India’s rich history and diverse architectural heritage represents a tapestry of legacy, traditions, beliefs and cultural ...

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 ...

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: 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 ...

Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has decided not to proceed with the demolition of the old building on Christopher Road that has tilted after a new building was constructed next to it.

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 ...

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.