Some locals claimed that multiple LPG cylinders exploded, triggering the rapid movement of flames across the slum, a ...

Police said the cause of the fire could not be ascertained till late on Wednesday evening, as most of the shanties had been completely gutted, making it difficult for firefighters to locate the seat o ...

As the Ganges River's journey nears an end, it flows through a giant delta toward the Bay of Bengal. One of its branches carves a path through the heart of Calcutta, one of India's great cities.

A massive fire broke out in a slum area in Kolkata’s Newtown on Wednesday. Soon after receiving information, six fire tenders rushed to the spot to bring the flame under control, while four more were ...

Residents of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) have criticised a sequence in The Avengers that features the city's slums. In the film, The Hulk's alter ego Dr. Bruce Banner, played by Mark Ruffalo, is seen ...

NICE, France — French writer Dominique Lapierre, who was celebrated for his historical work on the World War II struggle to liberate Paris and a novel depicting a life of hardship in a Kolkata slum in ...