Two alleged chain snatchers escape from Dharavi police lock-up

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 23:46

Two alleged chain snatchers escaped on Monday, after breaking open a toilet window grill of the Dharavi police station lock-up in Central Mumbai, the police said.

We only want glamerous actresses on-screen: Sudhir Mishra

Last Updated: Sunday, April 28, 2013, 16:55

Sudhir Mishra, whose films `Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi`, `Dharavi` and `Chameli` saw women playing strong characters, feels actresses today are not chosen on the basis of their talent.

Jackky Bhagnani launches desi Gangnam song in Dharavi

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 5, 2013, 15:11

Jackky Bhagnani launched the Indian Gangnam style song for his film ‘Rangrezz’ in Dharavi, one of Asia`s largest slums.

Goods worth lakhs gutted in Dharavi slum fire

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 22, 2013, 10:58

Raging inferno engulfed the Dharavi slum area in Mumbai on Tuesday, causing extensive damage to the godowns and houses.

Colour poisoning: Teen dead, 200 still in hospital

Last Updated: Friday, March 9, 2012, 12:19

A 13-year-old boy died and around 200 people, mostly children, continued to be in hospital following an allergic reaction from toxic colours on Holi, police here said on Friday.

Colour poisoning: Over 170 kids fall ill in Mumbai

Last Updated: Thursday, March 8, 2012, 17:00

Holi celebrations in Dharavi slums turned sour after over 170 persons, majority being children, suffered from poisoning following use of spurious colour.

Changes in DC rules for Dharavi re-development

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 3, 2012, 18:47

Addressing a press conference Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said the process of re-development of sector 5 in Dharavi, would get a boost.

Dwellers of pre-1995 slums eligibile for rehab

Last Updated: Monday, January 2, 2012, 23:17

Thirty-five per cent of the state`s population lives in slums.

Mumbai`s Dharavi slums in new photo exhibition

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 16, 2011, 13:45

Three compelling contemporary photographers have woven together an exhibition that showcases ways of witnessing what goes on in the corners of the mind, in dejected spaces as well as in privacy of a room.

MHADA gets redevelopment rights for sector five of Dharavi

Last Updated: Sunday, May 22, 2011, 15:47

Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has passed the order assigning redevelopment rights for sector five of Dharavi slum area here to the government-controlled Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA).

Mumbai`s Dharavi a model for UK: Prince Charles

Last Updated: Saturday, October 9, 2010, 17:44

Prince Charles, who recently visited India for the Commonwealth Games, says in a new book that Dharavi in Mumbai - one of the world`s largest slums - is a model of sustainable living that British towns could follow.

Dharavi not Asia`s largest slum, it is Karachi: UNDP

Last Updated: Sunday, September 6, 2009, 23:58

Dharavi, which is in the heart of India`s financial capital Mumbai, is not the largest slum in Asia as many believe, according to a report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).