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Adivasis of Jharkhand — landless in their own land
19 November 2024 - PARI Network
These shelters are far from the homeless
09 October 2024 - The Hindu
Delhi’s Madrasi Camp and its 2,000 Tamil migrants face demolition threat
08 October 2024 - Frontline
18 years on, Delhi HC rules in favour of Jangpura slum dwellers whose homes were razed in demolition drive
20 September 2024 - The Indian Express
Rights organisation starts Delhi homeless headcount at 100 hotspots
01 September 2024 - The Times of India
Haldwani Evictions | 'They Are Also Human Beings' : Supreme Court Says Rehabilitation Necessary Before Evicting People For Railways
24 July 2024 - Live Law
Despite shelter homes, Bengaluru's destitute are in dire straits
14 July 2024 - Deccan Herald
DUSIB shelter among structures demolished by DDA in Yamuna floodplains
06 July 2024 - The Indian Express
150 shanties in Govandi’s Chheda Nagar razed
25 June 2024 - Hindustan Times
Life in Delhi’s night shelters: ‘Out all day in the sun, but no relief at night’
19 June 2024 - Hindustan Times
Feels like oven! For Delhi's homeless, warmth of night only brings despair — and blisters
19 June 2024 - The Times of India
Mumbai: Hundreds of people displaced after demolitions in Jai Bhim Nagar
10 June 2024 - Sabrang India
In simmering heat, fight for survival for homeless
02 June 2024 - The Times of India
India’s scorching heat and lack of water leave Delhi’s poor to suffer worst of climate crisis
01 June 2024 - CNN
Chennai needs more shelters before rains
29 May 2024 - The New Indian Express
TN: Families resettled to Perumbakkam yet to receive allowance after five years
23 May 2024 - The News Minute
Demolition fear continues to grip Shakur Basti area in Delhi's Chandini Chowk LS constituency
12 May 2024 - The New Indian Express
Hot stories off the street
30 April 2024 - The New Indian Express
Ayodhya's Solar Power Plant Displaces Powerless Villagers
18 April 2024 - Outlook
Rags to rashes: Delhi's 2.5 L homeless sweat over summer strike
09 April 2024 - The Times of India
DataViz: How Delhi’s Homeless Population Experiences Summers
04 April 2024 - IndiaSpend
Roof over head basic right: Supreme Court on demolition of encroachments
01 March 2024 - India Today
How Delhi’s Homeless People Struggle During Hot Summers
27 February 2024 - India Spend
Govandi slum residents scramble for documents after demolition
19 February 2024 - Hindustan Times
Demolition drive amid rain leaves several homeless
03 February 2024 - The Times of India
Sundarbans residents bear the brunt of climate-induced displacement
31 January 2024 - Frontline
Families Surviving Under the Open Sky in Delhi: A Ground Report on the Human Cost of Demolition
25 January 2024 - The Mooknayak
How free housing for people with HIV segregated them further
17 January 2024 - Scroll
Houses razed in anti-encroachment drives across Delhi, several left homeless in biting cold
08 January 2024 - The Indian Express
Winter of discomfort: No shelter, fighting cold under the open sky
07 January 2024 - The Times of India
Winter tents for homeless come up across Delhi — month later than usual
13 December 2023 - The Indian Express
For street children, every turn has a twist
12 December 2023 - The Times of India
Smelly blankets, bed-bug infested mattresses: For these homeless people, life inside shelters is as terrible as outside them
02 December 2023 - The Times of India
Homelessness in Delhi | Uncovering the Heart-Wrenching Reality
30 November 2023 - The Probe
Pollution: Double whammy for the homeless
20 November 2023 - The New Indian Express
How A New Tiger Reserve In Rajasthan Is Causing Fear Of Displacement
15 November 2023 - India Spend
Families In Distress, Children Drop Out Of School, As Hundreds At Site Of Largest Delhi Demolition Struggle To Get By
31 October 2023 - Article 14
Kathputli Colony: Slum dwellers to get flats soon
15 October 2023 - The Times of India
Seen yet invisible: The Pavement Dwellers of Chennai
13 October 2023 - The Times of India
Untenable slums in city increased by 91% between 2014 and 2018
12 October 2023 - The New Indian Express
Home is where flyover is: Homeless return as Delhi G20 Summit concludes
14 September 2023 - The Times of India
With homes razed, desperate families in Mathura plead for rehabilitation
25 August 2023 - The Hindu
Delhi's Homeless Fear Displacement As DUSIB Proposes To Raze Six More Shelter Homes
25 August 2023 - Outlook
Shelters far away, cramped: Little space for Delhi’s homeless displaced by demolition drives
21 August 2023 - The Indian Express
How a Delhi High Court judgement has made slum residents vulnerable to arbitrary evictions
08 August 2023 - Scroll
Bulldozer Raj: DDA Gave No Notice Before Demolitions In Delhi’s Nanakpura, Left 100 Families Homeless
01 August 2023 - Outlook
The Intertwined Relationship Of Eviction, Caste And Religion
17 July 2023 - Outlook
Displaced, people languish along roadsides, under flyovers in Delhi
16 July 2023 - The Hindu
'Got no warning’: Hundreds of flood-hit slum-dwellers in Delhi take shelter on roads
13 July 2023 - The Times of India
Govt launched housing scheme for migrant workers amid Covid exodus. 3 yrs on, only 5,648 flats ready
28 June 2023 - The Print
Slum demolished near Vasant Vihar, those left on streets wave documents
17 June 2023 - The Times of India
How government neglect left thousands homeless in Delhi’s Tughlakabad
15 June 2023 - Frontline
Shelter homes demolition: 3 months on, those displaced struggle to find work, a place to stay
12 June 2023 - The Indian Express
Left ‘out’: Homeless people in Kochi
06 June 2023 - The New Indian Express
Pragati Maidan slums razed; many homeless
02 June 2023 - The New Indian Express
Shattered lives: Where do the victims of Tughlaqabad demolition drive in Delhi go?
30 May 2023 - Scroll
From Odisha to Kerala, a bus of climate migrants
10 May 2023 - Scroll
Why are Indian cities a mess? Because they’re not about people
10 May 2023 - Al Jazeera
Thousands Traumatised In New Delhi: As Law Is Ignored, Homes & Lives Are Torn Apart For G20 Summit
08 May 2023 - Article 14
“We Are Ruined, We Have Nothing Left”
02 May 2023 - The Citizen
Delhi’s Kathputli Artists: Puppeteers in Limbo
27 April 2023 - PARI
Housed in Uncertainty: How Demolitions Throttle Delhi Neighbourhoods
14 April 2023 - The Wire
Evictions In Courtroom: How Has Judiciary Ruled On Cases Of Evictions In Indian Cities?
07 April 2023 - Outlook
'Where Do We Go Now?': G20 Beautification Drive Renders Hundreds Of Migrants In Delhi Homeless
06 April 2023 - Outlook
G20 As A Curtain-Raiser: Life In Urban India
06 April 2023 - Outlook
Adivasis of Nagarahole Tiger Reserve Protest for Forest Rights Amid Displacement
29 March 2023 - The Quint
Delhi govt can’t demolish shelter homes without our nod, says Supreme Court
29 March 2023 - The Times of India
How Adivasis in an MP village are being dispossessed: First for 'development', now 'afforestation'
14 March 2023 - Scroll
'Few Hrs Notice, Shelters Demolished at Sarai Kale Khan, Where Do Residents Go?'
23 February 2023 - The Quint
Homes & Hopes Razed, Bhopal Residents Stare at Bleak Future in Makeshift Tents
13 February 2023 - The Quint
Displaced and out of work, Kathputli Colony residents struggle to survive 5 years on
29 January 2023 - The Hindu
Mumbai's nomads who have no land to call their own
18 January 2023 - Scroll
Eviction & Dispossession: Keeping The Poor On Tenterhooks
18 January 2023 - Outlook India
The Eviction in Ranchi That No One Is Talking About
08 January 2023 - The Wire
The unrecognised urban farmers of Delhi are caught in conflict over land
05 January 2023 - Mongabay
Thousands In Delhi Shiver In Cold Wave As Homeless Shelters Fall Short
02 January 2023 - Outlook
As temperature dips, what works — and what doesn’t — at Delhi’s night shelters
30 December 2022 - The Indian Express
Dharavi dreams: The new redevelopment plan ignores the rights of the people who built it
18 December 2022 - Scroll
‘I’ve spent my whole life waiting to get my land’
02 December 2022 - Pari Network
How Telangana subverted India’s land acquisition law
23 November 2022 - Scroll
How Tamil Nadu has denied its forest dwellers their land rights
16 November 2022 - Scroll
Nearly 250 temporary shelters to come up in Delhi as winter nears
07 November 2022 - The Times of India
'Won't Give an Inch to Dalmia Cement': 5,000 Adivasis in Odisha Protest 'Illegal' Land Acquisition
25 October 2022 - The Wire
Rain or shine, they weather it all: Homeless find the going tougher
11 October 2022 - The Times of India
Why the fight by Adivasis against a Mumbai Metro carshed is a fight for survival
05 October 2022 - Scroll
How Demolitions Are Deepening The Despair Of India's Poor
30 September 2022 - The Wire
Nearly 40,000 families face eviction in Tamil Nadu, says a report
28 September 2022 - The Hindu
Raging Yamuna: 5,000 locals take shelter on road
28 September 2022 - The New Indian Express
1,000 homes demolished in Delhi, 5,838 people hit, says report
25 September 2022 - The Times of India
‘DDA’s slum rehab plan a non-starter’
22 September 2022 - Hindustan Times
59% of people evicted from homes in 2021 await compensation: Report
22 September 2022 - Hindustan Times
How Forced Evictions Are Pushing Women To The Edge Of Precarity
19 September 2022 - Behan Box
Along Mumbai’s volatile Mithi river, residents spend fearful nights in wait of promised homes
10 September 2022 - Scroll
Shelters inadequate, homeless in Cuttack spend nights on roads
15 August 2022 - The New Indian Express
Land banks in Jharkhand may become a recipe for conflicts
22 July 2022 - Mongabay India
Year after demolition, hundreds live amid rubble in this Faridabad village
11 July 2022 - The Indian Express
As Telangana Industrialises, Names Of Hundreds Of Farmers Disappear From A Govt Land-Records Database
09 June 2022 - Article 14
Uttarakhand: Displaced for Dam, Lohari Residents Left Astray
15 May 2022 - News Click
Gurugram Eviction Drive Turns Rural Poor Into Urban Homeless
09 May 2022 - Outlook
Tamil Nadu's Malasar tribals evicted from ancestral land
19 April 2022 - News Click
Behind the facade of forest conservation lay one lakh displaced residents of Khori Gaon
12 April 2022 - The Bastion
Noida’s Slum Rehabilitation Scheme Ends, but the Poor Still Left in the Lurch
07 April 2022 - News Click
Khori Gaon demolition: SC orders alternate accommodation for evicted residents, monthly compensation
01 April 2022 - The Indian Express
Families in Chennai’s resettlement colonies need urgent attention and a fairer policy
07 March 2022 - Citizen Matters
Landless and jobless: Bokaro residents wait for mining project that has not progressed in four decades
24 February 2022 - Mongabay India
Gujarat tribals oppose river linking project
10 February 2022 - The New Indian Express
Delhi govt to offer 3 meals a day at 300 nightshelters
01 February 2022 - The Times of India
No land for widows
19 January 2022 - India Development Review
Delhi: Not just Covid-19, it's battle for basics for street kids
16 January 2022 - The Times of India
Thousands brave wintry nights on Delhi's footpaths as shelter homes lack facilities
16 January 2022 - The Times of India
Situation worsens for Delhi's homeless amid harsh winters, Covid surge
11 January 2022 - The New Indian Express
Five years on, Katputli Colony residents in Delhi wait for promised homes
03 January 2022 - Hindustan Times
296 shelter homes in Delhi, but many spending chilly nights on footpaths
30 December 2021 - The Indian Express
No Way Home: Delhi’s Homeless Spend Winter Nights In Permanent Transience
24 December 2021 - Outlook
Fight for survival: With limited shelters, homeless in Delhi left to face the elements in open
19 December 2021 - The Times of India
Mumbai: BMC starts process for fresh survey on homeless
17 December 2021 - The Indian Express
Polavaram — displaced and nowhere to go: Ineligible for rehabilitation, many in a fix
15 December 2021 - Down To Earth
Over a thousand families homeless as waters of the Ganges engulf villages in Malda
10 December 2021 - Gaon Connection
Hyderabad: Demolition drive leaves 200 families homeless
09 December 2021 - The New Indian Express
Polavaram — displaced and nowhere to go: Tribal families robbed of rights, livelihood in resettlement colonies
08 December 2021 - Down To Earth
Demolition drive by Siliguri civic body assumes political colour
07 December 2021 - The Telegraph
In anticipation of India’s largest coal mining project
02 December 2021 - Mongabay India
Polavaram — displaced and nowhere to go: Several await houses, compensation
30 November 2021 - Down To Earth
700 shanties razed, land on Golf Course Road cleared of squatters
25 November 2021 - The Times of India
Winter action plan: 9k homeless people in Delhi to have roof over heads
23 November 2021 - The Times of India
Telangana govt to establish winter shelters for the homeless
22 November 2021 - The New Indian Express
Do Delhi’s homeless have a right to breathe?
17 November 2021 - India Today
Assam: Govt evicts ‘encroachers’ from reserve forest, officials say process ‘peaceful’
08 November 2021 - The Indian Express
Another harsh winter awaits Odisha’s urban homeless
04 November 2021 - The New Indian Express
Helter Shelter
28 October 2021 - Bangalore Mirror
From pavement to appalling govt shelter: The story of eviction of 50 families in Chennai
26 October 2021 - The News Minute
Corporation evicts pavement dwellers near Egmore station
17 October 2021 - The Hindu
Mumbai: Civic body to launch urban homeless policy with shelters, toll-free number
10 October 2021 - The Times of India
Assam Govt Evicts Over 800 Families From Village Populated Mostly by East Bengal-Origin Muslims
22 September 2021 - The Wire
In ‘World’s Largest’ Lift Irrigation Project, Telangana Govt Violates Land Acquisition Laws
17 September 2021 - The Wire
Khori Gaon: Supreme Court says 1-yr timeline for rehabilitation is too long
15 September 2021 - Millennium Post
43,600 houses demolished, 2.57 lakh people forcibly evicted during Covid-19: Report
13 September 2021 - Deccan Herald
Every hour, 21 people evicted from their homes in India amid pandemic: Report
11 September 2021 - Down to Earth
Over 60,000 families evicted from homes during pandemic: Report
10 September 2021 - The Indian Express
India evictions during COVID-19 a 'human rights crisis'
09 September 2021 - Thomson Reuters Foundation
257,000 people evicted during pandemic, shows report by housing rights body
09 September 2021 - Hindustan Times
Chennai: Building homes like card stacks
05 September 2021 - The Hindu
Dhobi Ghat, Delhi: Residents and minors reportedly detained again over renewed demolition bid
27 August 2021 - NewsClick
Haryana’s changes to land law; why they have been criticised
26 August 2021 - The Indian Express
Residents of Khori Gaon demand speedy rehabilitation: ‘Living on the rubble of our demolished homes’
20 August 2021 - The Indian Express
Delhi: DUSIB for three meals a day to kids in shelters
20 August 2021 - The Times of India
India must push for women’s rights in land ownership
18 August 2021 - The Indian Express
Raging pandemic and unreliable monsoon: The unending sorrow of homeless people
14 August 2021 - NewsClick
Delhi: Job loss during pandemic led many to beg
10 August 2021 - The Times of India
Some warm comfort at Delhi’s 209 shelter homes: Assured meals twice a day
09 August 2021 - The Indian Express
Amid pandemic, rain, residents of Ramesh Park rendered homeless
06 August 2021 - TwoCircles.net
Delhi: Homeless persons experienced hunger, loss of livelihood, study reveals
04 August 2021 - The Times of India
The Rohingyas’ lost haven in New Delhi
02 August 2021 - The Diplomat
Prioritize vaccination of homeless persons: Centre to states and Union Territories
01 August 2021 - Siasat Daily
Chennai: 247 families from Arumbakkam to be resettled
30 July 2021 - The New Indian Express
No tribal should be evicted without the settlement of his/her claim on land rights: NHRC Chairperson
29 July 2021 - National Human Rights Commission (India)
Can’t take elitist view to ban begging: Supreme Court
28 July 2021 - The Times of India
“They only demolish homes of defenseless and weak,” despite UN intervention, demolition at Khori Gaon continues
27 July 2021 - TwoCircles.net
Rain-induced floods render 89,000 people homeless in Maharashtra
23 July 2021 - The Weather Channel
Keep promise to pay rent for pandemic-struck poor: Delhi High Court
22 July 2021 - The Hindu
‘Where are we supposed to go?’: Homes razed but Khori residents refuse to leave
15 July 2021 - The Indian Express
Madhya Pradesh: Barela tribals rendered homeless as Forest Department attacks fields and homes
12 July 2021 - NewsClick
A year after Delhi deluge, victims wait for rehabilitation
11 July 2021 - The Hindu
Delhi: Demolition drive on Yamuna floodplain leaves many homeless
06 July 2021 - The Times of India
Dhobi Ghat homes demolished, people fend for themselves
04 July 2021 - The Citizen
No shelter in homes
03 July 2021 - The Citizen
Heavy rains leave 600 houses damaged, 2,000 homeless in Tripura
02 July 2021 - The Indian Express
Clean air in Delhi, 24/7 water in Chennai: What happened to India’s Smart Cities Mission?
30 June 2021 - Scroll
Karnataka: Fishermen try to jump into sea to oppose razing of homes for port construction
28 June 2021 - India Today
Sensitive Aravallis, ‘land mafia’, illegal village — the complicated story behind razing Khori
27 June 2021 - The Print
Delhi govt aims to vaccinate all homeless people living in shelters within a month
26 June 2021 - The Print
How Khori Gaon residents, now facing eviction, were forgotten during the pandemic
26 June 2021 - The Wire
Smart city deadline looms but targets remain distant
25 June 2021 - India Spend
Goa: ‘Need to set up shelters for homeless persons’
23 June 2021 - The Times of India
Why Haryana govt can't evict Khori Gaon residents without rehabilitation
22 June 2021 - The Wire
Hundreds living in Delhi’s shelter homes still await Covid shot
21 June 2021 - The Indian Express
Pangs of displacement in Jewar
14 June 2021 - Hindustan Times
Homes set to be razed, locals in Faridabad’s Khori ask: ‘Where do we go from here?’
12 June 2021 - The Indian Express
COVID-19: NHRC directs Centre to take appropriate action within 8 weeks to lessen plight of homeless people
08 June 2021 - ANI
Over 8 lakh migrant workers leave Delhi in four weeks of lockdown
23 May 2021 - Mint
Families homeless after rain floods over 25 hutments
22 May 2021 - Hindustan Times
In Delhi’s 'slums', barriers to vaccination: Few smartphones, complex process
12 May 2021 - The Indian Express
Homeless children at greater risk in coronavirus pandemic, says rights body
15 April 2021 - The New Indian Express
India: COVID, climate change pushing Sundarbans women to distress
14 April 2021 - Al Jazeera
Pandemic heaps more hardship on street children
11 April 2021 - Media India Group
Delhi Development Authority gets ball rolling for redevelopment of 6 more slum clusters
10 April 2021 - The New Indian Express
Trust and coast eroded, Indian fishing hamlet boycotts polls
09 April 2021 - Thomson Reuters Foundation
'Slum' eviction drive may have caused Chennai’s lowest voter turnout
08 April 2021 - The Federal
Faridabad: Villagers protest demolition drive
07 April 2021 - The Tribune
Homeless people face long wait for jab
05 April 2021 - The Hindu
Over 1,000 labourers left homeless as fire guts 700 shanties in Gurgaon’s Nathupur
04 April 2021 - The Indian Express
Ahmedabad: Slum demolished, tribal workers evicted to make way for metro
02 April 2021 - The Wire
Only 5.4% of houses under Centre’s flagship scheme reached completion so far this year
29 March 2021 - The Hindu
Chennai: TNSCB residents want maintenance fee waived
27 March 2021 - The Times of India
A year after exodus, no reliable data or policy on migrant workers
25 March 2021 - India Spend
In India's tea estates, the next generation of pickers want land, not jobs
25 March 2021 - Global Times
Over 6,000 Jenu Kuruba Adivasis in Karnataka begin indefinite protests against tiger reserve
24 March 2021 - NewsClick
Failure of state to provide basic shelter to urban homeless violates Right to Life under Article 21 : Karnataka High Court
23 March 2021 - Live Law
Women pushed to the fringes of homelessness due to COVID-19 induced lockdown
22 March 2021 - The New Indian Express
India: Gujarat state's land grabbing law hurting women, poor
18 March 2021 - Thomson Reuters Foundation
One in two Perumbakkam families can’t use ration card in their area: Study
17 March 2021 - The New Indian Express
Study shows 57% of Odisha’s street children deprived of education during pandemic
16 March 2021 - The Indian Express
New report details indigenous struggle for land rights
14 March 2021 - UN News
No title, no money — Women grow 80% of India’s food, but new farm laws unlikely to help them
13 March 2021 - The Print
Government allots Rs 6 crore to renovate 28 shelters for homeless persons in Chennai
12 March 2021 - The Times of India
Parliament clears Bill for regularization of unauthorized colonies in Delhi; extension of protection from sealing/demolition till 2023
11 March 2021 - Live Law
Karnataka High Court to pass directions on providing shelters for the urban homeless
11 March 2021 - Live Law
Not far from Ghazipur protest site, Gadia Lohar community struggle for housing rights
10 March 2021 - Twocircles.net
Madhya Pradesh High Court stays eviction of slum-dwellers
10 March 2021 - India Legal
Why we don't know how much land women own
10 March 2021 - India Spend
In Delhi, most live in homes that are too small, areas that are sub-standard
09 March 2021 - The Indian Express
Activists flag concerns over debris dumping on Yamuna floodplains
09 March 2021 - Hindustan Times
It’s time that we are also given farmer tag: Women
09 March 2021 - The Times of India
'I don’t have the option to rent a house': How migrant workers differ from the urban poor
06 March 2021 - The Wire
No homes for the homeless: How Maharashtra lags in implementing centre’s urban shelter scheme
03 March 2021 - News Laundry
An impending Supreme Court judgment can change how land rights are seen countrywide
02 March 2021 - The Wire
Government land barter deal dodges the law, benefits the rich
01 March 2021 - Article 14
Displacement from Pathankot-Mandi four-lane project leaves families worried over rehabilitation, spend sleepless nights
28 February 2021 - The Tribune
Delhi’s Gadia Lohar community ravaged by lockdown, finds study
27 February 2021 - The New Indian Express
The world faces a pandemic of human rights abuses in the wake of Covid-19
22 February 2021 - The Guardian
Punjab approves mission to grant property rights to villagers in 'lal dora'
20 February 2021 - The Indian Express
Uttarakhand becomes first state to give co-ownership rights to women in husband’s ancestral property
20 February 2021 - The Times of India
India’s human-tiger conflict and the trauma of illegal relocation
19 February 2021 - Article 14
DIY-style school helps educate Indian migrants facing eviction
19 February 2021 - Reuters
Ahmedabad 'slum dwellers' lathi charged: Demand for basic amenities for settlements
16 February 2021 - Counterview
Tribespeople of Kerala denied rights for 12 years
12 February 2021 - The Times of India
Hyderabad: Homeless 'beggars' shifted to rehabilitation centre
11 February 2021 - The Hans India
In 12 years, 11 states changed land ceiling laws in favour of industry over farmers
10 February 2021 - India Spend
Mumbai: 1.5 hectares of wetland cleared of huts
10 February 2021 - The Times of India
Rajya Sabha clears bill for regularization of unauthorized colonies in Delhi; extension of protection from sealing/demolition till 2023
09 February 2021 - Live Law
‘Won’t go anywhere’ — eviction fears trigger insecurity in Shillong’s ‘Punjabi colony’ again
09 February 2021 - The Print
Chennai: Resettlement areas to get free Wi-Fi among other facilities
08 February 2021 - DT Next
Mumbai: Massive fire in Mankhurd, 'slums' gutted
06 February 2021 - Free Press Journal
Supreme Court stays Karnataka High Court order directing state to reconstruct migrants' huts destroyed during the lockdown
05 February 2021 - Live Law
Persons with disabilities want help with livelihoods post pandemic
05 February 2021 - The Hindu
Huge joblessness crisis persists in Perumbakkam
04 February 2021 - The New Indian Express
As threats increase, community’s efforts to save Pulicat lake continues
04 February 2021 - Mongabay
An elephant corridor raises conflict in the Nilgiris
02 February 2021 - Mongabay
Mumbai: 800 Mahul residents get keys to new home; relief from toxic hell
31 January 2021 - Times Now
Gujarat High Court registers suo moto PIL to give shelter to weaker section
30 January 2021 - Live Law
On camera, Indore municipal workers caught dumping homeless people outside the city
30 January 2021 - NDTV
Indian women have greater voice in households but less property ownership
29 January 2021 - Behan Box
Kolkata: Fire leaves 12 families homeless
27 January 2021 - The Telegraph
Delhi: 'Slum dwellers' being rehabilitated to pay Rs 1.4 lakh per flat
25 January 2021 - Indian Express
Between land conflict and political blame game, Brus no closer to resettlement
24 January 2021 - East Mojo
Bengaluru: 84 families protest after slum demolition in east Bengaluru leaves them homeless
23 January 2021 - The News Minute
Finish housing projects for poor at earliest for shelter to all: Delhi CM
22 January 2021 - The Times of India
Nobody’s children: Out-of-school kids in Delhi find their plates empty
20 January 2021 - Citizen Matters
Harsh winter added to misery of pandemic-hit homeless people
19 January 2021 - UNI
Kashmir forest dwellers look to long-delayed law to stop evictions
15 January 2021 - Reuters
Right to property has close nexus with right to life under Article 21 of the Constitution: Madras High Court
15 January 2021 - Bar and Bench
A harsh new land-grabbing law in Gujarat
14 January 2021 - India Today
Varanasi: Close to 500 people rendered homeless for food plaza, helipad
13 January 2021 - NewsClick
Property rights linked to better health of young girls
11 January 2021 - Outlook
Delhi's shelter homes – 'the only place where we feel safe', homeless women say
10 January 2021 - Sputnik News
Coimbatore: Corporation demolishes houses
08 January 2021 - The Hindu
Tribal families continue to face evictions despite land claims
07 January 2021 - NewsClick
Goa: Despite protests, land for IIT demarcated at Shel-Melauli
06 January 2021 - Herald
Over a year since CM promise, Banjaras still dishoused in Rajasthan
05 January 2021 - The Citizen
Amidst heavy downpour, Chennai 'slum dwellers' struggle without a roof over their heads
05 January 2021 - The New Indian Express
Assam: Tribal farmers allegedly face state violence for demanding their land rights
04 January 2021 - NewsClick
Delhi: Shelter in Sarai Kale Khan provides respite to homeless people in bone-chilling winter
03 January 2021 - Yahoo News
Displaced, distressed
03 January 2021 - India Today
A room of our own and new clothes: Homeless children’s New Year wish
01 January 2021 - Media India Group
Winter shelters for the homeless: Don’t cut corners
30 December 2020 - Hindustan Times
Hundreds evicted as India’s Kaziranga National Park expands
28 December 2020 - The Globe and Mail
No country for the poor: Inhumane evictions in Chennai
25 December 2020 - NewsClick
India's urban housing shortage rises 54% to 29 million in 2018: Report
24 December 2020 - Business World
Thin blankets & no masks — How Delhi's homeless shelters are coping in a freezing Covid winter
23 December 2020 - The Print
Himachal dam evacuees wait 50 years for rehabilitation
23 December 2020 - India Spend
Uttarakhand | No respite from cold: Homeless people forced to sleep along roadside for lack of shelters
22 December 2020 - The Times of India
Gurugram: Shelters give Covid protocols a miss
21 December 2020 - The Times of India
Coronavirus: India’s unplanned lockdown unleashed fresh hell for its Adivasis
20 December 2020 - Scroll
Most homeless children have no access to any form of education, Chennai study reveals
19 December 2020 - The Hindu
Loss of housing played key role in Delhi migrant workers' exodus: Report
18 December 2020 - NewsClick
'Harassed for rent in lockdown, yet migrant workers willing to return to cities'
18 December 2020 - The New Indian Express
OPINION: The promise and reality of the Declaration on the Rights of Peasants
17 December 2020 - Thomson Reuters Foundation
India's 'invisible' women hope for recognition at farmers protests
16 December 2020 - Reuters
Winter in the shadow of pandemic will be tough to weather for the homeless
15 December 2020 - Hindustan Times
The landless women: Only 12.9% Indian women hold agricultural land
14 December 2020 - Business Standard
Hunger continued even after lockdown, says report
13 December 2020 - The Hindu
Kashmir forest land drive fells thousands of trees, evicts tribals
12 December 2020 - NDTV
Anxious night under the clouds as eviction drive continues
11 December 2020 - The New Indian Express
Human Rights Day: Delhi's homeless people await shelters in the winter
10 December 2020 - NewsClick
Snapshots of India’s women farmers, who shoulder the burden as men work in cities
09 December 2020 - Scroll
Chennai slum dwellers stand neck-deep inside sewage-laden Cooum for hours protesting eviction
09 December 2020 - The New Indian Express
Bombay High Court extends interim orders on eviction, demolition, dispossession one last time till January 31, 2021
09 December 2020 - Bar and Bench
Delhi: Early onset of winter, High Court asks DUSIB to inspect shelters and take steps to improve facilities
08 December 2020 - PTI
Need more homeless shelters in Delhi on priority, says civil society organization
06 December 2020 - The New Indian Express
Removing forest dwellers from areas to protect biodiversity costs more than involving them: report
04 December 2020 - Mongabay
Andhra Pradesh assembly passes land titling bill
04 December 2020 - Economic Times
Coal mining and India’s tribal peoples: Inequality as the death knell of community
03 December 2020 - Down to Earth
Pauri Garhwal District's nod to gender rights: Girl of the house gets nameplate
02 December 2020 - The Indian Express
Pandemic's economic effects persist on ground as families continue to struggle for jobs, food
02 December 2020 - The Wire
‘Disburse compensation to Bellandur illegal eviction victims’
01 December 2020 - The Hindu
Karnataka: Farmers to regain privilege rights over 'kumki' land
29 November 2020 - The Hindu
Shanties razed ahead of the Prime Minister's visit to Varanasi
29 November 2020 - The Telegraph
'Slum' numbers show cities don't help Dalits shed caste
29 November 2020 - The Indian Express
COVID-19: Over 54,000 people affected by forced evictions since pandemic struck
27 November 2020 - NewsClick
The impact of customary laws on women farmers in India
26 November 2020 - Feminism in India
Worsening land inequality widens gender, climate change gaps
25 November 2020 - Thomson Reuters Foundation
No coercive action will be taken against slum dwellers along railway tracks in Delhi: Government to Supreme Court
24 November 2020 - Hindustan Times
Madhya Pradesh: Over 37,000 kilometres of tribal land to be handed over to corporates
23 November 2020 - NewsClick
Gearing up for a tough winter: Covid means precautions — and more space — for those at night shelters
22 November 2020 - The Indian Express
NGO claims evictions during lockdown left 435 families vulnerable in Chennai
21 November 2020 - The Times of India
Over 1,000 jhuggis razed in Behrampur
21 November 2020 - The Times of India
How urbanisation went wrong in Delhi's Lal Dora Villages
17 November 2020 - The Wire
Forest rights claims of nearly 1,200 tribals in Hunsur rejected
16 November 2020 - The Hindu
350 families reside amid debris of 1,000 houses in Chennai's Sathyavani Muthu Nagar
16 November 2020 - The New Indian Express
Delhi government to construct 89,400 flats for homeless
14 November 2020 - The Times of India
For Dalits, a landless tryst with destiny
13 November 2020 - The Hindu Business Line
Kolkata: Topsia blaze leaves 250 homeless
11 November 2020 - The Times of India
Losing Ground: With over 600 families already facing eviction, Assam govt approves another expansion of the Kaziranga National Park, sparking protests
11 November 2020 - Gaon Connection
‘Dearth of jobs at home, 50% migrants eye return to cities’
10 November 2020 - The Times of India
Assam government to give 30 bighas of land settlement to Indigenous growers at district level
09 November 2020 - The Sentinel
COVID plus winter: 250 extra shelters to be set up in Delhi
06 November 2020 - The Times of India
Awareness campaign for ‘Right to Shelters’ launched in Delhi
03 November 2020 - Newsroom Post
Bombay High Court extends all interim orders relating to eviction, demolition & dispossession passed by courts in Maharashtra and Goa till December 22
30 October 2020 - Live Law
NHRC asks Odisha to submit report on rehabilitation of Hirakud Dam oustees
29 October 2020 - The Hindu
Chhattisgarh: Tribal houses razed to ground in Dhamtari District
27 October 2020 - NewsClick
‘Resettling has to be a smooth transition’: Delhi slum dwellers worry about outcome of SC order
25 October 2020 - The New Indian Express
Responsibility of state to protect weaker sections from any hardship during pandemic: Allahabad HC stays demolition of Ghaziabad slum
22 October 2020 - Live Law
Housing rights expert group submits report, recommends in-situ rehabilitation of railway slum residents
22 October 2020 - Hindustan Times
Chhattisgarh: Tribal houses bulldozed to pave way for a cow shelter
17 October 2020 - NewsClick
Dalit women face brunt of caste battles, state neglect
15 October 2020 - India Spend
Punjab govt gives land rights to slum dwellers, small land tillers
14 October 2020 - The Indian Express
Fruits of shared labour: Indian women joining forces for food security
13 October 2020 - The Guardian
Rapid assessment survey for homeless needed in Delhi: Housing and Land Rights Network
10 October 2020 - The New Indian Express
‘Don’t want anyone homeless during pandemic’: Bombay HC refuses to allow demolitions, evictions
30 September 2020 - Hindustan Times
India still criminalizes the work of begging
24 September 2020 - The Citizen
Slum Board tenements razed in the midst of pandemic, leave 344 Chennai families in the lurch
22 September 2020 - The New Indian Express
Increasing incidence of violence against women forest dwellers in Uttarakhand
21 September 2020 - Counter Currents
Supreme Court panel asks Delhi govt to increase homeless shelters in view of Covid
21 September 2020 - Hindustan Times
60,000 indigenous landless families to get land in poll-bound Assam
15 September 2020 - The Times of India
No 'jhuggis' to be removed till Delhi government takes a decision in consultation with Centre, Solicitor General informs Supreme Court
14 September 2020 - Bar and Bench
Socio-economic survey paints picture of haves, have-nots in Delhi
13 September 2020 - The Indian Express
Landless can’t be evicted despite not having title: High Court
13 September 2020 - The Times of India
Supreme Court orders eviction of lakhs of Delhi’s slum dwellers during the pandemic
12 September 2020 - Asiaville News
Shelters need to provide amenities and care
08 September 2020 - The Times of India
Delhi: Double blow
07 September 2020 - Frontline
Eviction of slum dwellers along railway tracks in three months
06 September 2020 - The Wire
Court order to clear Delhi's Railway 'slums' will cause 'great distress', activists warn
05 September 2020 - Thomson Reuters Foundation
Life a struggle, can’t SC rethink decision, ask residents of Delhi slums along railway lines
04 September 2020 - Hindustan Times
Supreme Court orders removal of 48,000 'jhuggies' along Delhi railway tracks
03 September 2020 - Bar and Bench
File report on displaced Anna Nagar families: Delhi High Court
02 September 2020 - The New Indian Express
Sardar Sarovar creates avoidable flood disaster in Bharuch
02 September 2020 - SANDRP
5.68 lakh evicted from home in 3 years, 20k amid pandemic: Study
01 September 2020 - The Times of India
India: NCRB data shows 42,480 farmers and daily wagers committed suicide in 2019
01 September 2020 - The Economic Times
Erosion leaves villagers homeless in Malda district
31 August 2020 - The Telegraph
'Encroachments' removed from Alapakkam Lake: Chennai
29 August 2020 - DT Next
Gurugram: Slum razed to build park, hundreds of daily-wage workers left homeless
27 August 2020 - The Wire
Housing for poor to be launched on October 2 in Andhra
27 August 2020 - The New Indian Express
Third phase of tribal relocation to start soon
26 August 2020 - The Times of India
Irregularities mar PMAY for Juanga tribals in Keonjhar
24 August 2020 - Orissa Post
'Guests in our own homes': The forest tribe of India's Himalayas
23 August 2020 - Al Jazeera
Centre raises concerns over slow pace of housing scheme for poor
23 August 2020 - Hindustan Times
Transgender persons get right to inherit agricultural land in Uttar Pradesh
22 August 2020 - Hindustan Times
Karnataka govt. to grant title deeds to over 16 lakh 'slum-dwellers'
21 August 2020 - The Hindu
Houses being demolished, people continue to be evicted across India: Report
19 August 2020 - The New Indian Express
Almost 6 lakh people forcefully evicted in last 3 years; 20,000 in COVID-19 lockdown: Report
19 August 2020 - The Wire
Millions in India face eviction amid coronavirus recovery push
18 August 2020 - Reuters
'Slum-dwellers' to get proprietary rights in Patiala
17 August 2020 - The Tribune
Supreme Court of India expands rights for daughters in Hindu Undivided Family property
12 August 2020 - The Indian Express
Almost every fourth migrant worker returned home on foot during the lockdown; 33% want to go back to cities to work
11 August 2020 - Gaon Connection
Chhattisgarh to provide urban forest land under FRA to tribals for household purposes
10 August 2020 - Hindustan Times
Covid brings child rights challenges in Delhi: School dropouts, pushed into labour
04 August 2020 - The Indian Express
Five years after land border agreement, former enclave dwellers in dire straits
03 August 2020 - The Hindu
'We have abandoned the poor': 'Slums' suffer as Covid-19 exposes India's social divide
03 August 2020 - The Guardian
In India’s Chennai, river restoration lands hardest on the poor
30 July 2020 - Underark
Deadly land conflicts seen rising as threat from industry grows
29 July 2020 - Thomson Reuters Foundation
MCG demolishes 500 shanties on Mehrauli-Gurugram Road
27 July 2020 - The Hindu
Flooding in Assam and Nepal kills hundreds and displaces millions
20 July 2020 - The Guardian
Arrange shelter for people hit by EDMC demolition: Delhi CM
18 July 2020 - Daily Pioneer
UN report finds COVID-19 is reversing decades of progress on poverty, healthcare and education
08 July 2020 - United Nations
Polavaram project: 15 villages to be evacuated by July-end
06 July 2020 - The Times of India
Punjab to prepare inventory of properties within its villages’ ‘Lal Dora’ area
02 July 2020 - The Tribune
Second wave of flood hits Assam farmers, thousands forced to live on roads with no food
01 July 2020 - India Today
COVID-19: Children on streets at higher risk of infection
27 June 2020 - Millennium Post
Adivasi and forest-dwelling women across India face the brunt of the COVID pandemic
26 June 2020 - BehanBox
Delhi's unauthorized colonies await makeover after coronavirus
25 June 2020 - Thomson Reuters Foundation
Tribals in 3 states against centre’s decision to auction coal mines, say it would displace them
24 June 2020 - Hindustan Times
Challenging times for single women farmers during lockdown
23 June 2020 - The Hindu Business Line
Forced eviction in Faridabad
22 June 2020 - Pehchan Faridabad
Children and the pandemic
19 June 2020 - The Indian Express
Evictions, demolitions continue across India even amid surge in COVID-19 cases
18 June 2020 - The New Indian Express
Under cover of Covid, India’s poor lose their homes
18 June 2020 - Article 14
The return of mega hydropower projects across India
17 June 2020 - Mongabay India
The call of home: Need for the centre to legislate on the right to homestead
16 June 2020 - The Indian Express
Coimbatore: Vacated residents want alternative accommodation
13 June 2020 - The Times of India
Kerala: Government to allot land to 510 tribal people
12 June 2020 - The New Indian Express
Delhi: Behind gutted settlements, 'scant regard' for rights of the poor
11 June 2020 - Newsclick
Migrant workers who stayed back caught between hunger and government apathy
10 June 2020 - Huff Post
In Covid times, 500 evicted to house those displaced for Chhattisgarh river beautification project
10 June 2020 - The Indian Express
Pune: Civic body mulls proper housing for all 'slum dwellers'
10 June 2020 - Pune Mirror
Covid-19, climate crisis: A double whammy for India's Adivasis and forest dwellers
08 June 2020 - Counterview
Coimbatore: 300 houses demolished
07 June 2020 - The Times of India
India's mass exodus from cities triggers village property disputes
05 June 2020 - Thomson Reuters Foundation
Madhya Pradesh forest official burnt down house, threatened to burn more: Tribals of Burhanpur
03 June 2020 - Newsclick
Health workers, slum dwellers face housing bias as lockdowns lift
03 June 2020 - Thomson Reuters Foundation
Lockdown without addressing migrant concerns cause spurt in COVID-19 cases in northeast: Study
01 June 2020 - Northeast News
Bhopal's homeless struggle to stay afloat
28 May 2020 - The Times of India
Covid-19: Are Delhi's homeless shelters ready for a heat wave?
27 May 2020 - India Today
Massive fire breaks out at Delhi 'slum,' 1,500 homes destroyed
26 May 2020 - NDTV
In pandemic, new U.N. envoy sees chance to rethink housing
26 May 2020 - Thomson Reuters Foundation
600 migrant workers in despair after finding their huts torched on returning to Bengaluru
25 May 2020 - The New Indian Express
Delhi: 300 shanties gutted, hundreds homeless
23 May 2020 - The Times of India
Ground report: Why migrants think they're being 'held captive' at Delhi shelter homes
22 May 2020 - The Wire
Land banks to help economy post lockdown could threaten poor communities
21 May 2020 - Mongabay
Coronavirus lockdown: The Indian migrants dying to get home
20 May 2020 - BBC
No respite: 109 Marathwada farmers end lives amid lockdown
19 May 2020 - The Hindu Business Line
Coronavirus | Indian government identifies informal urban settlements as ‘vulnerable’ zones
17 May 2020 - The Hindu
Transpersons in Delhi shelter homes tackle abuse, prejudice
15 May 2020 - Hindustan Times
Affordable rental housing for poor soon
15 May 2020 - The Times of India
50% of rural India is eating less due to lockdown: Survey
13 May 2020 - The Times of India
Despite laws, deluge of mass hunger in India's capital
12 May 2020 - Article 14
COVID-19 lockdown has exposed major gaps in social protection systems, says report
07 May 2020 - Newsclick
Amid Covid-19 scourge, Dharavi’s residents struggle to fight hunger
07 May 2020 - Hindustan Times
Inadequate centre-state coordination caused poor implementation of COVID-19 relief measures: Report
06 May 2020 - The New Indian Express
Covid-19: In urban India, the elderly are grappling with hunger and fears of dying alone
05 May 2020 - Scroll
COVID-19 lockdown: NCPCR to focus on creating database of street children
05 May 2020 - Business Insider
Single women get land titles under Forest Rights Act in Odisha
03 May 2020 - Tehelka
Shelter homes should get breakfast too: Housing and Land Rights Network recommends to Delhi government
02 May 2020 - The New Indian Express
Lockdown aggravates an already dire situation for adivasis
30 April 2020 - The Wire
50 lakh (5 million) people displaced in India due to disasters in 2019: Report
29 April 2020 - News 18
At Delhi’s shelter homes, inmates complain of no medicine while doctors battle multiple threats
27 April 2020 - Hindustan Times
Heartbreaking images of underprivileged children struggling to survive during lockdown
26 April 2020 - India Times
Houses demolished under eviction drive at Imphal’s reserved forest area
25 April 2020 - The Sentinel
Homeless people 'treated as criminals' amid coronavirus lockdowns
23 April 2020 - Thomson Reuters Foundation
India's migrant workers fall through cracks in coronavirus lockdown
22 April 2020 - Reuters
As COVID-19 pandemic continues, forcibly displaced children need more support than ever
21 April 2020 - India Education Diary
India: Hunger and uncertainty under Delhi's coronavirus lockdown
19 April 2020 - Al Jazeera
Homeless stuck on the streets during coronavirus lockdown
19 April 2020 - Gulf News
Covid-19: Maharashtra orders landlords to delay rent recovery by three months
18 April 2020 - Mint
UN report: Pandemic turning into a ‘child-rights crisis’
17 April 2020 - Associated Press
Delhi: We don’t want food, just let us go home, say migrants
16 April 2020 - The Times of India
Migrants workers from Yamuna riverbed shifted to shelters: Photo story
16 April 2020 - Associated Press
In post-COVID India, social housing for migrant workers is a must
15 April 2020 - The Quint
Domain experts explain the challenges of social distancing and feasibility
14 April 2020 - The New Indian Express
Delhi: Anxious migrants and homeless persons reel under new crisis (as fire guts shelter homes)
12 April 2020 - The Indian Express
Coronavirus: The children struggling to survive India's lockdown
11 April 2020 - BBC
Relief camp shut, no home to return to, Delhi’s riot victims shelter with do-gooders
10 April 2020 - The Print
Kolkata: Focus on shelters for homeless after two shifted to COVID-19 hospitals
10 April 2020 - The Times of India
Mapping Mumbai’s slum challenge in coronavirus battle
09 April 2020 - Mint
Provide shelter to 2,000 living on footpaths: Karnataka High Court
08 April 2020 - The Hindu
400 million Indian workers may sink into poverty due to COVID-19: ILO
08 April 2020 - Mint
Desperate to go home, migrant workers wait for lockdown to get over
07 April 2020 - Millennium Post
Delhi’s homeless children having tough time in lockdown
06 April 2020 - Hindustan Times
COVID-19: UN human rights chief “distressed” over plight of India’s internal migrants, welcomes measures to limit impact
03 April 2020 - UN OHCHR
'Neither alive nor dead': Residents of Delhi's informal settlements have their own lockdown woes
03 April 2020 - The New Indian Express
Mumbai's homeless at high risk of contracting Covid-19 infection despite BMC's initiative
03 April 2020 - India Today
At coronavirus hotspot Nizamuddin, homeless believe this too shall pass
02 April 2020 - The New Indian Express
Land rights are at the heart of India’s new push to make businesses socially responsible
02 April 2020 - Quartz India
Coronavirus lockdown: Delhi to increase number of food distribution centres from 500 to 2,500
01 April 2020 - Scroll
Bengaluru: 200 choultries and marriage halls to house the homeless
01 April 2020 - The Hindu
"Some of us will die": India's homeless stranded by coronavirus lockdown
01 April 2020 - Reuters
Coronavirus threatens Indian garment workers stranded in factory housing
31 March 2020 - Reuters
214 shelter homes set up in Pune division for migrant labourers, homeless
31 March 2020 - The Indian Express
Learning from Dalit women fighting for land rights in Punjab
31 March 2020 - Open Global Rights
Divided Delhi under lockdown: 'If coronavirus doesn't kill me, hunger will'
30 March 2020 - The Guardian
Surviving COVID-19: Struggles of homeless India
30 March 2020 - The Quint
Hunger vs Coronavirus: India's homeless struggle with 21-day COVID-19 lockdown
29 March 2020 - India Times
Amid the coronavirus outbreak, here's India's toughest question: Can India's slum dwellers follow a lockdown?
28 March 2020 - The Free Press Journal
Hunger, joblessness subsumes Covid-19 threat as thousands throng Delhi shelters for food
28 March 2020 - India Today
Mumbai: Schools, marriage halls to become homeless shelters to protect vulnerable from COVID-19
28 March 2020 - The Indian Express
Delhi lockdown: Over 500 hunger relief centres set up for 400,000 people
28 March 2020 - The Times of India
Open feeding centres for beggars: Govt to civic bodies in 10 cities
27 March 2020 - The Indian Express
Coping with coronavirus: Big challenge for India’s 37%— ‘internal migrants’
27 March 2020 - The Indian Express
Lockdown in Mumbai: Hungry & homeless in a city that's fallen asleep
25 March 2020 - The Times of India
‘What will we eat?’ labourers and people from unorganised sectors stare at uncertain future
25 March 2020 - The Indian Express
Delhi govt providing food at shelters: Homeless crowd shelters, numbers double
25 March 2020 - The Indian Express
Homeless with no income, migrant labourers wish they had left Delhi before the lockdown
25 March 2020 - The Print
India's 'invisible' trans community struggles as coronavirus shuts life down
25 March 2020 - Reuters
‘Shelter homeless in vacant Delhi government buildings’ during coronavirus lockdown
24 March 2020 - The New Indian Express
How the ‘orange areas’ dispute in central India leaves Dalit, adivasi farmers without land rights
24 March 2020 - The Wire
Coronavirus: Poor, homeless to get free food at Indira Canteens in Karnataka
24 March 2020 - Deccan Herald
Karnataka government announces initiatives for poor affected by coronavirus lockdown
24 March 2020 - The New Indian Express
The homeless live on a prayer and in fear as virus spreads
23 March 2020 - The New Indian Express
Life in a metro: Without home and means to fight the coronavirus
23 March 2020 - The Times of India
Tamil Nadu Dalit farmers say hydrocarbon projects snuffing out hopes of brighter future, vow to carry on fight
22 March 2020 - First Post
Chennai: Corporation schools to be opened up to homeless
22 March 2020 - New Indian Express
For Mumbai's 'slum-dwellers', climate change is slicing away the haves from the have-nots
22 March 2020 - ABC News
International Day of Forests: How India can reverse the damage
21 March 2020 - News Click
India’s 'slums' can’t afford sanitisers, lack clean water to prevent coronavirus spread
20 March 2020 - Money Control
Indian businesses to consider their human rights impact under proposed plan
19 March 2020 - Mongabay
India’s proposed overhaul of environment clearance rules could dilute existing regulations
18 March 2020 - Mongabay
In 'slums' and windowless apartments, Asia's poor bear brunt of coronavirus
17 March 2020 - Reuters
Punjab: 60,000 'slum dwellers' to get proprietary rights
09 March 2020 - The Statesman
Land banks could deny land communities rights over land, says report
06 March 2020 - Justice News
Denied in life, India's lower-caste Dalits fight for land in death
06 March 2020 - Thomson Reuters Foundation
Delhi's displaced scrape a living after deadly riots
04 March 2020 - Reuters
POSCO repeat: Resistance brewing against JSW’s steel project in Odisha
04 March 2020 - Mongabay
Over 400 tribal families fear homelessness in UP’s Sonbhadra
23 February 2020 - We For News
Ahmedabad: 45 families evicted ahead of Donald Trump’s visit
18 February 2020 - Scroll
Odisha: Digging for Talabira Open Cast Mine continues despite wide-scale protests
11 February 2020 - The Wire
Displaced and denied: How slum dwellers are socially, economically quarantined
10 February 2020 - The Federal
Displaced tribals: The promised land
09 February 2020 - India Legal
Homeless in Delhi: This election, former nomads are asking for a tiny piece of land
07 February 2020 - Scroll
In Gujarat, tribal evictions, state repression in the guise of tourism
06 February 2020 - The Wire
Why disaster rehabilitation in India must focus on landless Dalit farmers
05 February 2020 - Justice News
Government will have to rehabilitate persons evicted from Bellandur land, says HC
04 February 2020 - The Hindu
Budget 2020: Meagre funds for housing scheme
03 February 2020 - The Telegraph
Resettlement, high bus fares forcing slum kids in Chennai to drop out of schools?
03 February 2020 - The New Indian Express
Women are the single largest exclusion in India's farmer suicides data: P Sainath
31 January 2020 - India Today
No man's land: Dalit women in Maharashtra take on patriarchy, casteist forces to claim cultivation rights
28 January 2020 - The Hindu Business Line
More evictions feared in India as citizenship law is enforced
24 January 2020 - Reuters
The oustees of Telangana's Mid Manair project
24 January 2020 - The News Minute
Chennai: No water for four days, say residents at Perumbakkam
22 January 2020 - The Times of India
How the Gadia Lohars have been marginalised to Delhi’s roadsides
21 January 2020 - The Caravan
Resettled families got only 1 of 12 aid installments: Study
19 January 2020 - The Times of India
India's Dalits protest against plan to develop common land
17 January 2020 - Thomson Reuters Foundation
Exclusion errors: Decoding the female face of the agricultural crisis
14 January 2020 - Down to Earth
Perumbakkam, Chennai: Only 4 per cent of resettled families receive allowance regularly, finds survey
13 January 2020 - DT Next
Amaravati farmers caught between the devil and deep sea
12 January 2020 - The Hans India
Mumbai eviction | We didn’t know our home was illegal: Diva residents
10 January 2020 - Hindustan Times
Farmer suicide rate sees marginal decline in 2018, concerns remain
09 January 2020 - Mint
Chennai: Evictions at settlement grind to a halt again
05 January 2020 - The Hindu
Why shelters are not the first option for many in winter
31 December 2019 - The Indian Express
Homeless people in Delhi shiver after coldest December day since 1901
31 December 2019 - DNA
Drive to evict over 2,000 families in S.M. Nagar, Chennai begins
30 December 2019 - The Hindu
Kochi: No 'ray' of hope for beneficiaries
19 December 2019 - The Times of India
TNSCB admits to skipping social impact audits before evictions
16 December 2019 - The New Indian Express
Resettled residents find it hard to get social security benefits: study
13 December 2019 - The Hindu
Ichagarh’s dam-damned in focus once again
12 December 2019 - The Telegraph
Her fair share — Saga of women asserting land rights
10 December 2019 - Geospatial World
Cooum Restoration: Are Koyambedu evictions as per UN standards?
05 December 2019 - The New Indian Express
Chennai: 13 years on, 800 relocated families have no crematorium, electricity
30 November 2019 - The New Indian Express
Massive march against eviction notice held in Bhubaneswar
23 November 2019 - Newsclick
Bullet train: Villagers oppose public hearings for Project-affected Persons
22 November 2019 - Mumbai Mirror
Narmada's largest dam fills up with hunger and homelessness in its wake
13 November 2019 - The Wire
Chennai's relocated children at risk of malnutrition due to inadequate anganwadis
12 November 2019 - The New Indian Express
Centre to open shelter homes for transgender persons
08 November 2019 - The New Indian Express
Dalits, tribals, farmers demonstrate, demand land 'pattas' in Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu
06 November 2019 - News Click
This Dalit woman from Bihar faked her death to protect her land
03 November 2019 - The Hindu
Land records will now be linked to digital maps
20 October 2019 - Deccan Herald
Tamil Nadu to review housing policy after World Bank intervention
18 October 2019 - The Times of India
Home truths in Delhi: No roof, hope above heads
11 October 2019 - The Times of India
Delhi Development Authority demolishes hundreds of hutments on Yamuna floodplain
11 October 2019 - Hindustan Times
Ready to lose life but not land for the bullet train, say Maharashtra’s farmers and tribals
07 October 2019 - Mongabay
Chennai's relocated urban poor face livelihood crisis in faraway lands
01 October 2019 - The New Indian Express
Cooum restoration gets fresh impetus
26 September 2019 - The Hindu
Delhi's nomadic Gadia Lohar community losing out on government schemes
19 September 2019 - The New Indian Express
Delhi government housing survey hopes to capture city’s ‘nomads’ too [HLRN IMPACT]
13 September 2019 - The Indian Express
Basic facilities elude residents of TNSCB tenements
02 September 2019 - The Hindu
Despite new land acquisition Act, farmers remain vulnerable to poor compensation as many states dilute law for several sectors
29 August 2019 - First Post
Eviction notices issued to 73 families living in Haldwani forest division
21 August 2019 - The Times of India
Why India's northeast could see FRA as a way to protect Its community forests
16 August 2019 - The Wire
Two thousand families in Madhya Pradesh win fight for housing rights
14 August 2019 - News Click
Draft Indian Forest (Amendment) Bill 2019: Arming state to undermine rights and well-being of tribals
07 August 2019 - India Today
Enclave-dwellers call for land, citizen rights on fourth anniversary of LBA
31 July 2019 - Millennium Post
Resisting feudal forces, landless Dalits occupy land in Bihar
26 July 2019 - Newsclick
Explainer: India's top court to rule on eviction of millions from forests
23 July 2019 - Place
Maharashtra farmer suicides: Widows to get land rights transferred
21 June 2019 - NDTV
Indian cities urged to develop heat action plans as temperatures soar
14 June 2019 - Reuters
Homeless fend for themselves in city’s scorching heat
10 June 2019 - The Hindu
Delhi Despite court order, bulldozers arrive again in Shakur Basti
05 June 2019 - The Indian Express
Chennai: 66 'slums' along Buckingham Canal to be demolished
29 May 2019 - The Hindu
Erosion-hit Khagaria villagers cry for rehabilitation
21 May 2019 - The Times of India
India's toxic hell: BMC moves Supreme Court over compensation for Mahul residents
16 May 2019 - Times Now
Living in hell: Sewage, garbage and contaminated water leave 2800 families struggling in Delhi transit camp
13 May 2019 - Citizen Matters
Tribal communities suffer when evicted in the name of conservation
10 May 2019 - Down to Earth
Hundreds of homes in Jaipur demolished to make way for rally
02 May 2019 - The Wire
A struggle for the right to the city: The case of Mahul
29 April 2019 - Mumbai Live
'Slum-dwellers' in Delhi out on roads
28 April 2019 - The New Indian Express
Indian state vows to end homelessness with free flats
25 April 2019 - Reuters
Madras High Court orders eviction of 'encroachers' close to Buckingham Canal
24 April 2019 - The Hindu
Agonising wait for Assam’s climate victims as rivers swallow homes, farmlands
23 April 2019 - The Wire
In Kerala, homeless move into own flats
22 April 2019 - The Indian Express
International appeal against evictions of forest-dwellers in India
15 April 2019 - World Rainforest Movement
Over 2 lakh people evicted, more than 40,000 houses demolished in 2018: Report
10 April 2019 - The New Indian Express
Over 11 million face forced eviction in India, 2 lakh evicted in 2018 alone: Study
10 April 2019 - The Wire
More than 11 million face eviction, displacement as India booms
09 April 2019 - Reuters
Aliens in their own lands: when Chhattisgarh's tribals were turned into encroachers
06 April 2019 - The Hindu
Forced evictions illegal, slum dwellers have right to city: Delhi court
20 March 2019 - Reuters
Supreme Court stays order directing states to evict persons whose claims as forest dwellers were rejected
28 February 2019 - Live Law
Supreme Court orders forced eviction of more than 1 million tribals, forest-dwellers
21 February 2019 - Business Standard
No budget for India's invisible women farmers
20 February 2019 - The Wire
Adivasi, Dalit villagers file suit In Jharkhand High Court against land acquisition for Adani power plant
12 February 2019 - India Spend
Chennai: 71,000 families living along Adyar River, Buckingham Canal and Cooum River to be resettled
09 February 2019 - The Times of India
Mumbai: Residents leave Mahul flats, live on footpath as protest rages
23 January 2019 - The Indian Express
As temperature drops in Delhi, a look at the homeless shelters
14 January 2019 - The Indian Express
Land reforms in India remain a stalled and forgotten agenda
11 January 2019 - First Post
Government, industries nationwide dodge law, take over forest land without consent of tribal communities
05 January 2019 - India Spend
UN rights chief welcomes new declaration to protect rights of peasants and other rural workers
19 December 2018 - UN News
Evictions: The harsh reality of migrants in Bengaluru
18 December 2018 - Citizen Matters
‘Night life’ in Delhi
08 December 2018 - DNA
Study reveals that most claimants under the Forest Rights Act are marginal rights holders
06 December 2018 - UNI
Taking over fertile land for Adani Group from protesting farmers, Jharkhand government manipulates new law meant to protect them
01 December 2018 - India Spend
Chennai: Homeless on the city streets
22 November 2018 - The Times of India
Migrant kids population could fill half a million classrooms
20 November 2018 - The Times of India
State of housing in India: What data shows
19 November 2018 - Mint
Bill to give land rights to enclave dwellers in Bengal passed
19 November 2018 - India TV
Mamata Banerjee promises land rights for erstwhile enclave dwellers
31 October 2018 - The Hindu
As energy-hungry India seeks to fuel its continued economic growth, millions of people are being pushed out of their homes by companies, villagers say
29 October 2018 - Thomson Reuters Foundation
Images show tales of women's struggle at Delhi's homeless shelters
13 October 2018 - India Times
Not just a roof, homeless looking for rehab. too
11 October 2018 - The Times of India
WeToo: Women in farming seek gender parity
10 October 2018 - The Telegraph
27,000-strong march heads for Delhi from Gwalior
05 October 2018 - The Hindu
Indian cities dump 'progressive' law to speed up land acquisitions
03 October 2018 - Thomson Reuters Foundation
On World Habitat Day, families share their struggle for 'home'
02 October 2018 - The Times of India
The global housing and land crisis needs a human rights response
01 October 2018 - Thomson Reuters Foundation
Himachal Pradesh: Tribal women fight for inheritance rights; petition Supreme Court for justice
26 September 2018 - National Herald
Nine years on, tribals in Madhya Pradesh continue their struggle against Chutka Nuclear Plant
20 September 2018 - News Click
Supreme Court to states: Make plans for urban homeless by October 31
19 September 2018 - The Times of India
Fifteen per cent houses completed in urban areas under centre's PMAY scheme in three years
16 September 2018 - The Times of India
As India adds 100 Smart Cities, one tells a cautionary tale
03 September 2018 - Reuters
Hyderabad: Only 15 shelters for 1500 homeless people
26 August 2018 - The Times of India
Delhi High Court’s censure of India’s vagrancy laws could be a step towards decriminalising begging
25 August 2018 - Scroll.in
Kerala floods: 50,000 houses, 42,632.73 hectares of crops razed
23 August 2018 - DNA
Land ownership for women needs more attention
15 August 2018 - Village Square
'Too afraid to sleep': India's homeless women suffer as cities expand
14 August 2018 - Reuters
Delhi High Court decriminalizes begging in the national capital
08 August 2018 - The Hind
For now, sky is the roof for Keshav Nagar residents in Hyderabad
03 August 2018 - The New Indian Express
The centre is barely serious about recognising women as farmers
30 July 2018 - The Wire
Instructions to states, UTs to conduct third party survey of urban homeless: Puri
26 July 2018 - Outlook
India’s ambitious ‘Smart Cities Mission’ embraces one hundred participating cities
24 July 2018 - International Bar Association
The Politics of Death: Thousands attacked, hundreds murdered this year as the global race for resources gathers pace
23 July 2018 - Place
Rights not 'fortress conservation' key to save planet, says UN expert
16 July 2018 - The Guardian
No shelter to turn to, homeless fall prey to pneumonia, malaria
12 July 2018 - The Times of India
Thousands of low-cost homes empty in India despite urban shortage
09 July 2018 - Reuters
India's indigenous people assert right to land with burial ritual
06 July 2018 - Reuters
Homestead land rights on table
26 June 2018 - The Telegraph
Human rights ignored in Smart Cities Mission: Civil society report
25 June 2018 - The Hindu
Smart Cities Mission is too project-based and lacks integrated vision: Report
23 June 2018 - Mint
Taking the vitals of India's Smart Cities Mission
01 June 2018 - Forbes India
Mumbai: Demolition likely to put 280 families out on the streets
28 May 2018 - The Wire
Chennai: Residents evicted before Madras High Court deadline
28 May 2018 - The New Indian Express
PMAY urban housing scheme fails despite huge funding by government
27 May 2018 - The New Indian Express
Sterlite fracas: Companies can’t ignore human rights
24 May 2018 - Mint
Tripura floods render around 600 families homeless
21 May 2018 - Financial Express
Gorkhaland Territorial Administration revives move to grant land
19 May 2018 - The Telegraph
Chennai evictions: Residents protest in Chintadripet
19 May 2018 - The Hindu
Bullet train project: investigate ‘illegal detention’, say activists
16 May 2018 - The Hindu
Odisha: Land to the landless
12 May 2018 - The Pioneer
'Kill us if you take our land', protesting Indian farmers say
25 April 2018 - Place
Rohingya refugee camps: Ground reality points at unlivable conditions with no drinking water or healthcare
16 April 2018 - The Indian Express
India's first bullet train: 69% private land needed
11 April 2018 - The Times of India
Tracking the progress of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana
28 March 2018 - Qrius
PM Awas Yojana: Only 8% target met under urban housing scheme
22 March 2018 - The Times of India
City beautification efforts rendered many homeless in 2017: Study
21 March 2018 - The Times of India
House panel report criticises slow implementation of Smart Cities Mission
17 March 2018 - The Indian Express
Owning property gives abused women the option to leave
08 March 2018 - The Wire
What’s troubling the main (and unnoticed) driving force in India’s farmlands?
07 March 2018 - News 18
How Kerala plans to give free houses to homeless people
01 March 2018 - Mint
No country for the underprivileged: Government’s infrastructure push has urban poor fighting for homes
26 February 2018 - The Wire
Six homes demolished every hour in 2017 in forcible eviction drives: NGO
24 February 2018 - Deccan Herald
With Rs 20,000 crore cess lying unused, construction workers remain homeless
14 February 2018 - Money Life
'Housing for All' means nothing for India's 100 million migrant workers
12 February 2018 - Business Standard
Empty government buildings can be homeless shelters, India top court says
09 February 2018 - Thomson Reuters Foundation
Millions of empty homes, but migrants to Indian cities cannot rent them
03 February 2018 - Reuters
Budget 2018: Government announces dedicated Affordable Housing Fund
02 February 2018 - NDTV
Metros have large number of unoccupied homes despite rising shortage of housing
29 January 2018 - The Hindu
Budget 2018: The sad state of the Smart Cities project
29 January 2018 - SIFY
Delhi's pollution is putting the poorest at risk
23 January 2018 - Huffington Post
Voices of the dispossessed: Story of Gadia Lohars in Delhi
19 January 2018 - Zee News
Government names nine new smart cities
19 January 2018 - The Economic Times
Citizens should have a greater say in our smart cities
18 January 2018 - Hindustan Times
Property in Delhi: How land pooling policy can change housing sector, but there is catch involved
17 January 2018 - Financial Express
Supreme Court: How will a homeless person get Aadhaar to avail government benefits?
11 January 2018 - The Times of India
Denied land, Indian women stake claims in collectives
10 January 2018 - Thomson Reuters Foundation
Homeless deaths turn into political slugfest
09 January 2018 - The Times of India
Watch: Life after demolition at Delhi’s Kathputli Colony
08 January 2018 - The Wire
With shelter under flyovers gone, Delhi's homeless left out in the cold
05 January 2018 - NDTV
A new UN declaration could finally protect rural and landless peoples
04 January 2018 - Open Global Rights
‘A room of our own, clothes for kids’: What Delhi’s homeless want in 2018
02 January 2018 - Hindustan Times
More brickbats than bouquets for Smart Cities Mission in 2017
31 December 2017 - Citizen Matters
Parliament passes law to protect unauthorised colonies, 'slums' in Delhi
30 December 2017 - NDTV
Night shelters: Hidden city of the homeless
25 December 2017 - Indian Express
Rain, chill or heatwave, homeless poor have few places to turn to
14 December 2017 - Citizen Matters
Gujarat’s adivasi migrants: Unseen and unheard by party manifestos
13 December 2017 - The Wire
What’s making Kerala’s dalit, adivasi farmers protest for 300 days
10 December 2017 - The Quint
‘Housing for all’ shouldn’t exclude poor
05 December 2017 - The Hindu Business Line
Making of Amaravati: Andhra farmers pay the price for ‘dream city’
01 December 2017 - Quint
‘Begging should not be a crime if done due to poverty’
30 November 2017 - The Times of India
Mumbai’s Mahul is a classic case of rehabilitation gone horribly wrong
30 November 2017 - The Wire
Over 700 families left homeless after Assam government’s eviction drive at Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary
29 November 2017 - The Wire
No room for poor: Why Delhi’s housing plans are ending up in ghost townships
27 November 2017 - Hindustan Times
Supreme Court directs UP, WB, Haryana to give roadmap on urban homeless
24 November 2017 - PTI
Riverbank erosion has rendered thousands homeless in Assam and yet it's not treated as an emergency
23 November 2017 - Huffington Post
Hyderabad: Nowhere to go, evicted 'slum-dwellers' spend sleepless nights on the streets
22 November 2017 - The New Indian Express
Chennai: Eviction along canal leaves 40 families homeless
21 November 2017 - The New Indian Express
Hyderabad: At one swift stroke, 'slum-dwellers' turned homeless
21 November 2017 - The New Indian Express
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana: Government tweaks rule to make homes 'affordable'
17 November 2017 - DNA
Mumbai, Garib Nagar: ‘Demolition drive unlawful, irresponsible’
12 November 2017 - The Indian Express
Vamsadhara project: Allegedy denied rehabilitation, Andhra farmers being forced to vacate land
10 November 2017 - The News Minute
How Dalit women farmers across Marathwada are fighting exploitation and claiming land rights
07 November 2017 - The Better India
High Court of Delhi slams DDA for demolishing Kathputli Colony before deadline
06 November 2017 - News18
Delhi: Kathputli Colony residents protest as 500 houses razed
31 October 2017 - The Times of India
Chennai: Houses razed, there's nowhere to take shelter
31 October 2017 - The Times of India
How much land does the Indian government own?
30 October 2017 - Hindustan Times
Chennai: Eviction drive on Cooum River bank resumes
26 October 2017 - The Hindu
Indian farmers' widows suffer threats to children over land - report
24 October 2017 - Reuters
Chennai: Evicted woman dies without getting a new home
24 October 2017 - The Hindu
‘Farm widows’ bearing brunt of family crisis: Study
19 October 2017 - The Times of India
Urgent need to address plight of Vidarbha’s ‘farm widows,’ finds study
17 October 2017 - The Wire
Inheritance for women is still a far pavilion
16 October 2017 - Outlook
Enabling the great Goan land grab
14 October 2017 - EPW
India is most disaster-prone country with highest displacement of people
13 October 2017 - The Times of India
Land Pooling in Delhi further simplified; DDA now to act as only facilitator
12 October 2017 - Press Information Bureau, Government of India
Drowned by the dam
07 October 2017 - Indian Express
Eviction drive in Salt Lake ahead of FIFA Under-17 World Cup
03 October 2017 - The Hindu
Leaving no one behind: Why land rights must be the linchpin of sustainable development
03 October 2017 - devex
Demolitions, evictions and toilets for show: How Indore won Swachh Bharat’s top rank
02 October 2017 - The Wire
Chennai: Residents of Naduvankarai face eviction despite holding land titles
26 September 2017 - The Hindu
Gujarat's one-sided land policy
23 September 2017 - EPW
Land rights defenders appeal to U.N. to end violence by states, corporations
22 September 2017 - Reuters
Centre announces new policy to promote private investment in affordable housing
21 September 2017 - The Wire
Nearly 2.68 million hectares of land have been banked in eight states with public records
21 September 2017 - Thomson Reuters Foundation
Conflicts across India as states create land banks for industry, investment
19 September 2017 - Business Standard
Forty families of Gutta Koya tribe rendered homeless by Telangana Forest Department
18 September 2017 - News Click
There are 1.77 million homeless in India, but the state is blind to them
17 September 2017 - Hindustan Times
Water floods Narmada valley; people start vacating their houses
15 September 2017 - Hindustan Times
States not spending funds meant for urban homeless shelters: Supreme Court calls for audit
14 September 2017 - Hindustan Times
46 families evicted from Cooum banks in Chennai
14 September 2017 - The Times of India
Greater Chennai Corporation to evict 46 more families from Cooum River bank
13 September 2017 - The Times of India
The story of women farmers in India is that of double jeopardy – being a woman and a farmer
13 September 2017 - The Wire
Small tea growers in Assam to get land rights for first time
13 September 2017 - Reuters
Odisha: Relocation fear haunts 30 Baripada tribal families
12 September 2017 - Orissa Post
Chennai: 'Slum-dwellers' to get homes within city
11 September 2017 - The Hindu
Kolkata: A tale of two evictions
11 September 2017 - The Telegraph
PMO nudges tribal affairs ministry to set deadline for granting land rights to tribals
08 September 2017 - Hindustan Times
347 families evicted from Cooum bank, Chennai; it's the children who will pay
08 September 2017 - The Times of India
Real estate planners in Chennai directed to levy fee for 'shelter fund'
07 September 2017 - The New Indian Express
There is a Rohingya in all of us
06 September 2017 - The Hindu
Delhi High Court pulls up government for delaying bill to decriminalize begging
06 September 2017 - PTI
What exactly is a smart city? The Indian government does not want you to know
05 September 2017 - Scroll.in
Urban homeless in India
04 September 2017 - Media India Group
Members of a Denotified Tribe are refusing to be evicted from under a Mumbai flyover
03 September 2017 - The Wire
Women farmers demand for their rights to be upheld by the government
29 August 2017 - PTI
Most Indian homes smaller than prison cells
28 August 2017 - The Times of India
No shelter for 90% of urban homeless: Supreme Court panel study
27 August 2017 - The Times of India
Criticism of India’s Smart Cities Mission is mounting
21 August 2017 - Citiscope
Odisha: 'Slum dwellers' seek change in land ordinance
19 August 2017 - The Times of India
The centre's 'City Liveability Index' is set to become a major tracker of urban Indian life
19 August 2017 - Huffington Post
Goa: New law will legalise land grab
18 August 2017 - The Times of India
Tribal people evicted from land, houses demolished
16 August 2017 - The Hindu
Economic survey: Only 20 per cent of smart city projects to be finished by 2018
16 August 2017 - The Times of India
Housing for all by 2022 faces 'slum challenge'
15 August 2017 - The Times of India
Cloud over Land Acquisition Act
12 August 2017 - DNA
Over Rs 2000 crore sanctioned, but hardly any shelters built for homeless
11 August 2017 - India Legal
Agricultural workers demand rights for India's rural landless
11 August 2017 - News Click
"Name in voters list not must for rehab of 'slum' dwellers": High Court of Delhi
11 August 2017 - PTI
Odisha government to give land rights to slum dwellers
08 August 2017 - PTI
Protesters against India dam evictions fear more violence after police action
08 August 2017 - Reuters
Landless and widowed women in south India bear brunt of drought
07 August 2017 - Reuters
Chennai: Yes to 'slum' clearance, no to ghettos
05 August 2017 - The Hindu
Families relocated after floods in distress: Study
05 August 2017 - The Times of India
Narmada Bachao Andolan: Patkar's health vitals fall as fast enters tenth day
04 August 2017 - Manorama
Ejipura, Bengaluru: Four years on, those evicted struggle to make ends meet
30 July 2017 - The Hindu
Housing prices are alive and kicking
30 July 2017 - The Hindu
Assam: Panel for pattas (titles) to the landless
28 July 2017 - The Telegraph
600 killed, 226,000 homeless due to floods across India
27 July 2017 - The New Indian Express
Free trade deal hurts women, indigenous people, India rights groups say
25 July 2017 - Thomson Reuters Foundation
Homeless Odia tribal family lives in a toilet built under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
23 July 2017 - Hindustan Times
Odisha government adds new column in land records to mention gender of the tenants
22 July 2017 - The Times of India
Chennai: Thousands to be evicted with no 'resettlement' in sight
21 July 2017 - The New Indian Express
With monsoon rains lashing Delhi, tough times await the homeless
20 July 2017 - Millennium Post
Noida demolition: ‘Our livelihoods and homes are gone’
19 July 2017 - The Hindu
India's land conflicts will persist until acquisition policy is inclusive, says expert
17 July 2017 - Reuters
Indians among 130 million at risk of displacement by floods: Report
15 July 2017 - Hindustan Times
India fourth deadliest country for environmental activists, says report
14 July 2017 - The Wire
Four land activists killed each week in 2016 in bloodiest year on record
13 July 2017 - Reuters
Narmada dam: Twenty villages face submergence
12 July 2017 - The Hindu
Upgrade 'slums,' expand rentals to ease urban housing crisis - researchers
12 July 2017 - Thomson Reuters Foundation
National Housing Bank Residex: Smaller units see price increase; Tier 2 cities perform better than Tier 1
11 July 2017 - Money Control
Housing for all: There’s a lot to be built
09 July 2017 - The Hindu Business Line
Delhi Development Authority housing scheme 2017: Don’t apply, say old allottees waiting for roads, water
08 July 2017 - Hindustan Times
Assam floods continue to leave people homeless, 39,000 have lost their homes so far
07 July 2017 - India Times
Delhi High Court asks Delhi government, cops not to displace 'slum' on NH 24
07 July 2017 - Zee News
Indian farmers giving up land face fewer jobs, lower incomes
05 July 2017 - Reuters
Climate change: 22.8 million Indians could become homeless by 2100
04 July 2017 - Times Now
Home of their own? Maybe, maybe not
27 June 2017 - The Times of India
Poor neglected in India’s ‘smart cities’ plan, housing advocates say
23 June 2017 - Humanosphere
The invisible women farmers
21 June 2017 - The Indian Express
Forced displacement worldwide at its highest in decades
19 June 2017 - UNHCR
Mapping expenditure: 80% Smart City funds for just 2.7% of city area
14 June 2017 - The Indian Express
India's 'locked up' land is enough to build housing for all, experts say
13 June 2017 - Reuters
When women have land rights, the tide begins to turn
12 June 2017 - Inter Press Service
Life in an Indian 'slum': Piped water and metered electricity, but the bulldozers can come at any time
11 June 2017 - Los Angeles Times
High land cost a wall before ‘Housing for All’
10 June 2017 - The Indian Express
Property rights are key to women's empowerment
01 June 2017 - The Hindu
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana: Progress of Modi government’s ambitious project to build houses by 2022 is tepid
31 May 2017 - Financial Express
Property, land rights for women demanded
29 May 2017 - PTI
325 houses razed in Sanjaynagar, Vadodara
29 May 2017 - The Times of India
No country for the internally displaced, especially if it is India
26 May 2017 - Hindustan Times
India fails to protect property rights of indigenous and rural women, says report
25 May 2017 - Down to Earth
Nearly 2.8 million people internally displaced in India from disasters and conflict: Report
23 May 2017 - PTI
Affordable housing: Behind India's plan of Housing for All by 2022
23 May 2017 - NDTV Profit
Parliamentary panel to invite states to present views on land acquisition bill
23 May 2017 - The Hindu
India's 'slum' artists caught between a rock and a hard place
22 May 2017 - Deutsche Welle
Delhi: DDA demolishes shelter for homeless ‘without warning’, 100 people out in the open
20 May 2017 - Hindustan Times
Draft National Urban Rental Housing Policy 2017: Not-so-strong foundation for rental housing
20 May 2017 - The Indian Express
More than 1,000 'illegal' structures on mangrove area in Mumbai razed
16 May 2017 - Hindustan Times
A midsummer’s nightmare for Delhi’s homeless
15 May 2017 - The Hindu
Government Order dispossessing Tamil Nadu farmers for power project stayed
13 May 2017 - The New Indian Express
Government plan for slums on municipal land: Pay rent, avoid eviction
12 May 2017 - The Indian Express
At UN Human Rights Council, India's third UPR report adopted with 250 recommendations
10 May 2017 - Firstpost
India elected president of UN-Habitat
08 May 2017 - The Times of India
Housing and transportation: Smart standards needed for better city planning
06 May 2017 - The Indian Express
Supreme Court asks government to upload report on shelter for urban homeless
03 May 2017 - The Indian Express
On the lines of smart cities, Rajasthan to develop smart villages
03 May 2017 - Hindustan Times
Delhi must revamp its shelters for homeless women
02 May 2017 - Hindustan Times
What is the Real Estate Regulation Act (RERA)?
01 May 2017 - The Indian Express
Real Estate Act to come into effect from 1 May 2017, but states yet to frame rules
30 April 2017 - Huffington Post
Delhi High Court breather for East Kidwai Nagar
26 April 2017 - The Hindu
From 2001 to 2011, families without homes increased 37% in cities, fell 26% in villages
25 April 2017 - The Indian Express
Winner of "Green Nobel" says India is plundering not protecting tribal lands
25 April 2017 - Reuters
Why shelter for poor in upscale area: Comptroller and Auditor General of India
24 April 2017 - The Times of India
Parched lands in Nagapattinam lead to distress migration
24 April 2017 - Firstpost
Housing for All : Focus on 15 states for 2019 target
21 April 2017 - The Tribune
Heat, mosquitoes and stuffy rooms: Why it’s killer footpaths over shelters
21 April 2017 - The Times of India
272 'slum' structures pulled down
21 April 2017 - The Times of India
Realtors tweaking projects to get affordable housing benefits
20 April 2017 - The Economic Times
Telangana land acquisition bill: Centre raises fresh queries
20 April 2017 - The Times of India
Smart City-related evictions in India brutal: Medha Patkar
19 April 2017 - The Economic Times
Farmers’ land records give forest department rights
19 April 2017 - The Times of India
India's landless poor can benefit from public 'land bank', analyst says
11 April 2017 - Thomson Reuters Foundation
New Delhi Municipal Council drive to remove beggars, addicts from Connaught Place
10 April 2017 - Hindustan Times
Delhi government will sell unused lands to make city 'slum-free'
09 April 2017 - Hindustan Times
Four crore rural families facing housing deprivation: Government
30 March 2017 - India Today
82,048 houses built under PM Awas Yojana: Government
30 March 2017 - Money Control
New building code could help make smart cities disabled friendly
30 March 2017 - The Wire
Reluctant states derail centre's smart city dreams
29 March 2017 - Millennium Post
Ajmer homes demolished despite collector’s assurance
27 March 2017 - The Times of India
Homelessness: Census data shows three of India’s worst six districts in Delhi
24 March 2017 - Hindustan Times
As POSCO exits steel project, Odisha is left with thousands of felled trees and lost livelihoods
23 March 2017 - Scroll.in
Extend LARR Act of 2013 to J&K
22 March 2017 - State Times
Tech giants should join global campaign to seek land rights for all - experts
22 March 2017 - Reuters
Ninety-nine families to be displaced from Satkosia sanctuary
21 March 2017 - Orissa Post
After defeating POSCO, farmers in Odisha turn to reclaim betel leaf economy
20 March 2017 - Village Square
Land acquisition may not be a zero sum game, two new studies show
19 March 2017 - Business Standard
Kolkata: Metro starts razing shanties on Noapara-Jessore Road
19 March 2017 - The Times of India
DDA plan for slum dwellers makes residents see red
19 March 2017 - The Times of India
Steel major POSCO to return land to Odisha government
18 March 2017 - Business Standard
Bhopal: Protest against ‘smart’ eviction grows
16 March 2017 - The Times of India
Choosing smart cities easy, implementing change will be the challenge
13 March 2017 - Hindustan Times
Action plan to evict 55,000 families along Chennai rivers
10 March 2017 - The New Indian Express
Over 3,500 'shanties' razed in New Panvel, Maharashtra
09 March 2017 - The Times of India
A simple address unlocks new life for Indian 'slum dwellers'
07 March 2017 - Reuters
Modi government's Smart City scheme may make housing unaffordable for poor, says UN report
06 March 2017 - Firstpost
Legal challenges may be needed to protect India's land law, says former minister
03 March 2017 - Reuters
India urged to build housing law on human rights
01 March 2017 - Reuters
Committee for protection of land rights of indigenous persons in Assam
28 February 2017 - PTI
Protecting the rights of tribals
27 February 2017 - The Hindu
Shelter for homeless: Just a handful under the roof
25 February 2017 - The Indian Express
Homes not for landless
18 February 2017 - The Telegraph
Housing for all scheme: Most applications turned down
18 February 2017 - The Tribune
In Jharkhand, Adivasis say changes to tenancy laws dilute their hard-won land rights
17 February 2017 - Scroll.in
Dalits in Mirchpur wait for rehabilitation
17 February 2017 - The Hindu
Smart Cities Mission projects get off the ground in 2016
13 February 2017 - Financial Express
Supreme Court gives green signal for compensation to oustees of Narmada project
08 February 2017 - DNA
High Court commissioners rap Rajasthan government over homeless shelters
04 February 2017 - The Times of India
Indian 'land bank' aims to protect farmers from forced acquisitions
03 February 2017 - Reuters
Union Budget 2017: Affordable housing projects to be given infrastructure status
01 February 2017 - The Indian Express
India's affordable housing plan won't fix homelessness, say campaigners
30 January 2017 - Reuters
Himachal to frame policy on encroachments
28 January 2017 - Business Standard
Indore: Amid tears, 145 houses and shops razed
23 January 2017 - The Free Press Journal
Homeless in wintry northern India shiver in buses, portable cabins
17 January 2017 - Reuters
57 per cent children stunted in Mumbai's Govandi slum: Survey
16 January 2017 - The Times of India
Kathputli Colony: Puppets on a string
16 January 2017 - The Indian Express
Supreme Court queries land use in Special Economic Zones
12 January 2017 - Reuters
When home is the street: India's pavement dwellers battle apathy, rain
10 January 2017 - Thomson Reuters Foundation
Kathputli Colony residents ‘slum’ it for a better future
09 January 2017 - The Hindu
Chennai 'slum dwellers' pushed to city fringes face leaking pipes, lost jobs
09 January 2017 - Reuters
PM housing scheme lies far off target
06 January 2017 - The Hans India
Mumbai: Nine slums razed near Bandra railway station
03 January 2017 - Free Press Journal
New Indian land laws to expedite projects hurt farmers, activists say
02 January 2017 - Reuters
PM’s New Year housing sops are no shelter for the poor
02 January 2017 - Daily O
Delhi's Kathputli Colony demolition: Residents protest the loss of homes, and a way of life
25 December 2016 - First Post
Hundreds resist eviction from Delhi slum as new housing falls short
22 December 2016 - Reuters
Kathputli Colony resists redevelopment, fearing the future
21 December 2016 - CNN-News 18
High drama at Kathputli Colony
20 December 2016 - The Hindu
अधूरे प्रयास, टूटी आशियाने की आस
20 December 2016 - Dainik Jagran
Delhi's homeless shun shelters, stay on streets
19 December 2016 - The Hindu
Rights for the rightful owners (ten years of the Forest Rights Act)
15 December 2016 - The Hindu
Blatant show of apathy: Police, Forest Department raze homes of over 3000 adivasis in Kodagu, Karnataka
14 December 2016 - The News Minute
Joint Parliamentary Committee on land acquisition Bill gets eighth extension
14 December 2016 - The Hindu
Demolition in Delhi leaves hundreds of shanty dwellers in cold
12 December 2016 - Thomson Reuters Foundation
Housing demand at 4.2 mn in top 8 cities in 5 years: Report
01 December 2016 - The Financial Express
Families pushed to ghetto on Chennai's edge with no water, power or schools
27 November 2016 - The New Indian Express
Land acquisition law: Winking at the states
02 November 2016 - The Hindu
Right to the city: A tentative victory at Habitat III
28 October 2016 - ULC
Lessons learned at Habitat III
24 October 2016 - Devex
Slumdog vs. millionaire: How the few plan to eradicate the many
22 October 2016 - Telesur
Urban housing, living woes prime focus at UN meet 'Habitat III'
19 October 2016 - The Pioneer
Villagers welcome dam step by PMO
26 September 2016 - The Telegraph
Poor amenities: Stinging story of 2K Shakur Basti families
26 September 2016 - Millennium Post
Habitat III agenda must address human rights and the needs of rural people
06 September 2016 - Thomson Reuters Foundation
Supreme Court quashes Singur Tata plant land acquisition, orders Bengal govt to return it in 12 weeks
01 September 2016 - The Indian Express
PMO intervene commissioning of Mapithel Dam
31 August 2016 - Imphal Times
India's Maharashtra state to give women slum dwellers joint ownership rights
29 August 2016 - Humanosphere
Homeless women: Easy targets
17 August 2016 - Hindustan Times
No legal status: how India is ignoring its thousands of displaced citizens
11 August 2016 - The Guardian
Scheduled Castes Commission probing denial of loans to Kannagi Nagar residents
25 July 2016 - The Hindu
Metro's expansion sends lives off track
29 June 2016 - The Times of India
UN experts' statement on Habitat III: New Urban Agenda must be based in human rights
29 June 2016 - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Ten night shelters to turn into training centres during daytime
21 June 2016 - The Hindu
Five city hospitals 'fined' Rs 600 crore for spurning the poor
12 June 2016 - The Times of India
Vadodara demolition triggers stir
01 June 2016 - The Indian Express
Delhi govt to build 15,000 houses for homeless
11 May 2016 - Hindustan Times
India's urbanisation is dangerously exclusionary and unequal
05 May 2016 - The Wire
2,000 people made homeless by 'TMC-backed' goons
23 April 2016 - Sunday Guardian
Special Rapporteur on adequate housing: Mission to India - press statement (English)
22 April 2016 - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Special Rapporteur on adequate housing: Mission to India - press statement (Hindi)
22 April 2016 - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Forced eviction in Kolkata for bridge construction left nearly 400 families shelterless, jobless: NGO report
14 April 2016 - NGO News World
Government should treat housing as a human right, not a marketable commodity
09 February 2016 - The Wire
Housing, living in India fraught with accessibility, other challenges: Report
08 February 2016 - Mint
HLRN report for the UN Habitat III conference released
06 February 2016 - One World South Asia
Public discussion on slum evictions in Bengaluru sees few govt officials
02 February 2016 - Citizen Matters
Activists for 'model' solution
29 January 2016 - The Times of India
Slum-dwellers' relocation falls flat
28 January 2016 - The Times of India
Slum demolished, cold kills woman
22 January 2016 - The Times of India
No recovery shelter, women suffer a lot
21 January 2016 - The Times of India
With no 'housing for all', threat of forced evictions to continue in Delhi
15 December 2015 - DNA
'Won't move more than 5k slum dwellers at a time'
26 September 2015 - The New Indian Express
Rights bodies mulling legal recourse over Kolkata evictions
18 August 2015 - The Statesman
Are India's 'Smart Cities' the smart choice?
03 June 2015 - Thomson Reuters Foundation
Can a law end housing apartheid?
31 May 2015 - The Times of India
The World Bank admits serious flaws in resettlement policy
31 May 2015 - Brettonwoods Project
Land bill implies deep trouble
27 March 2015 - DNA

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