Beniapukur police demolish one shanty, cite court order to evict residents who say no documents shown; local councillor ...

The Hope Foundation for Street Children (HOPE) has received a generous £10,000 grant from The Mercers’ Company Philanthropy ...

As the centre of India’s demographic gravity shifts towards its bursting cities, it must make a choice that will determine ...

In December, she departed for India, arriving in Calcutta on 6 January 1929 ... On 21 December she went for the first time to the slums. She visited families, washed the sores of some children ...

According to sources from the fire department, the fire was so intense that entering the factory was not possible. Fire ...

When Italian doctor Maria Montessori got detained in India during World War II, she turned her unexpected stay into an ...

New Delhi — A fire tore through a hotel in the city of Kolkata in eastern India, killing at least 14 people, police said Wednesday. Senior police officer Manoj Kumar Verma told reporters that ...

Odisha will conduct civil defence mock drills across 12 districts on Wednesday to prepare for potential wartime situations, Director General of Fire and Emergency Services Sudhanshu Sarangi announced ...

Most victims died of suffocation, while at least one person died trying to jump from the roof of the Kolkata hotel. At least 14 have been killed, including two children, in a fierce hotel fire ...