The Maharashtra government's ambitious slum redevelopment scheme, intended to rehouse slumdwellers free of cost with the help of private developers, has virtually come to a standstill over the past

Here is a slip down the ladder that comes as good news for corporates. Mumbai is no longer ranked among the 10 most expensive cities in the world. This will be a major plus point for India as global

Gujarat State urban development minister I K Jadeja on Tuesday assured the Assembly that the government would make a strong plea to the Centre to accord mega city status for Ahmedabad as its

The Orissa Government is taking up major sewerage improvement and institutional strengthening projects at Bhubaneswar, Puri, Cuttack, Paradip and Sambalpur. In this regard, it is planning to raise Rs

For the funds-starved local bodies, particularly panchayats, the Finance Minister, C. Ponnaiyan, today promised to release Rs. 1505 crores as State Finance Commission grants in the coming fiscal year

The District (Dhangadhi) Land Reforms Office (DLRO) of Kailali has started distributing money for construction of houses to the ex-Kamaiyas who have been rehabilitated after they were freed in

In a far-reaching decision, the Centre has allowed mixing of five per cent ethanol in petrol, use by the automobile sector, in place of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) to check pollution. The use

The Planning Commission has approved an outlay of Rs 26,681 crore for the Delhi government under the Tenth Five Year Plan (2002-07). With this, the state's outlay has become twice the actual Ninth

A study conducted by the Centre for Science and Environment has revealed that fuel adulteration in the city goes undetected because detection methods and standards are too weak. Acting on a Supreme

The Karnataka Slum Clearance Board (KSCB) launched the 'Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana' which envisages residential facility for slum dwellers in urban concentrations of the State. Over the next four