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20,112 missing children reunited with families in Maharashtra under govt initiative, says state minister Ranjit Patil

Minister of State for Home Ranjit Patil said 20,112 missing children were rescued and handed over to their families under "Operation Muskan". He said CCTV cameras would be set up in localities reporting further missing cases.

Philippines: Massive fire leaves 15,000 homeless; 4 reported injured

As many as 15,000 people are homeless after a huge fire engulfed an overcrowded slum in Manila, destroying thousands of homes and sending residents fleeing with their few possessions.

Delhi demolition: Child had died much earlier, Suresh Prabhu tells Lok Sabha

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Monday dubbed as "untrue" allegations of an infant's death during a demolition drive in west Delhi and claimed the child died earlier.

Love, liberty and the pursuit of happiness in a Delhi slum

According to National Crime Record Bureau, in 2014, Delhi witnessed the highest number of suicides over ‘love affairs’ among 55 cities

Fire destroys hundreds of Philippine shanties

Philippine officials say a huge fire, believed to have been ignited by firecrackers, has razed hundreds of shanties in a creekside slum in metropolitan Manila in one of more than a dozen fires

Liberia reopens slum barricaded to contain Ebola spread

Authorities reopened a slum in Liberia where tens of thousands of people had been barricaded for more than a week to contain the country's Ebola outbreak.

World's 'tallest' slum in Venezuela likely to be demolished

An abandoned Caracas skyscraper dubbed the world's tallest shanty-town after a squatters' takeover could be demolished once its inhabitants are out, Venezuela's leader said on Wednesday.

AAP failed badly in governance, says Congress MP Milind Deora

In an interview to Firstpost, Mumbai South Lok Sabha MP and Minister of State in the UPA government talks about the spectrum auction, about AAP's disappointing stint at governance and about the mobocracy India is turning into.

Christmas is here but SoBo joints deserted

Eateries in south Mumbai are in trouble due to the economic slowdown, it seems.

Slum dwellers in Mumbai will now be eligible for a house

The state housing department has proposed that those settled prior to January 1, 1995 will be eligible for free houses, while those settled thereafter would be required to bear up to 50% of the construction cost.