Kolkata: Close to 1,000 dwellers of 220 families of Jhoro Bustee, a slum off Golf Club Road, have moved to the KMDA-built ...

Amlan Ganguly is a visionary. This lawyer-turned-community activist is not only changing a neighborhood, but also changing the way its youngest residents envision their lives. In this character-driven ...

She had done so in her home in the "bustees" -- the dense Calcutta slums -- while Rosalie Giffoniello and I sat on two plastic chairs, the only chairs in the room. The room was no more than eight feet ...

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 ...

This documentary - edited from the rushes of the longer Phantom India - shows the various stations of life and death in Calcutta, India. From the wealthy aristocrats to the lepers and untouchables, ...

The opening scenes of "The Avengers" -- showing Hulk's alter ego Dr. Bruce Banner in hiding in Kolkata's slums helping cure lepers -- has faced some criticism in India. “Kolkata has a rich culture and ...

Eight people were injured as a fire broke out at a slum in south Kolkata's Beltala area on Monday afternoon, officials said. A fire engine managed to put off the flames in an hour, they said. The ...

Born on Aug. 26, 1910, in what is now North Macedonia, St. Teresa of Calcutta left a lasting impact on the world. The beloved saint founded the Missionaries of Charity, working tirelessly to serve the ...