Largest slums in India explained with key facts, population, and living conditions. From Dharavi in Mumbai to Basanti in ...

More than half of residents living in Mumbai’s crowded slums may have contracted coronavirus and are likely being infected at a much higher rate than those not living in slum areas, a new study has ...

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 around,” he said.

A narrow lane in Mumbai city's upmarket Colaba area opens up to a patch of land filled with small concrete cubicles - nooks washermen use to clean and dry the city's laundry. Surrounding the area are ...

The British Government has announced plans to pump millions of pounds into improving the life of India's slum-dwellers. Under the scheme, £14.5 million will go towards alleviating the plight - ...