Burning plastic as fuel for cooking and heating releases toxic chemicals into the air and contaminates food. Yet this is ...

Research in Chile could help to provide drinking water for some of the world's most arid places.

The mass of shanties on the sixth floor of a storied landmark in the heart of the Bengal capital is no Tower of David, the skyscraper that Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez gave slum-dwellers, but it is home to ...

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to create rapport with slum residents and curb crimes in those localities, city police have launched an ...

Brampton Mayor Patrick has a simple yet stern message for those who don’t provide safe and healthy housing to renters — leave ...

Warangal West MLA Nayini Rajender Reddy on Sunday pledged to develop Hanamkonda, Warangal and Kazipet into slum-free cities, ...

Delhi Development Authority proposes to establish a database of the 173 slum clusters that haven't yet been surveyed in order ...

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday decided to impose property tax on all commercial establishments in slum areas but categorically stated that the imposition of the tax will not ...

As the Chief Minister-elect, Rekha Gupta, the MLA from Shalimar Bagh assembly seat, prepares to be sworn into Office at the Ramlila Maidan today, she ...

The Supreme Court refused to consider a request for special cycle tracks in cities, saying that more important issues should ...

ISLAMABAD: Representatives of slums of the capital city on Thursday appealed to the Supreme Court to uphold their constitutional right to housing and not vacate a stay order that has been in place ...