K'taka portfolios: Siddaramaiah keeps finance, Shivakumar gets irrigation

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has allocated portfolios to ministers in his Cabinet, keeping the Finance department with himself while assigning the Irrigation and Bengaluru City Development......

Need to move from past to solve Cauvery water row

The Supreme Court and its committees, the two states and the central government must become objective and take the present and not just the past in mind, writes S L Rao. I was born in......

'Government of India should penalise Tamil Nadu government for floods'

'The Chennai floods in particular clearly show there is a nexus between corruption, disaster, destruction and death.' 'Urban development in India is the source of all corruption.'   Image:......

Urban Realtors Ride Redevelopment Bandwagon

15 to 25 per cent of property registrations in Mumbai come from redevelopment, with over 3,500 projects approved by May 2024. IMAGE: Mumbai high rises on a overcast day. Photograph: Hitesh......

Good news for regional airlines!

The civil aviation ministry has proposed a five-year exemption for 'regional airlines' from airport and navigation charges for destinations they fly. To improve regional connectivity and create......

Housing sales in India DIP between Jan-Aug

Housing sales fell by 42 per cent in the national capital region during the first eight months of 2012 calendar year and developers are looking at offloading their housing stocks in the festival......

'We are exploring setting up an aerotropolis'

'We would like to develop Andhra Pradesh into a logistics hub not only for India, but also for South Asia.' IMAGE: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy meets business tycoon Mukesh......