Shafiq Syed was born and brought from the slums of Bangalore. According to media reports ... After Slumdog Millionaire became popular across India, people recalled Chapu from ‘Salaam Bombay ...

India needs a more joined-up approach: heat-resilient building codes to encourage shade, ventilation and better materials; ...

According to BBMP, private parties have encroached upon 120 lakes, with partial structures present on 88 of them, religious buildings on 42, and slums on 9 lakes.

The first round of the distribution took place in a Jayanagar slum cluster, where residents eagerly welcomed the support. Volunteers shared how the simple act of giving preloved sweaters or ...

Bengaluru: With 42 flyovers dotting Bengaluru, spaces beneath them are being put to multiple uses. Besides acting as garbage segregation points and dumpyards, some of these spaces are also being for ...

Slum communities in Bangalore are forced to move regularly ... Solar lights provide sustainable clean energy to some of the most vulnerable populations in India without creating additional demands on ...

Bengaluru's crime scene presents a chilling array of cases, from John Melvin’s Robin Hood-style burglaries to Cyanide Mallika ...

We have massive plans for my constituency this year. We are looking at how fast we can provide 'pakka' houses to people ...

Mumbai: Bombay high court observed that slum-dwellers "hold law-abiding citizens to ransom". Slums have grown "manifold" in the last 30 years, and the situation that prevailed in the city in 1993 ...

Many of the slum dwellers cannot afford to buy even a tenth of what the rich have. When I asked one of the informal settlers about the decorations of the rich, the answer surprised me. He said that ...