KOLKATA: One person died in a blaze that gutted at least 30 shanties in Narkeldanga area of the metropolis ... Meanwhile, after Hakim left, a section of the slum dwellers shouted slogans against ...

An official said, “The impetus for this change came directly from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in 2023. While virtually ...

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 ...

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 ...

“This place is different from the other slums that we have visited in Kolkata, where we have students enrolled,” said Sourav Ganguly, a junior administrative executive with the CSP and a former ...

“For almost a week we went without water, though there are four taps provided by the Kolkata Municipal ... main road as those inside the slum barely function.” People like Naskar and Sharma are caught ...