"I'm very happy (with) myself that before I used to stay in a hut, but now I have (a) nice house for myself, and now I will take a very big house for my family on rent." “Now I'm in 10th standard. So, ...

Residents of an informal settlement in India’s Ahmedabad city work on painting their home with sun-reflective white paint. (Photo courtesy Mahila Housing Trust) This is your first of three free ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To die of the coronavirus or die of hunger - many in India's slums feel like they are in a desperate predicament. Bharpai, a ...

Bipinkumar Padaya (C) live in a one-storey home crammed into a tangle of alleys - Copyright ENGINEER JEROME MARTINEZ/AFP Handout Bipinkumar Padaya (C) live in a one ...

Delhi HC directs Centre to submit details of school and transit options for slum dwellers being relocated 45 km away from the ...

Mumbai, India (CNN) — When Masoom Ali Shaikh arrived in Mumbai in 1974 as a young man from northern India, the patch of land where he set up shop was “just a creek with no proper road and garbage all ...

A new study from the University of Toronto shows that where a mother lives in an Indian city – in a slum or a non‑slum neighborhood – is linked to how she breastfeeds her baby. Breastfeeding within ...

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed authorities not to take any coercive action for the time being against those who are yet to vacate their homes in the three slum clusters near Lok Kalyan Marg, ...