Rahul Gandhi meets Dharavi leather hub workers in MumbaiRahul Gandhi visited the Dharavi leather hub in Mumbai to understand the challenges faced by leather industry workers. He interacted with e...
06 Mar, 2025, 08.16 PM IST
BJP win in Maharashtra: Breather for Adani's $3-billion Dharavi projectFor Adani, who is facing bribery charges in a US court, the scrapping of his pet Dharavi project would have been a big setback.
23 Nov, 2024, 04.36 PM IST
How Dharavi redevelopment plan will change the face of MumbaiAdnan Syed, 24, celebrates his team's victory at the T10 Dharavi Premier League cricket tournament, winning `1 lakh. The tournament, suppor...
22 Aug, 2024, 12.58 AM IST
A history of Dharavi slum and Adani's plans to redevelop itDharavi's growth coincides with migration into Bombay, now known as Mumbai in 1800s. Potters, leather tanners, artisans and embroidery work...
28 Aug, 2023, 09.34 AM IST
Redevelopment will kill Dharavi's identity, destroy its small-scale businesses, say residents of biggest Mumbai slumThe Adani Group has emerged as the highest bidder for the 259-hectare Dharavi Redevelopment Project. The group has put in a Rs 5,069 crore ...
30 Nov, 2022, 07.06 PM IST
'Dharavi model' helps tame 2nd COVID-19 wave in slum townBMC (Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation) officials said the slum cluster, spread across 2.5 square km and located on the border of the isla...
28 May, 2021, 11.35 AM IST
Dharavi: Maharashtra government invites tenders to redevelop Asia's biggest slumThe government of Maharashtra has invited global tenders to kick start the process of redeveloping Dharavi.
24 Nov, 2018, 08.20 AM IST
Want to be your own boss? Try freelancingMany successful freelancers in India have quit their day jobs to focus on their freelancing assignments. Many have turned full-blown entrep...
25 Aug, 2018, 07.54 AM IST
E-commerce boom in India attracting artisans, entrepreneurs from slums across the country“Earlier I used to work for Rs 15K/mth as craftsman of leather jackets. Now I earn Rs 15L/mth by selling jackets to mkts like US, UK, Canad...
19 Feb, 2016, 06.39 AM IST
E-commerce begins to attract entrepreneurs & artisans from slumsSayed said he started selling jackets under Candid Leather brand name just a year ago and now he owns a two-bedroom house in Thane.
18 Feb, 2016, 08.34 AM IST
How Maharashtra's beef ban will hit leather products hub KolhapurDespite the promise of a common centre for tools, training and marketing, few people give this industry a fighting chance. Strengthened law...
15 Mar, 2015, 06.01 AM IST
Megha Gupta's Dharavimarket.com aims to sell products by Dharavi's craftspeople across the worldDharavimarket.com, a for-profit venture, hopes to take the products manufactured by the craftspeople of Dharavi to the rest of the world.
31 Aug, 2014, 01.34 PM IST