Since then, for over seven decades now, the slum on the terrace of Karnani Estate has been home to families whose ancestors ...

Post-Second World War and India’s Independence ... a tendency to rename – decided to replace the word bustee that is slums with the Bengali word Uttaran (uplift). While the Kolkata Municipal ...

Kolkata, Feb 9 (PTI) One person died in a blaze ... Meanwhile, after Hakim left, a section of the slum dwellers shouted slogans against local councillor Sachin Singh, accusing him of setting ...

Kolkata, India (CNN) — Not far from the place I once ... life's cadences remain much the same for people like my friend Amina. She lives in a slum in the shadow of Quest. She is part of a ...

Kolkata: A day after tensions flared up at Narkeldanga ... Back at the site, more than two days after the fire at the slum on Canal (West) Road, the beleaguered families struggled to begin life ...

Seventeen fire tenders fought the blaze for over five hours to contain the flames which were first spotted at around 10 pm on Saturday and fully extinguished at around 3 am on Sunday.