The Paradip port has achieved a major milestone to its credit changing its standing among the major ports in the country. Speaking to The Hindu, the chairman of the Paradip Port Trust (PPT), Mr.

The West Bengal Municipal Act,1993, which governs all municipalities in the state, has been recommended as a model law by the National Conference for Good Urban Governance, held in Delhi .

The Cabinet has approved the commencement of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) as a 100 per cent Centrally-sponsored scheme and has also decided to set up a Group of Ministers (GoM) to work

A $225 million loan package is being finalised by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to be forwarded to the Uttar Pradesh government for the conservation of Taj Mahal-a world heritage site.

The Union Minister for Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation, Mr. Ananth Kumar, today called for evolving a viable, self-propelled and effective delivery system as part of the scheme for good

Mumbai will be among one of the world's largest cities by 2015, while London will lost its place as one of the 30 most populated cities in the world, a US sociologist has

India needs an investment of about $65 billion to meet its urban infrastructure development programme, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) said yesterday. The chamber said massive investments

Non-functioning of a majority of consumer water metres coupled with inadequate and inefficient manpower to record their readings has been resulting in huge revenue losses to the Delhi Jal Board (DJB)

The Delhi High Court has issued notices to the Union Government, the Delhi Government,the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), traders dealing in hazardous chemicals and others on an application

Britain has pledged a Rs 700 crore grant to West Bengal for a comprehensive poverty alleviation-cum-slum development program to be implemented over a 10-year