Trying to keep pace with the infrastructure development in Tibet by China, the Border Road Organisation (BRO) is constructing 61 roads along Indo-China border covering a total length of 3377 Km in five States including Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh. With reports of intrusions pouring in from Arunachal Pradesh top priority is being given to develop the road network in the State.

The Centre has sanctioned Rs 2,629 crore to relocate by 2020 about 3.5 lakh people from the subsidence-prone parts of the Asansol-Ranigunj-Durgapur coal belt.

According to the Asansol-Durgapur Development Authority (Adda) estimates, about 8,050 acres will be needed to rehabilitate nearly 80,000, mostly rural, families.

Gunjan Pradhan Sinha

PRASHANT PANDEY

Three more cities -- Ambala, Kanpur and Dehra Dun -- were on Wednesday included on the list of counter-magnet cities for the national capital region (NCR) with the aim to check migration in Delhi.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said his government was

While the Delhi Government has revised DTC fares to overcome the financial crunch, the irony is that it is all set to spend again about Rs 60 lakh after having spent Rs 35 lakh earlier only to `study' the feasibility of Rs 1,100 crore elevated East-West Corridor connecting Anand Vihar ISBT to New Delhi Railway station.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor work on the peripheral road of Gottigere in Bangalore City. The apex court has stayed the High Court order in this regard.

The Chinese government has vowed to provide a soft loan of Rs.

Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee

Managing a country's limited resources for development purposes is not exactly taught even in the world's best B-schools. It comes with years of ground experience and foresight.