The high court on Friday asked the railways to submit the action taken report regarding its order for the removal of slum clusters along the railway lines in the Capital. Simultaneously, a welfare

The Asian Development Bank is expected to finance a $1.2 billion (Rs 3,400 crore) development plan for the preservation of the three World Heritage monuments in Agra, namely Taj Mahal, Agra Fort and

Can New Delhi, a city having a record of pathetic civic amenities, help other major Asian cities tide over their respective crisis of urban planning and development? Believe it or not, the other

The fate of three buildings of historical importance, located in the Walled City area is at last looking up with the newly reconstituted Delhi Urban Heritage Foundation deciding to adopt the Delhi

Baba Amte received the Gandhi Peace Prize for 1999 from President Mr K R Narayanan. The award is worth Rs 1

It will take many years before a scheme to transport water from the Yangtze River to supply the mainland's arid northeast provinces of China is ready for implementation, said Water Resources Minister

Ashok Leyland Ltd (ALL) has bagged an order worth over Rs 50 crore to supply 500 CNG buses to the Delhi government, a top company official said here. "We have secured an order for 500 compressed

Is the World Bank stipulation on rehabilitation of slum dwellers as a precondition for its Rs 700 crore loan for the Maharashtra government's urban transport policy justified? With the railway slum

The United Nations has agreed to a plan for the development of Indore under its Urban Management Programme with the participation of the local populace here. In Madhya Pradesh, Indore is the first

A seven-year-old girl was charred to death and 4,500 hutments were gutted in a major fire at Dharavi in central Mumbai today. Two slum dwellers were injured in the fire, which broke out in Asia's