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Hawker eviction drive in Kolkata: New government, old playbook
June 21, 2026 11:37 am
The story of Kolkata’s hawkers goes back to successive waves of displacement that reshaped the city in the mid-20th century. The Bengal famine of 1943 and Partition in 1947 brought thousands of impoverished migrants and refugees to a city ill-equipped to absorb them.
TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee’s parents move Calcutta High Court to quash KMC notice on ‘unauthorised construction’
June 02, 2026 1:40 pm
After the new BJP government came to power in West Bengal, the KMC in May served notices on 17 properties owned or co-owned by Abhishek Banerjee in areas within its jurisdiction.
Demolish in 7 days or face action: Kolkata civic body serves notices to 17 properties linked to Abhishek Banerjee
May 20, 2026 2:34 am
The notices cover multiple residential and organisational properties, including those connected to Abhishek Banerjee's parents and company, Leaps and Bounds.
ED questions TMC Rashbehari MLA Debasish Kumar in Kolkata land-grabbing case
March 30, 2026 3:37 pm
Trinamool state vice-president Jayaprakash Majumdar slammed the ED summons to Debasish Kumar as pre-poll intimidation.
Congress’ lone KMC councillor joins BJP: ‘Adhir is good, but the party can’t uproot TMC’
March 24, 2026 11:25 am
BJP is likely to field Pathak from the Chowranghee seat in the Assembly polls, party sources said.
Mayor presents Rs 111 crore deficit budget for Kolkata Municipal Corporation, targets property tax collection to offset gap
February 14, 2026 10:16 am
Mayor Firhad Hakim presented the budget with an estimated expenditure of Rs 5902.43 crore against an income of Rs 5791.43 crore
Is ex-Kolkata Mayor's exile over? Mamata appoints former aide to key post, party leaders see ‘first step’ of his return
October 18, 2025 7:25 am
Sovan Chatterjee, who had quit TMC in 2018 to join BJP, met West Bengal CM in Darjeeling earlier this week
Kolkata Deputy Mayor blames ‘non-allocation of central funds’ for stray dog issue: ‘Civic body manages with its own resources’
August 20, 2025 4:01 am
Delhi is currently facing a severe stray dog crisis that prompted the Supreme Court to direct authorities to relocate street dogs to shelters
Kolkata Corporation drafts rules for uniform standards for conservation, management of heritage structures in city
May 17, 2025 2:48 pm
Kolkata Municipal Corporation has forwarded the draft guidelines to the West Bengal government for approval.
How Burrabazar hotel fire prompted closure of all rooftop restaurants in Kolkata
May 03, 2025 9:16 am
The Rituraj hotel fire revealed significant irregularities, with many fatalities attributed to suffocation as guests were unable to escape
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