The cost of this is high. Last year, three Indian cities—Kolkata, Bangalore and Pune—made it to the top five in a global ...

Shafiq Syed was discovered by Mira Nair in a Bangalore slum. She then offered him a pivotal role in Salaam Bombay for which he was paid just Rs 20 a day and fed a vada for lunch. At just 12 years of ...

Understand mandatory CSR under India's Companies Act, 2013, and its tax treatment. Learn about disallowances, Section 80G ...

Shafiq Syed, the child actor from 'Salaam Bombay!' who won a National Award, now drives an auto in Bangalore to support his ...

Also known as the “Green Man of Bangalore”, this Bengaluru-based nonprofit is redefining grassroots development through its ...

The Salaam Bombay actor who played the role of Chaipau did not have the life one would expect for a successful child artist.

Annual monsoon chaos in Indian cities due to urbanisation destroying natural drainage systems, leading to floods and ...

A major housing scam has surfaced in Karnataka, exposing that houses meant for slum dwellers were never built, though contractors were fully paid. A ministerial probe has revealed a deep-rooted nexus ...

Jaiswal, A. (2025). City Goes All Out to Eradicate TB, Focus on Slums. The Times of India.

In 2015, Delhi introduced a rehabilitation policy that prioritised in-situ housing for slum dwellers, with relocation permitted only in “exceptional circumstances.” However, a recent surge in ...

The Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM) has issued a public advisory announcing scheduled power outages across several parts of the city on Sunday, June 29, and Monday, June 30, ...

BESCOM has announced a significant power outage across various areas of Bengaluru on June 29, lasting up to seven hours.