A Mumbai slum district has become an unlikely tourist attraction following a paint job inspired by the picture-perfect towns along Italy’s Amalfi Coast. The grey shacks of Asalfa were a familiar sight ...

Mumbai: In a major demolition drive jointly carried out by the Mumbai Suburban Collector’s office and the Brihanmumbai ...

Mumbai's BMC has identified nearly 8,000 commercial units operating within slum areas, generating approximately Rs 21 crore ...

The Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) of Mumbai plans to map every slum structure by December 2025, employing digital ...

Join us this Diwali weekend as we recap the best moments of 2025 with The Tenant. From migration trends across cities like ...

At an academic conference in Mumbai last week, some of us were in two minds when the organizers proposed a tour of Dharavi, the largest slum in Mumbai, made famous by the film Slum Dog Millionaire.

Between taking orders and handing over parcels of sushi and papaya-mango salad to delivery boys, Indian restaurant manager ...

Mumbai: The BMC’s K West ward team, in coordination with the Mumbai Suburban Collector’s office, carried out a major ...

A May 8 article misstated the size of a mill property envisioned for new development in Bombay. The area is about 600 acres, not 6,000 acres. (Published 5/10/2005) BOMBAY -- Mohammad Badruddin, a ...

A woman who recovered from COVID-19 donates blood plasma in Dharavi, Mumbai's largest slum. Indranil Mukherjee/AFP via Getty Images Slums in India are bucking the coronavirus uptick thanks to “herd ...

Last month, researchers in one of India’s largest cities made a surprising discovery. Of the nearly 7,000 blood samples taken from people in Mumbai’s slums, 57% tested positive for coronavirus ...

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 ...