A division bench of justices G.S. Kulkarni and Aarti Sathe said the manner in which the authorities acted had “very seriously shocked the conscience of the court”, observing that the “ghost of the lit ...

At least eight shanties were gutted after a fire erupted in a slum in Govandi area of eastern Mumbai on Saturday morning, a ...

A fire erupted in a row of huts in a slum cluster in the Govandi area in the eastern suburbs here on Saturday morning, civic officials said. There were no reports of casualties in the blaze that broke ...

This is not what I thought Mumbai would be like! My first visit to India's bustling big city totally took me by surprise.

Women in India were told they couldn't be paid for their eggs. The result: a black market for eggs from women in need of ...

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MUMBAI: Blue loudspeakers blared the party slogan as flags jutted out from the side mirrors. An auto plastered with the candidate's vote-hungry smile slowed along the winding descent of Thane's Yeoor ...

In fact, this is exactly the definition of the Slum Act of 1971. If you follow this definition, you reach an unsettling conclusion: A large part of Mumbai, including many of its “legal” buildings and ...

The members of Mumbai March, a citizen group representing residents of north and suburban Mumbai, have outlined pressing civic issues demanding completion of the pending roadworks, Metro works, and ...