an oven. But three months ago came a gamechanger—a wood-wool false ...

A woman who recovered from COVID-19 donates blood plasma in Dharavi, Mumbai's largest slum. Indranil Mukherjee/AFP via Getty Images Slums in India are bucking the coronavirus uptick thanks to “herd ...

A Mumbai slum district has become an unlikely tourist attraction following a paint job inspired by the picture-perfect towns along Italy’s Amalfi Coast. The grey shacks of Asalfa were a familiar sight ...

Last month, researchers in one of India’s largest cities made a surprising discovery. Of the nearly 7,000 blood samples taken from people in Mumbai’s slums, 57% tested positive for coronavirus ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. Just off the highway in Malad East is a neighborhood indistinct ...

MUMBAI (Reuters) - More than half the people living in Mumbai's sprawling slums are probably infected with the novel coronavirus, which suggests the metropolis could be heading toward herd immunity, a ...