The number of households in Karnataka has increased from 10.6 million in 1991 to 13.8 million in 2001, marking a growth of 30.3 per cent. Nine million houses are located in rural areas and the

With the Assembly elections round the corner, the Delhi government is unlikely to implement an ad valorem system of road tax for private non-commercial vehicles. The state government was to introduce

India along with China is poised to stamp Asia's reputation as being one of themost exciting and prosperous regions to live, an industry monitor said. Of the 24 cities singled out as future risign

Jadavpur University's Centre for Quality Management System in Kolkata surveyed samples of packaged drinking water in public interest and found their microbial count way above the permissible limit.

The Union Ministry of Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation sanctioned 27 new schemes involving an investment of Rs 217.54 crore during the year 2002-03 for the North-Eastern States and Sikkim.

The ministry of surface transport and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) seem to have had second thoughts again on the actual date when the Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) part of the

The Delhi government will soon bring out a white paper on JJ clusters and slums in a bid to plug the gap in implementation of rehabilitation policy for JJ clusters.A decision to this effect was taken

The Madras HIgh Court today stayed a Union Ministry of Environment and Forests notification stipulating that "buildings of archaeological and historical importance or under public use should not be

A meeting on public-private partnership in water management today emphasisted the need for a regulatory authority on water tariff, management and services. The meeting, organised jointly by the

The district administration has embarked on a plan to establish 100 per cent road connectivity for all villages. The scheme aims at completing road works for 158 unconnected habitations for a total