NGO visits slum on roof of Karnani Estate in central Kolkata, extends help to residents
The Telegraph Online had earlier reported on the people living for seven decades on the sixth floor roof of Karnani Estate on ...
A slum with 700 people living on the terrace of a multistorey Calcutta building
Since then, for over seven decades now, the slum on the terrace of Karnani Estate has been home to families whose ancestors ...
Kasba water row: KMC cracks whip
Kolkata: A day after allegations reached KMC headquarters that some slum residents in Kasba were suffering from water crisis ...
Sultana, the great-granddaughter of Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar reduced to a life of poverty; she is alive and lives here in India
Sultana Begum, the great-granddaughter-in-law of the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, lives in a Kolkata slum in stark ...
Kolkata Muncipal Corporation renames ‘bustee’ dept as uttaran’ after Mamata Banerjee’s instruction
An official said, “The impetus for this change came directly from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in 2023. While virtually ...
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Seeing the new India through the eyes of an invisible woman
I inquired about her shortly before the publication of this story and learned that her slum has been bulldozed to make way for a high-rise residential building. Flats in that part of Kolkata can ...
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Fire breaks out in Kolkata slum, one dead
Kolkata, Feb 9 (PTI) One person died in a blaze ... Meanwhile, after Hakim left, a section of the slum dwellers shouted slogans against local councillor Sachin Singh, accusing him of setting ...
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Great granddaughter-in-law of India's last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar battling poverty in Kolkata slum
After the demise of Sultana's husband, Prince Mirza Bedar Bukht, in the 1980s, she has struggled to survive and support her ...