On Tuesday, ports and fisheries minister Nitesh Rane wrote to the municipal commissioner, demanding that the reclaimed land be transferred to his department so that it could be monetised MUMBAI ...

The residents of the Karnani Estate terrace are living in a slum which they realise but do not want to accept... Calcutta's iconic multistorey building — the Karnani Estate — is opposite the prominent ...

Kolkata: In a bid to protect slum-dwellers from land sharks desperately trying to grab slum land for real estate projects, KMC will strive to bring these areas under thika land to enable the ...

The Telegraph Online had earlier reported on the people living for seven decades on the sixth floor roof of Karnani Estate on AJC Bose Road Help is at hand for the children and women who are the ...

Last week I went back to Calcutta, the city of the mind, in which I grew up, and which I still think of as home. The journey, through time and distance, was effected by my going to a Bengali ...

This is not the first time they have found themselves in this predicament. In 2012, the slum was razed, ironically for another road-widening project. While a few families were rehabilitated then ...

Battling sectarians have a long history of behaving in the manner of American leftists after George Floyd’s killing in 2020.

NEW DELHI, March 7 (Reuters) - India's Supreme Court on Friday asked billionaire Gautam Adani's conglomerate to respond to allegations of unfairly winning a bid to redevelop one of Asia's largest ...

Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders open their title defence in the Indian Premier League 2025 against Royal Challengers Bengaluru at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Saturday, March 22.

US Vice President JD Vance swears in John Ratcliffe as CIA Director as his wife Michele holds the Bible in the Vice Presidential ceremonial office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on ...

In this photo taken from video released by Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service. Russian Emergency Ministry employees gather to board one of two planes with rescuers to Myanmar following ...

A stunning visual journey through 10 black and white photos that beautifully freeze Kolkata’s timeless spirit. There’s ...