An upscale Indian suburb is rounding up some of its most marginalised residents, saying they are illegal immigrants.

Summer in India’s northwestern metropolis of Ahmedabad was never easy for Meenaben Soni. Soni, who lives with her family in a cramped two-bedroom house in the city’s informal settlement of ...

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 around,” he said.

Resolving this urban crisis means recognizing slum dwellers not as encroachers or a problem, but as citizens with rights, and a potential to contribute to India’s growth story.

The corporate and IT hubs of Noida and Gurgaon, which house a large working-class population, run on migrant labour. A ...

[1/5]Neelabeni stands outside her home to which she has received the title through a programme to give land rights to slum dwellers in Odisha state in India. July 5, 2018.

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta announced the launch of Atal Canteens, offering meals for Rs 5 to workers, inspired by Tamil ...

MUMBAI, India -- Madonna visited a crowded Mumbai slum Tuesday, where impoverished residents showered her with rose and marigold petals. Madonna didn't speak to journalists, and a New York-based ...

Slum dwellers squeezed out of India's ambitious Smart Cities plan, activists say By Jatindra Dash and Rina Chandran September 27, 20166:15 PM PDTUpdated September 27, 2016 ...

Fifty years later, that swampy area — once a fishing village and rubbish dump — is now Dharavi, one of Asia’s biggest slums and a bustling hub of industry in India’s financial capital.

The slum’s growth reflected that of Mumbai itself, a diverse city famous for attracting Bollywood hopefuls and job-seekers from across India.