Rampant illegal construction, flouting of building norms without checking the bearing capacity of the city’s soil, needs to ...

The case of the tilted buildings first came to light on January 11, when one such structure in South Kolkata’s Bagha Jatin ...

Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has decided not to proceed with the demolition of the old building on Christopher Road that has tilte.

Husna-Tara Prakash, Sreemati Mukherjee and Devasis Chattopadhyay discuss Kolkata as a vibrant city in the 19th century at ...

A 15-year-old leeway by KMC allowing unsanctioned three-storey buildings has led to widespread illegal constructions in south Kolkata. Thousands of buildings, especially in the Tollygunge-Jadavpur ...

The proverbial "joy" is steadily fading away from the faces of lower and middle-class families living in and around the City of Joy as reports of tilting low-budget high-rises continue to trickle in ...

KOLKATA: A 237-year-old building on 9 Chowringhee Road, right in the heart of the city, has withstood earthquakes, weathered cyclones, and witnessed the changing course of Kolkata’s and India ...

Sixty-two structures illuminated in exactly 14 months — about one historic building a week — that’s what Mudar Patherya has to show in the annual report of The Kolkata Restorers, the one-man ...

In an unfortunate incident, a building in Kolkata tilted during repair work ... On the same day, a portion of an old, one-storey building in a bustling marketplace collapsed in Navi Mumbai.

A four-storey building in Kolkata`s Baghajatin area, located in Vidyasagar Colony, collapsed on January 14 while it was under renovation. Fortunately, there were no casualties as the building had ...

Owners of under-construction tilted building in Kolkata oppose KMC demolition, claiming lack of official order, sparking protests.

Kolkata’s buildings embody not only the finest Victorian architecture introduced by the British during the Raj but also the ...