Journal Editorial Report: Progressives are happy with New York's mayor as the party's poster boy. Photo: Richard Swafford/Zuma Press Talk about socialist irony. Zohran Mamdani said last week that his ...

Maharashtra government has announced a step towards making Mumbai slum-free, with plans to implement cluster redevelopment projects on land parcels measuring 50 acres or more. The announcement was ...

As Dhaka residents were still recovering from a recent earthquake, a devastating fire ripped through Korail, the city’s largest and most densely populated slum. Fires here are tragically routine, but ...

A fire that broke out in the Korail slum in Dhaka was fully extinguished after 16 hours, according to the Fire Service and Civil Defence Department. The agency confirmed on Wednesday at 9:30am that ...

DHAKA - A massive fire tore through one of Dhaka’s largest slums on the evening of Nov 25, leaving thousands of people homeless and turning rows of tin-roofed shanties into charred rubble, officials ...

Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has announced a major step towards creating a slum-free city in Mumbai. In a new decision, the government has issued an order that the consent of individual slum ...

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Despite Rs 175 crore spent in four years, just 58 slums cleared across state; 45 lakh people living in ramshackle housing Even as Bengaluru positions itself as India’s tech capital, it continues to ...

PRESS REVIEW – Friday, November 7: We look at the Sudanese press as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces agree to a temporary truce. Will the world stop a genocide in Sudan? Also: Libération reports ...

NEW DELHI: The Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) aims to map every slum structure in Mumbai by the end of December 2025 as part of a technology-driven reform initiative aimed at accelerating slum ...

Is he a slumdog millionaire? An Australian influencer has been accused of engaging in “poverty tourism” after filming himself “surviving” in an Indian slum, as seen in a viral Instagram video. “I ...