No property in the city will remain outside the property tax net in another few months, mayor Firhad Hakim said on Saturday.  The Calcutta Municipal Corporation (CMC) has started organising spec...

G.M. Kapur  of Intach, Calcutta, says, “Not all development looks incongruous.” He cites the examples of Srijan House at 36/1A Elgin Road and the DBS Bank building at the crossing of ...

City residents can now upload pictures and state their complaints about civic services through a new WhatsApp service that the Calcutta Municipal Corporation (CMC) will launch next week Show to Mayor...

IIM Calcutta has decided to switch to online classes from Monday after 28 one-year MBA executive programme students tested Covid positive over the past few days. In all, 76 students are pursuing the ...

The Calcutta Metro Railway has been asked to test the soil condition in Bowbazar to decide the fate of the buildings that have developed major cracks, the city's mayor Firhad Hakim said on Friday....

The 16.6-km-long East-West corridor, connecting the twin cities of Calcutta and Howrah, is under construction in the congested area, marked by several old and dilapidated structures. A senior Calcutt...

The alleged anomalies in recruitment through the school service commission (SSC) has laid bare the power struggle within the Trinamul Congress with urban development minister Firhad Hakim throwing his...

Results of Sunday’s elections to the 107 civic bodies showed on Wednesday that the Left dislodged the BJP to emerge second in terms of poll percentage, something that was visible since the Calcu...

With the national focus on the five assembly elections — particularly in the all-important state of Uttar Pradesh — it is understandable that the recent round of elections to municipalitie...

When a city grows, its denizens seldom have reason to cheer. Because cities seldom grow. Leaning on actual and amplified demand, cheered on by corporators, administrators and ambassadors, cities overv...