A youth was quizzed by police on Sunday after he asked a minister why Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee did not visit a slum in West Bengal where 700 shanties were destroyed in fire on Saturday. The incident happened during Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim's visit to Sholo Bigha slum in the Maheshtala Santoshpur area of South 24-Parganas where a blaze had rendered 1,500 people homeless on Saturday morning. ...
11:28 PM, Mar 17, 2013
Delhi government, after an intervention by NHRC, extended a monetary relief of Rs one lakh to a homeless women who delivered a baby in a park after being chased and hit by the police. The relief came over a year after the National Human Right Commission took cognisance of the issue on the basis of a complaint enclosing a newspaper report dated February 1, 2011, was made to it, NHRC...
10:39 PM, Mar 13, 2013
Despite the Delhi High Court's order directing the government to build one shelter per one lakh population, the capital still has only 150 temporary and permanent shelters that can house a mere 7500 homeless people of the city. With over three lakh homeless people in Delhi, the existing shelters are not only inadequate, they are also in poor conditions. ...
09:28 AM, Jan 05, 2013
After CNN-IBN relentlessly showed the plight of the homeless on Delhi streets, the government has finally taken notice. Delhi Urban Development Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely has formed eight teams of experts to inspect the functioning of night shelters in the national capital. ...
10:49 AM, Jan 04, 2013
Lakhs of people come to Delhi everyday in search of a good job, better life and a brighter future. But lack of economic or social support for the urban poor in the capital forces a large percentage to live on the streets. ...
08:30 AM, Jan 04, 2013
As the temperatures drop, the worst sufferers are those who have no home, no food and no warmth. At CNN-IBN, we bring you the plight of the homeless and how you can help. ...
09:29 PM, Jan 02, 2013
Cold, hungry, and homeless - over three lakh people in Delhi live on the streets, braving extreme weather, economic hardship and government apathy. A basement near central Delhi's Hanuman Mandir has been home to Ram Sagar Pandey for the last 25 years. He says, "I am telling you. I have voted for Sheila Dikshit, without even having a ration card or an identity card." Ram Sagar Pandey sells trinkets at...
07:44 AM, Dec 31, 2012
The cold wave sweeping through Uttar Pradesh has claimed more than 30 lives in a 24-hour span, officials here said ON December 27. The maximum number of deaths, between Wednesday and Thursday morning, were reported from Bhadohi district where five people succumbed to the cold. As many as four people died in Balia and three each in Allahabad, Mirzapur, Sonebhadra, Ghazipur, Barabanki, Chandauli and Azamgarh districts. Shrawasti and Mau districts...
02:23 PM, Dec 27, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday asked the city government to shift temporary night shelters for the homeless and the poor closer to their work places. A division bench of Chief Justice D Murugesan and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw allowed the plea of NGO Shahri Adhikar Manch Begharon Ke Liye that the shelters should be closer to the work place of people so that the poor can use...
08:28 AM, Dec 09, 2012
Pazarbhanga (Assam): The annual monsoon has claimed 109 lives since rains started in June and left at least 400,000 people homeless in Assam, in a tragedy experts say was made worse by corruption and poor management of the Brahmaputra River. A senior member of the Assam Human Rights Commission, a government body, told Reuters it suspects millions of dollars meant for flood control have been siphoned off by state water...
07:34 AM, Jul 17, 2012
Rio de Janeiro: A homeless couple turned over to police a bag containing about 20,000 reais ($10,000) that they found abandoned on a street in Brazil's largest city, authorities said. The couple, who have been living together for about four months under a bridge in eastern Sao Paulo and support themselves by selling recyclable trash, approached a security guard in the early hours Sunday and asked him to call the...
12:01 PM, Jul 10, 2012
New Delhi: In Delhi, around 14 children go missing everyday, according to the records of Delhi government's Home Department. The data compiled in the past two years between 2010 and 2012 says that out of 14 children only 10 are traced and four are still not found. In the past two years, 11,554 kids went missing, according to the data compiled within 851 days. Only 7457 kids were found during...
06:00 PM, Jul 06, 2012
Hyderabad: For nearly two years, 30-year-old Ramesh Kothwal has been responsible for saving the lives and providing shelter to several destitutes in Hyderabad. Physically handicapped and with no one to call his own, Adikrishna has now found happiness in a small shelter, Bharathi Memorial foundation, on the outskirts of Hyderabad. Started by Rajesh Kothwal in 2010, the ashram now takes care of around 70 destitutes, including 14 children. "The doctors,...
09:13 AM, May 08, 2012
New Delhi: The national capital is home over 10,000 homeless women, and that's only the official figure. But Delhi has just four permanent shelters that can accommodate only 200 women. And the 72 temporary shelters can accommodate very few women. But even where homeless women can sleep - security issues mean they prefer the open. One of the homeless women said, "Who will take responsibility for us if we are...
09:09 AM, Jan 18, 2012
What can you do to help the homeless in winter? Volunteer with or contact the following: Goonj: 011-26972351, 09015764824, mail@goonj.org Beghar Mazdoor Sangharsh Samiti: 9716436605, 9211979454 Aman Biradri (Dil Se campaign): 91-11-26535961/5962, amanbiradari.delhi@gmail.com Society for Promotion for Youth and Masses (SPYM) (+91)26893872, spym@vsnl.com Indo-Global Social Service Society (IGSSS): 09911362925, 09999046469 Beghar Foundation: 09211979454, 09211979454 Ashray Adhikar Abhiyan: 09312668807 Jamghat: jamghat@gmail.com ...
07:53 PM, Jan 12, 2012
New Delhi: A handful of Delhi's residents went out of their way to help the poor and the needy. CNN-IBN witnessed the heartwarming scenes as it spent another cold night with the homeless in Delhi. It's turning into a bitter winter and their resources are running short. Many of the homeless in Delhi will struggle to make it through the cold season without help from people like Amit Sinha. Amit's...
08:20 AM, Dec 24, 2011
New Delhi: With chilling conditions across North India, cries of homeless in Delhi are never heard over the din of the traffic. They are on their own in Delhi, with no place to call their home they are forced to spend the cold night under the flyovers. At past 11 pm of the cold December night the homeless people are fight an extremely difficult battle against the cold. A flyover...
06:26 AM, Dec 21, 2011
London: Pop diva Madonna's older brother is living in penury. He says he has no roof over his head and that he makes a living by collecting bottles from the trash. Hollywoodreproter.com reports that The Michigan Messenger published a conversation with the singer's brother, Anthony Ciccone, who claims he has been homeless for more than a year. "My family turned their back on me, basically, when I was having a...
11:58 AM, Oct 24, 2011
New York: Sly Stone, the reclusive soul legend and the mastermind behind the band 'Sly & Family Stone', is now homeless and living out of a white van. Stone, who is considered one of the pioneers in funk music and has given hits like 'Dance to the Music', 'Everyday People', 'Thank You' and 'Everybody is a Star', has been grappling with the loss of his fortune, due to substance abuse,...
07:44 PM, Sep 26, 2011
New Delhi: Continuing their partnership with Krida Vikas Sanstha Nagpur (KVSN), the English Premier League Tottenham Hotspur renewed their association with the Indian National team, which will participate at the forthcoming 2011 Homeless Football World Cup to be held in Paris from August 21. Spurs' involvement in the World Cup - an annual international football competition - is a continuation of the club's relationship with KVSN and their involvement in...
12:55 PM, Aug 18, 2011
