Delhi land scam: Court to frame charges

Last Updated: Saturday, May 5, 2012, 18:33

A Special CBI court has decided to frame charges against ten persons accused in the multi-crore land scam saying the evidence prima facie show they were involved in fictitious allotments to slum dwellers.

Kolkata slum dwellers` eviction a crime: Sen

Last Updated: Sunday, April 29, 2012, 23:29

Describing eviction of people from slums in Nonadanga as a "tragedy", human rights activist Binayak Sen accused the WB govt of being inhuman.

Slum dwellers, police clash in Kolkata again

Last Updated: Saturday, April 28, 2012, 15:59

Nonadanga, located in eastern Kolkata, has been on the boil since March 30 when the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority demolished a slum.

Slum kids from Ahmedabad to perform in US

Last Updated: Friday, April 27, 2012, 23:47

A troupe of sixteen children, most of them from slums, would be touring the United States from the next month with the mission to spread Mahatma Gandhi`s message of `Ekatva` (oneness) through a dance-drama.

Maoists incited Nonadanga slum-dwellers: Mamata

Last Updated: Friday, April 27, 2012, 19:54

West Bengal CM claimed that Maoists had a hand in inciting slum dwellers of Nonadanga during a recent protest against an eviction drive.

Ahmedabad slum children to spread Gandhi`s message in US

Last Updated: Friday, April 27, 2012, 15:17

Sixteen children from the slums of Ahmedabad in Gujarat, will tour the United States to spread Mahatma Gandhi`s message of "Oneness".

WB: Scientist Partha Roy released from jail

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 18, 2012, 13:07

Scientist Partha Sarthy Roy, who was in jail for the last ten days for launching an agitation against slum eviction, was on Wednesday set free by the Kolkata jail authorities.

Kolkata: Scientists write to PM for intervention

Last Updated: Monday, April 16, 2012, 19:50

Perturbed over the arrest of an eminent scientist who opposed eviction of slum dwellers in Kolkata, a group of scientists has written a letter to PM.

Several injured in Kolkata clash

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 4, 2012, 15:48

Several people were injured when slumdwellers evicted from their homes blocked a road and clashed with police Wednesday.

Two children killed in Noida slum fire

Last Updated: Sunday, April 1, 2012, 01:00

Two children were charred to death in a fire that gutted about 30 shanties in a slum in Navada village.

Slum children in urban areas most deprived: UN report

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 21:54

Slum children in urban areas across the world, including India, happen to be the most deprived and their sufferings are often obscured by broad statistical averages, a latest UN study has said.