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Bengaluru Faces Urban Breakdown

Bengaluru is at a critical juncture, where its economic model, reliant on attracting and retaining skilled professionals, is directly threatened by a measurable decline in urban quality of life,......

BMC election: Colaba ward sees dismal 20.88% voter turnout

While the long-awaited Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation election saw Mumbaikars come out in vigour to exercise their franchise, a ward in the upscale Colaba area recorded a dismal turnout of......

Devendra Fadnavis is BJP's man of the match in Maharashtra polls

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has emerged as a key strategist behind the BJP's urban resurgence, steering the party to a landslide victory in the civic polls, proving that he can......

'Are they playing Big Boss?': Cong on new BJP president

The Congress on Tuesday took a swipe at the Bharatiya Janata Party after it formally declared Nitin Nabin as its new chief, saying the ruling party announced the president first and then stated......

How India Sleeps

Sleep is a basic human need. Yet for millions in India, it does not always come with the comfort of a bed, a sheet and a pillow. Or the safety of four walls. One of the strangest sights is people......

Economic Syrvey flags India's siloed city governance model

Every million-plus city should be required to prepare a statutory 20-year City Spatial and Economic Plan, updated every five years, with three non-negotiable elements — a transport network plan,......

Home loan growth: Tier-2, Tier-3 account for 64% of volumes

Home loan demand is moving away from core metropolitan markets, with Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities emerging as the dominant contributors to growth in 2025, a report said. Illustration: Dominic......

India's Housing Finance Sector Hits Home Run

India's housing finance sector is riding a wave of post-pandemic revival, driven by policy support, digital innovation, and growing demand from younger homebuyers in emerging cities. Illustration:......

India's household debt rises to 41.3% of GDP, above 5-yr avg

India’s household debt climbed to 41.3 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) at the end of March 2025, marking a sustained rise from its five-year average of 38.3 per cent, with......

Policy to make urban housing affordable soon

The government is finalising a policy for urban areas that will encourage the role of private players to make owning a house affordable in towns and cities. "Taking feedback from sectoral......

'Cinema Has A Limited Imagination Of Delhi'

'A majority of filmmakers cannot truly understand the city because they don't live here.' IMAGE: Filmmaker Anusha Rizvi with lead actor Kritika Kamra on the sets of The Great Shamsuddin Family.......

'I'm The Only Acknowledged Dalit In All Of Hindi Cinema History'

'If you look around the world at people of colour, religion, caste, sexuality or any of the marginalised communities, we are always talking in numbers.''We are always assigning them a statistic.'......

Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium to be revamped as Sports City

IMAGE: The Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi, which was built in 1982 for the Asian Games, later hosted the 2010 Commonwealth Games for which it was refurbished at a cost over Rs 900 crore.......

Gill: More Dhoni Than Kohli

A few months after his U-19 World Cup heroics, three senior journalists sought his cellphone number, which he readily provided -- only, he gave three different, but similar, numbers to the three of......