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

KOLKATA: One person died in a blaze that gutted at least 30 shanties in Narkeldanga area of the metropolis, a fire brigade ...

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

Kolkata: A day after tensions flared up at Narkeldanga following a fire, leading to a clash between the councillor and the ...

I inquired about her shortly before the publication of this story and learned that her slum has been bulldozed to make way for a high-rise residential building. Flats in that part of Kolkata can ...

Firefighters, aided by army personnel, are battling to contain the inferno amid strong northwesterly winds that have complicated their efforts Our Web Desk Published 21.12.24, 08:54 PM ...

Slums proliferated. “What you see in India is that there is an inbuilt inequality at all levels,” said Ashish Avikunthak, a University of Rhode Island professor who grew up in Kolkata.

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

Kolkata: Massive fire engulfed several shanties ... While other residents managed to run out of their slums when the fire engulfed the shanties, Habibulla Mollar, who was said to be sleeping ...

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 ...

KOLKATA: One person died in a blaze that gutted ... Meanwhile, after Hakim left, a section of the slum dwellers shouted slogans against local councillor Sachin Singh, accusing him of setting ...