Largest slums in India explained with key facts, population, and living conditions. From Dharavi in Mumbai to Basanti in Kolkata, here's a simple look at India's biggest informal settlements.

A new study from the University of Toronto shows that where a mother lives in an Indian city – in a slum or a non‑slum neighborhood – is linked to how she breastfeeds her baby. Breastfeeding within ...

As the people living in a densely populated slum here begin their morning chores, drawing water for their animals and sweeping out the dust that has settled overnight, hundreds of student volunteers ...

Mumbai, India (CNN) — 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 ...

BHUBANESWAR/MUMBAI, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Once known as Temple City for its ancient Hindu temples, Bhubaneswar in the eastern Indian state of Odisha aims to reposition itself as a hub ...

Bipinkumar Padaya (C) live in a one-storey home crammed into a tangle of alleys - Copyright ENGINEER JEROME MARTINEZ/AFP Handout Bipinkumar Padaya (C) live in a one ...

In a major breakthrough for adolescent mental healthcare in India, a first-of-its-kind, large-scale study conducted across urban slums in New Delhi and Vijayawada has shown that community-based ...

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed authorities not to take any coercive action for the time being against those who are yet to vacate their homes in the three slum clusters near Lok Kalyan Marg, ...

"I'm very happy (with) myself that before I used to stay in a hut, but now I have (a) nice house for myself, and now I will take a very big house for my family on rent." “Now I'm in 10th standard. So, ...