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: A leeway extended by KMC about 15 years ago, which allowed construction of three-storey buildings in south Kolkata 'colony areas' without plan sanction, has come back to haunt the civic body.

Borough executive engineers were asked to take stock of the condition of the insecure buildings following the partial collapse of five unsafe houses across the city in the past six days. Though the ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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.

The Kolkata Police made multiple arrests, including of a promoter and owner of a construction company, in connection to the case of multiple apartment buildings in the city recently being found ...

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

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 ...