Govt to develop two 'smart' cities in each state

The government is planning to develop two 'smart' cities with a host of modern features like intelligent transport and carbon neutral status in each of the states in the second phase of the......

Former home secretary Baijal to be new Delhi LG

Career bureaucrat Anil Baijal was on Wednesday appointed as the new Lt Governor of Delhi, a post which has fallen vacant after sudden resignation of Najeeb Jung. Seventy-year-old Baijal, a 1969......

Don't know how relationship with AAP govt will improve: Baijal after swearing-in

IMAGE: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal greets Anil Baijal after he was sworn in as the New Lieutenant Governor at Raj Niwas in New Delhi on Saturday. Photographs: Atul Yadav/PTI Photo Amid......

Crores spent yet Yamuna remains dirty

A parliamentary panel has noted that Yamuna river seems "dirtier" than before despite Rs 6,500 crore having been spent on its clean-up even as a project to lay interceptor sewers along the three......

Something to cheer for commercial vehicles sector

Commercial Vehicles: Budget 2013-14 Analysis Budget Provisions Proposal to allocate Rs 14873 crore to Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission. Proposal to purchase 10,000 buses under......

PM for urban reforms to check chaos

Noting that urban chaos was becoming a way of life, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday emphasised on urban reforms, saying cities and towns are not an acceptable face of a rapidly......

Column: Meeting the urban challenge effectively

The gap between promise and achievement in JNNURM is enormous, writes Subir Roy. The only positive change visible in Indian cities indicating that policy and action to meet the urban challenge are......

Repeal of land ceiling Act paves way for funds

The prices of properties in Mumbai may or may not get affected by the repeal of the Urban Land Ceiling Act but it would certainly provide impetus to urban infrastructure projects in various cities......