Media Coverage of the Issue of Homelessness in Delhi: 2011 2013
MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE ISSUE OF HOMELESSNESS IN DELHI: 2011 – 2013
2013
The Times of India – June 7, 2013
Food scheme to widen net
Hindustan Times – May 17, 2013
Use land to build shelter for homeless, not memorials
Deccan Herald – April 16, 2013
Sheltering the homeless
Hindustan Times – April 15, 2013
Homeless woman killed, NGO blames cops
The Times of India – April 11, 2013
Night shelter chief says sorry to HC
OneWorld South Asia – April 10, 2013
Delhi Government indifferent to homeless women: NGOs
The Tribune – April 9, 2013
Highest number of deaths of homeless in Delhi
The Times of India – April 1, 2013
Night shelter attacked, women and kids hurt
The Times of India – March 21, 2013
Night shelter chief may be axed
The Hindu – March 14, 2013
NHRC orders Rs. 1 lakh relief for woman who delivered in park following police beating
The Raw Story – March 14, 2013
India to give small plots of land to homeless rural poor
Zee News – March 14, 2013
Govt readies Bill to provide roofs to homeless
The Hindu – March 12, 2013
Landless poor to rally for “right to shelter”
The Times of India – March 12, 2013
Night shelter razed, agencies in a fix
First Post – March 7, 2013
Homeless families numbers 5.3 lakh in India: Maken
Daily Mail – February 8, 2013
'Slumdog' children of India fighting lonely battle to make £3.50 A DAY: Heartbreaking images of six-year-olds barely surviving in the shadow of booming economy
Hindustan Times – February 6, 2013
Difficult to handle other states’ homeless: Dikshit
Hindustan Times – February 5, 2013
Bus shelters only refuge for homeless
CBS News – 2013
Cold and Homeless in India
The Wall Street Journal – January 9, 2013
Sheltering Delhi’s freezing homeless
First Post – January 8, 2013
Delhi’s homeless prefer freezing streets to ‘dirty, unsafe’ shelters
The Hindu – January 8, 2013
Ten officers suspended for night shelter scam in Delhi
The Times of India – January 8, 2013
Homeless women still unsafe
The Times of India – January 8, 2013
In a shelter but not really protected
The Times of India – January 8, 2013
Government blames corporation for night shelter scam
The Asian Age – January 8, 2013
56k homeless but Delhi spends ‘900cr on CP
Press TV – January 7, 2013
Homeless people in India battling cold weather
The Times of India – January 7, 2013
Rs. 20 Crore meant for night shelters in Delhi siphoned off
The Hindu – January 6, 2013
Mother of all troubles
The Hindu – January 6, 2013
The people behind the fog
IBN Live – January 5, 2013
Delhi: Shelters for homeless inadequate, in deplorable conditions
IBN Live – January 4, 2013
Delhi govt wakes up to homeless’ plight, to inspect night shelters and set up 20 more
IBN Live – January 4, 2013
Delhi doesn’t take care of its workers, rues the city’s homeless
The Times of India – January 4, 2013
Record cold proves a sore trial for homeless
The Times of India – January 4, 2013
Extra night shelters to house homeless
Reuters – January 3, 2013
Coldest weather in decades hits India; group says 107 dead
RTE One – January 3, 2013
Over 100 homeless people have died in cold weather in India
Oneindia – January 3, 2013
For millions of Indian homeless, life’s a cruel joke
NDTV – January 2, 2013
With Delhi freezing, public toilets outside AIIMS used as shelter by homeless patients
Hindustan Times – January 2, 2013
Protect Delhi’s homeless from chill, HC tells government
Hindustan Times – January 2, 2013
Sleep a luxury for Delhi’s homeless
India Today – January 1, 2013
What New Year, ask Delhi’s homeless who shiver as city’s temperature dips further
Audio-Visual Clippings – 2013
WA Today – May 25, 2013
Homeless on the streets of New Delhi
2012
IBNLive – December 31, 2012
Delhi homeless brave winter chill worsened by State apathy, police abuse
Hindustan Times – December 15, 2012
In search of shelter
The Tribune – December 9, 2012
150 shelters not enough for the homeless
The Hindu – December 8, 2012
High Court declines to order Delhi Govt. to increase number of night shelters
The Times of India – December 8, 2012
Try to house homeless in unused govt buildings: HC
Hindustan Times – December 6, 2012
Adequate night shelters for homeless: Govt to HC
Deccan Herald – December 6, 2012
Karawal Nagar to get 200-bed healthcare centre
Business Standard – December 5, 2012
Night shelters are not in living conditions: NGO to HC
The Pioneer – December 2, 2012
Night shelters all set to house the homeless
The Times of India – December 2, 2012
Haryana, UP at fault for homeless count: Sheila
The Hindu – December 2, 2012
Improving, but more needed
The Hindu – December 2, 2012
Many remain underutilised
The Hindu – December 2, 2012
Large at heart; short on resources
Zee News – December 1, 2012
Dikshit’s direction for accommodation to pavement dwellers
Hindustan Times – December 1, 2012
Upgrade night shelters, CM tells officials
The Times of India – December 1, 2012
Government’s cold attitude fatale for Delhi’s homeless
Deccan Herald – December 1, 2012
Night shelters underutilised: Dikshit
The Hindu – November 29, 2012
Delhi Govt. displacing slum dwellers mindlessly
NDTV – November 24, 2012
India’s urban homeless: The invisible citizens
The Hindu – November 22, 2012
Shelter for all
The Hindu – November 21, 2012
6,000 homeless persons get voter-ID cards in Delhi
Hindustan Times – November 20, 2012
Delhi’s homeless to get voter ID cards
ABC Online – November 20, 2012
Harsh winter raises concerns for Delhi’s homeless
The Hindu – November 19, 2012
Slum Dwellers plan show of strength
The Tribune – November 12, 2012
Activists discuss plight of homeless people
Deccan Herald – November 9, 2012
Homeless death toll alarming
Deccan Herald – October 30, 2012
Officials don’t care about night shelters
Zeenews – October 23, 2012
Some ‘sukun’ for city’s homeless rickshaw pullers
The Times of India – October 21, 2012
New rickshaw a blessing for pullers
Deccan Herald – October 20, 2012
Homeless need more shelters
Hindustan Times – October 17, 2012
Winter ahead, HC wants details on night shelters
The Hindu – October 13, 2012
Seeing life as it is led by street dwellers
The Times of India - October 13, 2012
Homeless tell their stories in comics
The Times of India – October 11, 2012
Dikshit writes to other CMs for building shelters in NCR
Firstpost – July 31, 2012
A quarter of India’s mentally ill homeless
Mumbai Mirror – July 25, 2012
City’s homeless share stories with Delhi’s poor
Livemint – June 12, 2012
Delhi homeless on street demanding basic amenities
The Tribune – June 8, 2012
City’s homeless clamour for basic facilities in shelters
Deccan Herald – June 8, 2012
Homeless protest against govt apathy
ABC Radio Australia – June 1, 2012
India’s homeless struggle to keep cool in heat wave
Hindustan Times – June 1, 2012
Provide fans, coolers in tin shelters: HC to govt
OneWorld – May 30, 2012
Justice delayed, justice denied: Delhi’s homeless still await adequate living conditions
The Hindu – May 30, 2012
DDA on the mat for attempt to reduce shelters for homeless
National Duniya – May 30, 2012
डिडीएकरेगाबेघरोकेआश्रयमैंकाटोंती
The Indian Express - May 21, 2012
City shelter homes to stay open all year
The Asian Age – May 21, 2012
Shelter homes to be refuge for destitutes year round
Hindustan Times – May 20, 2012
Govt upgrades shelters for Capital’s homeless
The Deccan Herald – May 20, 2012
Shelter homes to brace all weather
News Track India – May 20, 2012
Delhi shelter homes to be all-weather ones
The Hindu – May 20, 2012
NGO cries foul over DDA's alleged move to cut number of homeless shelters
Hindustan Times – April 22, 2012
Slum dwellers protest in front of CM home
The Hindu – April 21, 2012
The ordeal of ill health
The Times of India – April 16, 2012
MCD polls: The homeless cast ballot too
Deccan Herald – April 14, 2012
Footpaths home for homeless
Hindustan Times April 11, 2012
Not much on the Plate
Deccan Chronicle – April 7, 2012
When home is no refuge
Two Circles – April 3, 2012
Three million urban poor to get shelters
The Hindu – March 14, 2012
A life of human dignity for all
Press Information Bureau - March 12, 2012
Issue of homelessness was raised in the President’s speech
President's address to Parliament
Intellecap - February 21, 2012
Is a roof Enough?
Hindustan Times - February 20, 2012
Number of homeless 3 times more than govt figures: NGOs
Business Standard – February 19, 2012
SreelathaMenon: The right to shelter
Mid-Day - February 5, 2012
The state government's big, fat lie to the Supreme Court
The Telegraph – January 31, 2012
To be without a home, like a complete unknown
Times of India – January 29, 2012
In winter chill, DMRC toilet provides shelter to the homeless
CNN-IBN – January 28, 2012
Govt apathy forces blind children out of home
First Post – January 26, 2012
His bed is the footpath near Gate Number 3, Jamia Masjid
Hindustan Times – January 26, 2012
Some home truths
Hindustan Times – January 25, 2012
NGOs dispute govt figures on homeless in night shelters
CNN-IBN – January 23, 2012
SC rues homeless sleeping on pavements 64 yrs after freedom
First Post – January 23, 2012
SC rues homeless sleeping on pavements 64 yrs after freedom
Outlook India – January 23, 2012
Wives of BSF Jawans Provide Night Shelters at AIIMS
Asian Age – January 23, 2012
Have faith? Help the poor
Hindustan Times – January 22, 2012
Vendors and hawkers make women feel safe
Times of India – January 22, 2012
Warmth, care elude city’s homeless
NDTV – January 22, 2012
Homeless prefer sidewalks to govt shelters in Delhi
Deccan Herald – January 22, 2012
Homeless prefer sidewalks to govt shelters in Delhi
Outlook India – January 22, 2012
Homeless prefer Sidewalks to govt shelters in Delhi
The Hindu – January 20, 2012
Some warmth and woes
Economic Times – January 18, 2012
Socio-economic and caste census launched in Delhi
First Post – January 18, 2012
The middle-class needs to accept their homeless neighbours
Youtube/CNN-IBN – January 18, 2012
Delhi Winter: Homeless women worst off
Hindustan Times – January 18, 2012
Preserve, protect lives of homeless: SC
The Hindu – January 17, 2012
‘Protect the homeless in this bitter winter'
Hindustan Times – January 17, 2012
Protect lives of poor people in winter: SC to authorities
Times of India – January 17, 2012
NAC draws up plan for shelters for over 3 lakh urban homeless
CNN-IBN – January 16, 2012
AIIMS to construct night shelters for patients
Outlook India – January 16, 2012
Protect Lives of Poor People in Winter: SC to Authorities
Tehelka – January 14, 2012
No Respite from the Cold of the Night
Hindustan Times – January 11, 2012
Homeless find cold comfort in dump, cops say clear out
CNN-IBN – January 10, 2012
132 night shelters set up for homeless this winter: Govt
Asian Age – January 10, 2012
SC pulls up states over night shelters for poor
CNN-IBN – January 10, 2012
North India shivers, death toll touches 140
Times of India – January 10, 2012
Why are patients in cold outside AIIMS: SC
Indian Express – January 10, 2012
Ensure cold does not claim lives: SC to govt
First Post – January 9, 2012
Ensure no death due to cold: SC directive to govt
Zee News – January 9, 2012
Ensure no death due to cold: SC to govt
Times of India – January 9, 2012
‘States have failed to shelter homeless’
Times of India – January 8, 2012
The cold, not cancer, may kill me
The National – January 6, 2012
Homeless in India: Out in the cold
NDTV – January 6, 2012
Delhi's homeless continue to live in fear
Indian Express – January 5, 2012
Mobilise more homeless to night shelters, HC tells NGOs
Rediff.com – January 2, 2012
Shivering and Hungry on the streets of Delhi
The Statesman – January 1, 2012
Homeless shiver on Delhi Streets
The Tribune – January 1, 2012
The homeless struggle to survive as city celebrates
2011
BBC
India court directive over cold deaths
The Hindu
States told to guarantee night-shelters for homeless
CNN-IBN
Provide night shelter, no homeless person to sleep under open
Indian Express
No homeless should sleep under open sky this winter: SC to states
Express India
No homeless should sleep under open sky this winter: SC to states
Times of India
Slum fire leaves 1000 homeless
Hindustan Times
Fewer homeless people, so fewer shelters: govt
Times of India
Reopen temporary night shelters, HC asks govt
CNN-IBN
Restart night shelters immediately: HC to Delhi Govt
Deccan Herald
Restart night shelters immediately: High court to Delhi government
Tehelka
Left out in the cold, the homeless brace up for the chill
Hindustan Times
Govt brings back blankets for homeless
Indian Express
Open all night shelters at once, HC tells govt
Tehelka/The Kashmir Monitor
India court directive over cold deaths
Hindustan Times
At 6°C, city wakes up to coldest morning of year
Hindustan Times
Some capital concerns - Columns
Hindustan Times
Comfortably numb - Comments
FirstPost
Why Delhi should be thanking its homeless
Times of India
30 fire-resistant shelters to be ready by Friday
Times of India
On coldest day, night shelter demolished
NDTV
Delhi’s ‘cold’ reality
msnbc.com
Outside the frame: ‘Old Delhi offers a window on India’
Times of India
Railway U-turn: Demolished shelters to be rebuilt
Times of India
Disabled reach out to the homeless
Indian Express
Rapped by High Court, govt readies 118 night shelters for homeless
Hindustan Times
Month of horror for homeless
CNN-IBN
Not enough shelters for homeless to fight cold
Times of India
Cold Snap
Tehelka
Chilled to the bone, the homeless battle another winter
Times of India
Govt panel to look into problems of homeless
CNN-IBN
HC seeks detailed report on making night shelters homely
NDTV
18 more deaths due to cold, toll rises to 93
India Today
Delhi: Poor conditions keep homeless away from night shelters
Wall Street Journal
Delhi’s Neglected Homeless
Deccan Chronicle
Homeless in Delhi
DW-World.De (Deutsche Welle)
New Delhi’s homeless wait out biting cold.
Jamia Journal
The Homeless in Delhi Struggle to Survive this Winter
Outlook India
2011 SC: Corruption, 2G and CVC Drama
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