A major fire broke out in a slum in the Narkeldanga area of the city in which one person was killed, a Fire Brigade official ...

Deadly slum fire in Narkeldanga kills one, leaves 200 homeless, with 30 shanties gutted and 17 fire tenders deployed.

The charred body of Habibullah Mollah (65), a rag picker was recovered from a gutted shanty after fire brigade personnel ...

One person died in a blaze that gutted at least 30 shanties in Narkeldanga area of the metropolis, a fire brigade official said on Sunday. Seventeen fire tenders were pressed into service to douse the ...

Seventeen fire tenders fought the blaze for over five hours to contain the flames which were first spotted at around 10 pm on ...

Kolkata: Massive fire engulfed several shanties on the wee hours of Sunday in Narkeldanga area in north Kolkata leaving one ...

The charred body of Habibullah Mollah (65), a rag picker was recovered from a gutted shanty after fire brigade personnel ...

Writer, columnist and social commentator Jeremy Seabrook died in London last November. A protégé and kindred spirit recalls a ...

Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) has been a landmark initiative in India’s housing sector, providing an ambitious solution ...

Mayor Firhad Hakim has announced that the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will provide adequate compensation to those who ...

A massive fire broke out in a slum near the canal in Narkeldanga on Saturday night, leaving one person dead and destroying at least 40 shanties.

By Dhurjati Mukherjee Urbanisation in India has emerged as a big problem as most cities are expanding in an unplanned manner, ...