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Gazette notification: India's growth story shall be written on the canvas of"Planned Urban Development"

Bengaluru's city corporations can raise funds via municipal bonds for infrastructure, with a focus on ongoing projects and a ₹7,000 crore grant for development.

Uber partners with Ixigo’s AbhiBus to launch service

Government of India press release: CSIR-NIScPR organised the National Capacity Building Workshop on “Traditional medicin...

Contrary to popular belief Tehran is a relatively new capital, but the surrounding region has evidence of human presence dating back over 6,000 years

External Affairs minister S. Jaishankar said the IRIS Lavan is docked in the southern city of Kochi after India granted permission when the vessel reported “having problems” on March 1.

This is neither a sentimental nor a self-conscious book, although it is redolent with the author’s memories of the city and stories about older, other times

‘Association of owners formed under KAOA is the right body to manage residential apartments, not cooperative societies’

While the Ernakulam Rural Police arrested 16 alleged offenders, the Kochi City Police nabbed 10 accused during the day-long drive

Government of India press release: NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of two municipal sanitati...

Mayor Ritu Tawde has formally requested to Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel to provide two pairs of Asiatic lions for the city zoo

Government of India press release: AI ROBOT POWERS THE NEXT GENERATION OF URBAN SANITATION IN THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

Raids were carried out in 91 locations in Kozhikode city. District Police Chief (Kozhikode city) said two suspects were arrested, apart from serving notice on 21 other account holders

A tourist from the Netherlands lost her expensive earbuds during a visit to Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar while exploring the old city in an autorickshaw

“A city is a dream made visible.”The conception of Lavasa was precisely in this spirit. Envisioned as a privately planned hill city in the Western Ghats, it aspired to translate the idea of urban living into reality by combining homes, public spaces and a shared civic life within a self-contained settlement. Inspired by the romances of the Italian town of Portofino, Lavasa represented an experiment in India’s urban imagination, where a private enterprise attempted to build a city and not just a

The State govt. has also allowed the new corporations to mobilise resources for development works through ‘municipal bonds’ based on their balance sheets

Seeing strong momentum for digital on trusted platforms, said Prabhjeet Singh, President, Uber India and South Asia

Punjab reduces electricity rates for domestic, commercial consumers from April 1

The new offering expands Uber's intercity portfolio, enabling riders to plan and book long-distance bus journeys with the same trusted Uber experience: Reports

Stalin is expected to kick off his election campaign at the ruling party’s 12th State conference at Siruganur on outskirts of the city; Minister K.N. Nehru is overseeing arrangements for the meet

Government of India press release: Jal Sanchay Jan Bhagidari: How Korea’s 5% Model Turned Water Scarcity into Water Secu...

Established state-level Real Estate Regulatory Authorities to protect homebuyers, promote transparency, and ensure timely delivery of real estate projects. Required registration of all projects and agents, escrow for buyer funds.

India's first major urban reform programme aimed at infrastructure development, urban governance reform, and provision of basic services to the urban poor in 65 mission cities. Required urban local body reforms as conditionality.

Constitutional amendment providing constitutional status to urban local bodies (municipalities), mandating regular elections, reservation for SC/ST and women, and decentralisation of urban governance.