Bhopal, Surat, Udaipur to be India's first smart citiesOf the 100 cities, the seven have taken a lead with most projects completed. Bhopal has completed 92% projects, Surat 82.44%, Udaipur 78%, ...
5 workers dead after under-construction building slab collapses in PuneFire brigade and police personnel were engaged in rescuing those trapped under the debris at the site at Shastrinagar in Yerwada area of th...
Calcutta HC grants bail to Saradha chit fund scam accusedMoving the bail petition before the high court, the petitioner's lawyer Jayanta Narayan Chatterjee contended that she was arrested on April...
Smart city mission fund utilisation doubles post lockdownA big factor in this doubling of expenditure has been a major thrust on construction activities by the government. At the time same time, t...
India money supply surge signals pandemic-related uncertainty, not growthCurrency in circulation, which measures money with the public and in banks has also surged.
Centre to release report card of 'smart cities' in JuneIt will help cities in moving towards data-driven governance that will eventually improve liveability.
Cities to get ranked on citizen feedbackFor the first time, the Centre has initiated a ranking of India’s most populous 114 cities that would reveal which are the best to live in ...
T-Hub, Smart Cities Mission and NITI Aayog host Smart City ArcadeThe event had Jayesh Ranjan, Principal Secretary, Government of Telangana (I&C, ITE&C), and Kunal Kumar, Mission Director of SCM as keynote...
Pune raises Rs 200 crore in first municipal bond issue in 14 yearsProceeds from the issue, raised at a coupon of 7.59 per cent and oversubscribed six times, will be used for a Rs 2,300-crore water project.
A dozen civic bodies to raise Rs 6k cr through bonds in 2017Municipal bonds were first issued by Bangalore Municipal Corporation in 1997 and till 2013 a total of 25 municipal bonds worth Rs 1,485 cro...
L&T set to convert Pune into smart city, gets LoIThe letter of intent was handed over to representatives of L&T Construction's Smart World and Communication business unit, which will be ex...
Rethink what you thought you knew about Indian food price inflationThe government has mooted an upgrade of its growth forecasts, citing the prospect of lower interest rates thanks to easing food-price infla...
Municipal commissioner of Pune,Kunal Kumar wants to announce open-data policies, like in London & SingaporeKunal Kumar sounds more like the CEO of a technology company than the municipal commissioner of Pune, given how often he uses terms like op...
Super 30 student wins Tokyo university callA student of Super 30, hailing from unprivileged section of the society, has been selected by the University of Tokyo for higher education.
Encounter between Maoists and security forces before polling began in JharkhandThe rebels opened fire at the security forces but in the strong retaliatory action by the security personnel the ultras fled into the fores...
Congress councillor gives CBI documents on Saradha scamMeanwhile, arrested scam kingpin Sudipta Sen appeared before the Shyamal Sen Commission, formed by West Bengal government to probe the scam.
Concern in Rajya Sabha over killing of Indian writer Sushmita Banerjee in Afghanistan"It is a cold blooded murder," Kunal Kumar Ghosh (Trinamool Congress) said, raising the issue during Zero Hour.