'People called her too dark': This teenager 'Slum Princess' from Dharavi is now the face of international fashion campaignMaleesha Kharwa, an 18-year-old from Mumbai's Dharavi slum, has become an international modelling sensation. Spotting her potential, a prod...
11 May, 2026, 01.10 PM IST
Dharavi Redevelopment: Upper-floor home rehab hinges on ground-floor eligibilityUpper-floor residents in the Dharavi redevelopment project may face eligibility challenges, as their rehabilitation depends partly on wheth...
03 May, 2026, 05.40 PM IST
Mumbai’s skyline is soaring. So is the pressure on housingMumbai's booming real estate market sees global financial giants occupying luxury towers while low-income residents like taxi driver Ramu V...
17 Apr, 2026, 11.13 AM IST
Dharavi redevelopment gathers pace; 11,000 rehab homes planned on railway landThe Dharavi Redevelopment Project is accelerating, and residents in Sector-6 on railway land have been urged to cooperate and vacate homes....
14 Apr, 2026, 10.52 PM IST
Anil Agarwal challenges Adani's winning bid for $4 bln in assets, F1 trackIndian billionaire Anil Agarwal’s Vedanta is challenging fellow tycoon Gautam Adani’s winning bid for bankrupt real estate firm Jaiprakash ...
31 Mar, 2026, 02.15 PM IST
Dharavi redevelopment survey crosses 50K markThe Dharavi Redevelopment Project has made significant progress by completing over 50,000 door-to-door surveys. This marks a major mileston...
13 Feb, 2025, 08.26 PM IST
Drones, LiDAR put in use to map Asia's largest slum redevelopment projectFor the first time in an Indian slum rehabilitation project, Dharavi Redevelopment Project employs drones and LiDAR technology to accuratel...
03 Dec, 2024, 03.15 PM IST
Dharavi residents to intensify protest as govt plans fresh bids for redevelopmentLast year, former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis had sought state advocate general's opinion on whether to go for retendering after the g...
31 Aug, 2020, 04.34 PM IST
Dharavi residents plan to oppose fresh tenders for redevelopment projectDharavi Redevelopment Committee (DRC), a federation of 52 associations of residents, has requested Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to exped...
13 Jul, 2020, 08.50 AM IST
Covid-19 Impact: All future Mumbai slum rehab projects to house primary health care centersMaharashtra’s housing minister Jitendra Awhad, took to social microblogging website to announce the decision. “Henceforth all Slum Rehabili...
12 Jun, 2020, 09.26 PM IST
Covid-19 tally in Dharavi goes up to 1,715 with 41 new casesNo new death was reported in Dharavi, due to which the toll remained unchanged at 70. Of the 41 new patients, as many as seven were found i...
29 May, 2020, 08.43 PM IST
Slum dwellings pose challenge as Mumbai fights coronavirus outbreakAs coronavirus situation spirals, slum dwellings in Mumbai, where more than half of the city's 12 million population live in crammed space ...
26 Apr, 2020, 03.18 PM IST
Asia's largest slum Dharavi reports first Covid-19 casualtyThe 56-year-old victim with no travel history owned a garment shop in the area.
02 Apr, 2020, 01.53 PM IST
Asia's largest slum owned by less than 100 familiesOnce Asia's largest slum, Dharavi may have 59,000 tenements, but less than 20% of families have any degree of permanence or 'ownership', po...
17 Dec, 2011, 03.03 PM IST
- Dharavi redevelopment is a 22,000-cr jackpot
Mumbai has often been derisively referred to as Slumbai, and its biggest slum, Dharavi, as Asia's largest shanty town. But the city's muchf...
03 Mar, 2011, 11.30 AM IST
- Realty makeover for Asia's largest slum
Dharavi, Asia's largest slum threw open one of the biggest business opportunities to the realty sector.
01 Jun, 2007, 12.43 AM IST
- Asia’s largest slum colony gets its first ATM
The country’s commercial capital Mumbai saw its largest slum population get its first state-owned bank branch and ATM at Dharavi on Monday.
21 Feb, 2007, 01.07 AM IST