Dharavi redevelopment plan gets shot in the arm as resident body supports govt surveyResidents of Dharavi are backing a state government survey essential for a $3-billion redevelopment project spearheaded by the Adani Group....
04 Aug, 2024, 02.41 PM 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
Travel company offering Slum Walking Tour in Delhi for Rs 1,200. Netizens furiousTripadvisor has started a "New Delhi Slum Walking Tour" that aims to show the lives of the poor. Those who are interested have to shell out...
07 Sep, 2022, 03.09 PM IST
Mumbai: Dharavi Covid hero Ramesh Nangre dies of heart attackWhen Ramesh Nangre felt uneasy on Thursday morning he was taken to a private hospital in Kandivli. He breathed his last at the hospital. Tw...
12 Mar, 2021, 04.33 PM IST
Don't forget us in coronavirus battle, say businesses in India's Dharavi slumDharavi, believed to be Asia's largest slum, has been hailed as a success story in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic, bringing ca...
07 Jul, 2020, 09.22 AM IST
Mumbai: New civic chief checks scene at Nair hospital, Dharavi, warns of surprise visitsChahal, a 1989 batch IAS officer, took charge around 9.30pm on Friday. Praveen Pardeshi, who he replaced, did not visit the civic headquart...
10 May, 2020, 08.25 AM IST
Dharavi: 3K need institutional isolationCurrently, the only quarantine facility in Dharavi is a nearby sports complex with a capacity of 1,200 persons only, less than half the num...
25 Apr, 2020, 09.08 AM IST
COVID-19: Centre recommends increasing bed capacity in MumbaiIn keeping with the committee's directives, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has been asked to arrange for more beds and increase tes...
22 Apr, 2020, 04.28 PM IST
Dharavi man who died hosted 10 Tablighi Jamaat membersThe 56-year-old garment unit owner who died on April 1 hosted 10 Jamaat members in one of his vacant houses.
04 Apr, 2020, 07.20 PM IST
Covid-19: The 24-hour race to contain DharaviThe death of a 56-year-old man from Covid-19 pushes a state into red alert.
03 Apr, 2020, 02.39 PM IST
Maharashtra seeks Rs 7962.63 crore drought assistance from central govtState Government has given a proposal of Rs 7962.63crore to GoI and a central team is already on visit to Maharashtra.
07 Dec, 2018, 03.04 PM IST
Take lessons in entrepreneurship from Dharavi: Rahul Gandhi tells PM ModiHe said the Narendra Modi Government's policies are benefiting only a few top industrialists of the country and took potshots at the NDA's ...
16 Jan, 2016, 06.42 PM 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
London Business School funds Bangalore analytics start-upA Bangalore-based career analytics start-up has received a Rs 5 lakh grant for a unique business plan competition.
03 Mar, 2014, 10.32 PM IST
Tour companies cash in on rising tourist interest in DharaviVisitors, all over the world, are looking for different experiences, & the number of takers for the Dharavi experience appears to be growin...
04 Jan, 2014, 10.59 AM IST
- BEST nod for helipads at 2 depots
The BEST committee on Friday cleared a proposal to allow chartered helicopter services to operate from two city bus depotsone at Backbay de...
08 May, 2010, 11.41 AM IST
- Indian Bank scores Dharavi a/cs over financial inclusion
In an attempt to bring banking services to migrant workers living in Asia’s largest slum, Dharavi, Chennai-based Indian Bank is tracing the...
11 Oct, 2006, 01.13 AM IST