MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE ISSUE OF HOMELESSNESS IN DELHI: 2011 – 2015
2015
Blink – 30 January 2015
Man on the street
The Hindu – 23 January 2015
Look beyond homeless shelters
Epoch Times – 20 January 2015
Winter in Delhi an Ignored Annual Disaster for the Homeless
The Hindu – 18 January 2015
Activists seek emergency night shelters for homeless
Business Standard – 16 January 2015
Centre needs to monitor use of funds meant for homeless: SC
Zee News – 14 January 2015
Most of Delhi's homeless refuse to shift to shelters, HC told
Deccan Herald – 13 January 2015
A curse for the homeless
Press TV – 12 January 2015
330 homeless Indians die of extreme cold in New Delhi
Press TV – 12 January 2015
Hundreds of homeless die in New Delhi cold snap
The New Indian Express – 12 January 2015
Delhi Cold Bites Out 330 lives, Homeless Scurry for Shelter
Indian Express – 11 January 2015
Night shelters bring relief to homeless people of Delhi
Indian Express – 11 January 2015
Cold comfort
Firstpost – 9 January 2015
Delhi: Number of night shelters for the homeless rises to 34
Hindustan Times – 8 January 2015
Bone-chilling weather back; Delhi was colder than Shimla, Shillong on Wednesday
Firstpost – 8 January 2015
Delhi: Number of night shelters for the homeless rises to 34
Zee News – 7 January 2015
Two homeless persons die due to cold in Delhi
Zee News – 7 January 2015
HC seeks joint report from govt, NGO on homeless shelters
The Sentinal – 6 January 2015
Shifting homeless to night shelters not proving easy
DNA India – 06 January 2015
Night shelters in Rohini over-packed, over 150 homeless forced to sleep on pavements
2014
Hindustan Times – 30 December 2014
Delhi: Tents under flyovers, space at metro stations for homeless
Firstpost – 29 December 2014
Temperature dips in Delhi but why do the homeless avoid shelter homes?
NDTV– 29 December 2014
Najeeb Jung asks authorities to provide shelter to all homeless in Delhi
DNA India – 28 December 2014
Three homeless persons found dead in Delhi due to cold wave
Zee News – 22 December 2014
DUSIB proposes de-addiction Centre for homeless addicts
The Times of India – 21 December 2014
Why night shelters lie unused
The Times of India – 19 December 2014
PMO seeks status report on night shelters
DNA India – 19 December 2014
Homeless prefer Delhi streets over 'unhygienic' night shelters
Business Standard – 18 December 2014
Identify buildings for use as homeless shelters: HC to DUSIB
DNA India – 17 December 2014
'Modern' night shelter lacks even basic facilities
The Times of India – 15 December 2014
Government guides homeless to warmth
Zee News – 12 December 2014
Railway refuse to give land for shelter at night: Delhi HC told
The New Indian Express – 12 December 2014
Verify Number of Homeless in India, SC tells Centre
The Indian Express – 11 December 2014
Mobile health teams to check on homeless
The Times of India – 4 December 2014
SC sets up social justice bench
The Times of India – 4 December 2014
Shelters for 16k homeless this winter
The Indian Express – 2 December 2014
Hard Look: Shelter-Skelter
Firstpost – 28 November 2014
No homeless to be left unsheltered this winter: Delhi LG after jhuggi demolition
The Times of India – 28 November 2104
Over 16,000 homeless: Centre
Zee News – 27 November 2014
Delhi has 16,600 homeless, 184 night shelters
Firstpost – 27 November 2014
Delhi: Jhuggi demolition leaves thousands roofless on cold winter night
Zee News – 26 November 2014
Night shelters in Delhi to be free in winter, says DUSIB
The Hindu – 26 November 2014
Central Delhi’s shelter home for homeless children cries for attention
DNA India – 26 November 2014
Congress attacks BJP over demolition of jhuggis in South Delhi
The Times of India – 25 November 2014
Night shelters yet to open for destitute
Deccan Herald – 25 November 2014
Homeless shiver to death
DNA India – 24 November 2014
In Pics: Govt starts installing night shelters for homeless
Hindustan Times – 24 November 2014
Housing city’s homeless much more than seasonal challenge
The Times of India – 23 November 2014
Activists allege homeless near Jama Masjid attacked
DNA India – 22 November 2014
Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu reviews metro projects, regularisation of colonies issue
Deccan Chronicle – 20 November 2014
Venkaiah Naidu to finalize action plan on shelters for urban homeless
Zee News – 20 November 2014
Venkaiah to discuss shelters for homeless with states
DNA India – 19 November 2014
Woman moves Delhi HC for facilities for homeless pregnant women
The Hindu – 18 November 2014
This winter, half blankets for the homeless
The Times of India – 16 November 2014
New govt, old woes for Gurgaon's homeless
The Times of India – 14 November 2014
Around 100 left homeless after fire in west Delhi slum
DNA India – 13 November 2014
Shelter for homeless: Supreme Court asks Centre to call meeting of states
Deccan Herald – 13 November 2014
New management now for 28 homes for the homeless
The New Indian Express – 12 November 2014
Are Our Directions on Night Shelters Being Implemented? HC to Delhi Government
The Economic Times – 12 November 2014
Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu promises more night shelters in Delhi
The Indian Express – 28 August 2014
Encourage the homeless to sleep in night shelters, govt tells NGOs
The Times of India – 22 August 2014
NGO shelters homeless accident victims
The Times of India – 18 August 2014
Man runs car over 13 people sleeping on divider in Delhi
The Hindu – 18 August 2014
Damaged night shelter lies unrepaired in Delhi
The Hindu – 3August 2014
Delhi’s confusing figures on homeless
Business Standard – 10 August 2014
Rural-urban migration swell ranks of Delhi's homeless (Social Feature)
The Hindu – 3August 2014
Imam Bukhari accused of getting Jama Masjid rain basera inmates evicted
Business Standard – 31 July 2014
Jung directs DUSIB to set up night shelters for homeless women
International Business Times – 24 July 2014
Delhi tops states/UTs which failed in utilizing central aid for urban development
The Asian Age – 18 July 2014
Homeless figures fudged?
Business Standard – 4 July 2014
Night shelters are for pregnant and lactating women: HC
The Financial Express – 3 July 2014
Schemes in place, but homeless not using them: Delhi Govt
The Economic Times – 02 July 2014
Delhi government finds only 17,000 homeless
The Hindu – 01 July 2014
DUSIB to build seven new shelters for the homeless
The Hindu – 30 June 2014
NGOs question government data on the homeless
Business Standard – 28 June 2014
Drive to enroll rag pickers in voters list
Blink – 27 June 2014
The invisible people
The Times of India – 26 June 2014
North East Delhi slum razed, 200 kids homeless
The Times of India – 26 June 2014
16,760 in Delhi with no roof over head
Business Standard – 20 June 2014
Urgent need to frame policies for homeless: Experts
Deccan Herald – 29 May 2014
Some ray of hope for the homeless
The Times of India – 22 May 2014
Homeless survey on cards in capital
The Times of India – 12 May 2014
Delhi building dangerous, 13 families homeless
The Times of India – 26 April 2014
5,000 homeless after blaze guts south Delhi slum
Business Standard – 23 April 2014
'Poll officials need to shed stigma against homeless'
Business Standard – 23 April 2014
Delhi HC refers police brutality on homeless to NHRC
Deccan Herald – 22 April 2014
Police reach out to the homeless
DNA – 17 April 2014
Minor homeless girl abducted, raped in Delhi
The Observer – 11 April 2014
New Delhi's homeless cast their votes for the first time
BBC News - 9 April 2014
In pictures: Delhi's homeless get voting rights
Business Standards – April 8 2014
HC lauds Centre's scheme for homeless
The Hindu – April 5 2014
Shelter home inferno leaves two dead in Vasant Kunj
News Track India – 4 April 2014
Over 8,000 Delhi homeless to vote in Lok Sabha polls
NDTV – 31 March 2014
8,000 homeless people issued voter ID cards
The Hindu – 27 March 2014
Police pulled up for finger printing homeless
Business Standard – 21 March 2014
Delhi Govt. given 4 more weeks to respond to NHRC
The Hindu – 13 March 2014
‘15 sq. ft. required for a homeless person’s comfortable stay at shelter’
The Hindu – 27 February 2014
Is this India-2014? asks HC on plight of the hapless homeless
Indian Express - 27 February 2014 (same as previous one)
Police, DUSIB pulled up for removing night shelters
Daily News and Analysis – 19 February 2014
The deplorable plight of Delhi's homeless
The Irrawaddy – 18 February 2014
For India’s Railway Children, a Dangerous Life by the Tracks
Deccan Herald – 9 February 2014
Ten more homeless die of cold in capital
India Today – 31 January 2014
Homeless people battle harsh cold and hunger out in open, Delhi Govt. helpless
The Times of India – 29 January 2014
CM wants new legal team
The Times of India – 28 January 2014
Govt. cold shoulder' to homeless upsets HC
Business Standard - 27 January 2014
Delhi govt orders inquiry into homeless persons' deaths
ABC| Radio Australia – 24 January 2014
Deadly cold snap hits northern India
Jagaran Post – 23 January 2014
NHRC issues notice to Delhi government over deaths of homeless
IBN Live – 22 January 2014
NHRC issues notice to Kejriwal government over deaths of homeless
Business Standard – 19 January 2014
Delhi govt orders inquiry into homeless persons' deaths
Times of India – 18 January 2014
Cold claims 6 lives on rainy night in Delhi
Times of India – 16 January 2014
NHRC notice on homeless deaths to govt
Times of India – 15 January 2014
Some homeless need care, hospitals keep them away
ANI News – 14 January 2014
Freezing cold wave enveloping north India troubles homeless poor
Times of India – 12 January 2014
Homeless man found dead on Ring Road
Firstpost – 9 January 2014
Delhi HC asks govt to submit policy on shelter for homeless
Zee News – 8 January 2014
AAP's unique idea - Abandoned buses to be modified into night shelters in Delhi
IBN-Live – 6 January 2014
Delhi: Despite Kejriwal's assurances, homeless still battle the cold
Business Standard – 6 January 2014
Night shelter opened in Rohini
Times of India – 5 January 2014
Homeless still out in cold, no sign of porta cabins
Times of India – 4 January 2014
SDM's find 4,000 people out in cold, report says porta cabins will take time
DNA – 3 January 2014
Delhi's homeless call night shelters unsafe
Business Standard – 3 January 2014
100 new night shelters to be opened soon for homeless: Sisodia
Firstpost – 3 January 2014
AAP’s porta cabins may not be the best solution for Delhi’s homeless
NDTV - 3 January 2014
Delhi: Homeless patients struggle in cold
Daily Bhaskar – 2 January 2014
Delhi’s homeless left to die under open sky; Arvind Kejriwal acts upon negligence by govt agencies
Times of India – 2 January 2014
2 homeless die of cold on flyover at Nigambodh Ghat
Hindustan Times – 2 January 2014
After 2 cold deaths, Delhi CM Kejriwal steps in
The Hindu – 2 January 2014
JNU students give blankets to homeless
Sahara Samay – 2 January 2014
Kejriwal orders porta cabins as night shelters for homeless
Indian Express – 2 January 2014
Two found dead in open, porta cabins ordered for homeless
Times of India – 2 January 2014
All SDMs told to spot sites to set up night shelters
IBN Live – 1 January 2014
Homeless battles cold as night shelters lack basic facilities
Business Standard – 1 January 2014
Nothing new in New Year for Delhi – NCR homeless
NetIndian – 1 January 2014
Delhi govt. to provide more night shelters for the homeless
IBN Live – 1 January 2014
45 new night shelters to be built in Delhi 48 hours: Govt sources
2013
NDTV – 31 December 2013
AAP Minister Manish Sisodia visits homeless shelter, stops for paranthas
IBN Live – 29 December 2013
Despite Kejriwal’s assurances, no action yet in demolition by Railways
Daily Bhaskar – 13 November 2013
Great Leap Forward: Finally, Delhi’s homeless find identity ahead of Assembly Elections
The Times of India – 31 October 2013
LG plans committee for homeless
The Hindu – 25 October 2013
Street dwellers
IBN Live – 20 October 2013
Delhi polls: 7,000 homeless find place on voter’s list
The Times of India – 5 October 2013
Social workers take out rally to extend solidarity with homeless
BBC News – 4 October 2013
A night with Delhi’s homeless
The Hindu – 4 October 2013
Dekhi: The missing law
The Times of India – 14 June 2013
Homeless protest against police in Connaught Place
The Times of India – 7 June 2013
Food scheme to widen net
Hindustan Times – 17 May 2013
Use land to build shelter for homeless, not memorials
Deccan Herald – 16 April 2013
Sheltering the homeless
Hindustan Times – 15 April 2013
Homeless woman killed, NGO blames cops
The Times of India – 11 April 2013
Night shelter chief says sorry to HC
OneWorld South Asia – 10 April 2013
Delhi Government indifferent to homeless women: NGOs
The Tribune – 9 April 2013
Highest number of deaths of homeless in Delhi
The Times of India – 1 April 2013
Night shelter attacked, women and kids hurt
The Times of India – 21 March 2013
Night shelter chief may be axed
The Hindu – 14 March 2013
NHRC orders Rs. 1 lakh relief for woman who delivered in park following police beating
The Raw Story – 14 March 2013
India to give small plots of land to homeless rural poor
Zee News – 14 March 2013
Govt readies Bill to provide roofs to homeless
The Hindu – 12 March 2013
Landless poor to rally for “right to shelter”
The Times of India – 12 March 2013
Night shelter razed, agencies in a fix
FirstPost – 7 March 2013
Homeless families numbers 5.3 lakh in India: Maken
Daily Mail – 8 February 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 – 6 February 2013
Difficult to handle other states’ homeless: Dikshit
Hindustan Times – 5 February 2013
Bus shelters only refuge for homeless
CBS News – January 2013
Cold and Homeless in India
The Wall Street Journal – 9 January 2013
Sheltering Delhi’s freezing homeless
FirstPost – 8 January 2013
Delhi’s homeless prefer freezing streets to ‘dirty, unsafe’ shelters
The Hindu – 8 January 2013
Ten officers suspended for night shelter scam in Delhi
The Times of India – 8 January 2013
Homeless women still unsafe
The Times of India – 8 January 2013
In a shelter but not really protected
The Times of India – 8 January 2013
Government blames corporation for night shelter scam
The Asian Age – 8 January 2013
56k homeless but Delhi spends ‘900cr on CP
Press TV – 7 January 2013
Homeless people in India battling cold weather
The Times of India – 7 January 2013
Rs. 20 Crore meant for night shelters in Delhi siphoned off
The Hindu – 6 January 2013
Mother of all troubles
The Hindu – 6 January 2013
The people behind the fog
IBN Live – 5 January 2013
Delhi: Shelters for homeless inadequate, in deplorable conditions
IBN Live – 4 January 2013
Delhi govt wakes up to homeless’ plight, to inspect night shelters and set up 20 more
IBN Live – 4 January 2013
Delhi doesn’t take care of its workers, rues the city’s homeless
The Times of India – 4 January 2013
Record cold proves a sore trial for homeless
The Times of India – 4 January 2013
Extra night shelters to house homeless
Reuters – 3 January 2013
Coldest weather in decades hits India; group says 107 dead
RTE One – 3 January 2013
Over 100 homeless people have died in cold weather in India
Oneindia – 3 January 2013
For millions of Indian homeless, life’s a cruel joke
NDTV – 2 January 2013
With Delhi freezing, public toilets outside AIIMS used as shelter by homeless patients
Hindustan Times – 2 January 2013
Protect Delhi’s homeless from chill, HC tells government
Hindustan Times – 2 January 2013
Sleep a luxury for Delhi’s homeless
India Today – 1 January 2013
What New Year, ask Delhi’s homeless who shiver as city’s temperature dips further
Audio-Visual Clippings – 2013
NDTV – 19 June 2013
I don’t want my old life of begging again: Delhi homeless boy
NDTV – 18 June 2013
Now I have quit ‘gutkha’, cigarettes and alcohol: Delhi homeless girl
WA Today – May 25, 2013
Homeless on the streets of New Delhi
2012
IBN Live – 31 December 2012
Delhi homeless brave winter chill worsened by State apathy, police abuse
Hindustan Times – 15 December 2012
In search of shelter
The Tribune – 9 December 2012
150 shelters not enough for the homeless
The Hindu – 8 December 2012
High Court declines to order Delhi Govt. to increase number of night shelters
The Times of India – 8 December 2012
Try to house homeless in unused govt buildings: HC
Hindustan Times – 6 December 2012
Adequate night shelters for homeless: Govt to HC
Deccan Herald – 6 December 2012
Karawal Nagar to get 200-bed healthcare centre
Business Standard – 5 December 2012
Night shelters are not in living conditions: NGO to HC
The Pioneer – 2 December 2012
Night shelters all set to house the homeless
The Times of India – 2 December 2012
Haryana, UP at fault for homeless count: Sheila
The Hindu – 2 December 2012
Improving, but more needed
The Hindu – 2 December 2012
Many remain underutilised
The Hindu – 2 December 2012
Large at heart; short on resources
Zee News – 1 December 2012
Dikshit’s direction for accommodation to pavement dwellers
Hindustan Times – 1 December 2012
Upgrade night shelters, CM tells officials
The Times of India – 1 December 2012
Government’s cold attitude fatale for Delhi’s homeless
Deccan Herald – 1 December 2012
Night shelters underutilized: Dikshit
The Hindu – 29 November 2012
Delhi Govt. displacing slum dwellers mindlessly
NDTV – 29 November 2012
India’s urban homeless: The invisible citizens
The Hindu – 22 November 2012
Shelter for all
The Hindu – 21 November 2012
6,000 homeless persons get voter-ID cards in Delhi
Hindustan Times – 20 November 2012
Delhi’s homeless to get voter ID cards
ABC Online – 20 November 2012
Harsh winter raises concerns for Delhi’s homeless
The Hindu – 19 November 2012
Slum Dwellers plan show of strength
The Tribune – 12 November 2012
Activists discuss plight of homeless people
Deccan Herald – 9 November 2012
Homeless death toll alarming
Deccan Herald – 30 October 2012
Officials don’t care about night shelters
Zeenews – 23 October 2012
Some ‘sukun’ for city’s homeless rickshaw pullers
The Times of India – 21 October 2012
New rickshaw a blessing for pullers
Deccan Herald – 20 October 2012
Homeless need more shelters