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No IIT, IIM. Bengaluru techie’s family once lived in a single room in Mumbai slum. Viral post shares how he landed a Rs 30 LPA job and later worked at GoogleRaj Vikramaditya's inspiring journey from Mumbai's slums to Google and entrepreneurship is a testament to his perseverance. Despite early s...
Suvendu Adhikari aide murder probe intensifies; CID takes over, no arrests yetThe investigation into the murder of Chandranath Rath, personal assistant to BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari, has become a focal point for the Wes...
Amit Shah says Congress won’t cross double digits in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry; won’t open account in BengalUnion Home Minister Amit Shah addressed rallies in West Bengal. He predicted a significant defeat for Congress in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, A...
Voter roll deletions shift West Bengal polls from governance to identity battleWest Bengal's election focus has dramatically shifted. Massive deletions from electoral rolls have transformed the campaign. Issues of corr...
Housing dreams falter in West Bengal amid corruption, land crunchEligible families in Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, are denied housing benefits. Decades of occupancy on railway land disqualify them from...
Ahead of Bengal polls, BJP promises action on ‘love jihad’, ‘land jihad’: Samik BhattacharyaThe BJP plans to combat 'Love Jihad' and 'Land Jihad' if it wins the West Bengal assembly polls. Party leader Samik Bhattacharya described ...
Plans afoot for urban slums survey in 2027India will conduct a nationwide survey on urban slums in 2027. This survey will gather detailed information on living conditions in these s...
EC flags delay in sending proposals for setting up booths in high rise buildings in BengalThe Election Commission has expressed serious concern over the West Bengal CEO's office delay in proposing new polling booths in high-rise ...
ECI team to monitor and review Bengal SIR in South Bengal next weekAn Election Commission team is set to visit Bengal soon. They will review voter list revision work. A major concern is that many urban vote...
Over 11 acre land around AAI's Kolkata airport encroached by slum dwellers; FIRs filedThe Centre-run AAI has filed FIRs with the West Bengal Police to remove the encroachers from the land, the officials told PTI.
Mamata Banerjee visits gutted Kolkata slum, promises to rebuild shantiesWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday visited a gutted slum in north Kolkata's Bagbazar area and assured the dwellers that...
Comprehensive plan ready to help Darjeeling curb water problemsAs part of the project slums in Darjeeling that are not connected to normal water supply will get access to water for drinking and washing ...
Kolkata builder to develop 8 lakh sq ft project in MumbaiWe have done similar projects in the past that include the likes of Ashray in Jaipur, a EWS project under Rajasthan government in 2013, sai...
PPP projects for rehabilitation of slum dwellersGujarat has become the first state in the country to take up public-private partnership projects for in-situ redevelopment of slums in urba...
Rain, waterlogging cripple KolkataSeveral parts of Kolkata were waterlogged following heavy overnight rain owing to a depression over Bay of Bengal caused by cyclone Komen, ...
Slum population rose by 130 lakh between 2001 and 2011: GovernmentNo slum population has been reported in Manipur, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu and Lakshdweep in 2011, Naidu said.
- 8.8 million families live in 33,510 urban slums
It said 33,510 slums were estimated to be in the urban areas of the country of which 41 per cent were notified.
Won't allow eviction of slum dwellers by realtors: BuddhadebBuddhadeb Bhattacharjee today said the Left would not allow eviction of slum dwellers by realtors for setting up malls and buildings.
68 million Indians living in slums: Government censusApproximately 68 million Indians are living in slums, according to a government census.
ICECD-ILO to nurture 100 entrepreneurs from Ahmedabad slumsThe select individuals with minimal or no education will have access to new economic opportunities and chisel their entrepreneur skills.