In October 2023, Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee – also known for a tendency to rename – decided to replace the word bustee that is slums with the Bengali word Uttaran (uplift). While the ...

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 ...

Sultana Begum, the great-granddaughter-in-law of the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, lives in a Kolkata slum in stark contrast to her royal heritage. She faces financial hardships ...

The final stop of day 1 of the trophy tour in Kolkata was the scenic Prinsep Ghat along the banks of the Hooghly River. This homecoming celebration in Kolkata marks the culmination of KKR's Trophy ...

The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 championship trophy took a ride through the City of Joy as the Kolkata Knight Riders concluded their celebratory Trophy Tour in spectacular fashion ...

The trophy tour will now head back to Kolkata as the team edges closer to its opening match of the season against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru on March 22.

Calcutta High Court has directed Suresh Rajbanshi to serve a seven-month prison term for sexually abusing a minor in 1998. Convicted in 2016, Rajbanshi appealed on grounds of the child's allegedly ...

The husbands of the two women whose bodies along with that of a girl were found in their Kolkata residence are likely to be arrested, a senior officer said. The decision to arrest the husbands ...

Earthquake in Kolkata Today Highlights: An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 on the Richter scale struck the Bay of Bengal in the early hours of Tuesday, according to the National Center for Seismology ...