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 th.

Slums have come up on lands that were owned by zamindars, owners of factories who wanted to settle their workers near the ...

The group of 12 women from Wales were in the city for a two-week volunteering trip recently. They spent time with NGOs ...

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Minister Vishwas Sarang criticised Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner Harendra Narayan ...

Renowned poet, playwright, storyteller and critic Partap Sehgal received the 4th Azhar Alam Memorial award recently at Gyan ...

Prime Minister Modi warns of India regressing 21 years due to COVID-19, leading to strict lockdown and economic challenges.

Mother Teresa returned to Calcutta and found temporary lodging with the Little Sisters of the Poor. On 21 December she went for the first time to the slums. She visited families, washed the sores ...

The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) renamed its “Bustee (slum) Services department” to “Uttaran Services department” following West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s suggestion. The decision ...

In 1949 when CPI was banned by the government Samaresh was arrested. He faced police interrogation. In a powerful story ‘Sweekarokti’ ( The confession) he draws upon the memories of police ...