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

The Delhi High Court today asked the Centre and Delhi government to take a joint decision on the guidelines for regularisation of unautharised colonies on government

Things have come to a head in Jaipur between the ministries of urban development and tourism. Faced with congestion and unruly traffice in the walled city where most tourist attractions are located,

Court: The Bombay High Court has given the state government a fortnight to frame a time-bound schedule for the rehabilitation of slums along the suburban railway tracks or else, it would allow the

The urgent need for nationalisation of all rivers in the country was stressed by a top Tamil Nadu Congress leader in Chennai on Sunday and as a first step towards this, he wanted the subject to be

The Central Government has decided to set up a 'think tank' to study the civic problems of Varanasi, the world's oldest living city and suggest ways to rejuvenate its modern and ancient

Uttar Pradesh is all set to sign a MoU with the United Nations Development Programme some time next month at Lucknow, for preparation of the UP Human Development Report, 1999.