Twelve new smart cities in India will be developed as dedicated industrial hubs focusing on sectors like electric vehicles, pharmaceuticals...

The Supreme Court dismissed a plea to declare Agra as a heritage city, stating there is no evidence that such a declaration would benefit t...

Indore has also won the best city award in the 'urban environment' category for "air quality improvement and Ahilya Van along with vertical...

The Narendra Modi government launched its flagship Smart Cities Mission on June 25, 2015 and 100 cities were selected for redevelopment thr...

The ministry of housing and urban affairs has ordered the assessment of infrastructure created for citizen safety at public places in 12 sm...

The project comprises two components -- implementation of smart meters and Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI); and separation of agricu...

The Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has paired up 20 best performing cities with the 20 bottom cities and they will work as "siste...

In September 2016, Agra that houses historic Taj Mahal has been selected for the smart city with Rs 2,133 crore makeover spend.

The Gangajal programme will provide Agra with better water supply, benefitting both the residents of the city as well as tourists, official...

State capital Lucknow, Varansi, Kanpur and Agra were included in the list before. Development works are already in the last phase in these ...

The 32-page manifesto carried the photographs of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, his father and SP patron Mulayam Singh Yadav, but no snap o...

The new cities are from 12 states and have proposed to invest a total of Rs 66,883 crore under their respective Smart City plans.

Forty cities will be selected for the second phase of the Smart City Mission, which is likely to be announced by June, Rajya Sabha was told...

Lucknow is planning a dedicated cycle track throughout the city with cycles available for hire for connectivity to bus stops and heritage s...

At a time when New Delhi government is jostling over odd and even number plate car formula to motivate its citizens to opt eco-friendly mod...

Tamil Nadu has got 12 and Maharashtra 10. Madhya Pradesh will have seven smart cities and Gujarat and Karnataka will have six each.

To ensure better prospects, the government needs to improve traffic, power, water and healthcare, among other areas, research firm Zimmov s...