Bengaluru man’s three hour ORR commute highlights city’s traffic nightmare and severe congestionA Bengaluru resident's viral social media post highlighted the city's severe traffic congestion on the Outer Ring Road, where he spent over...
Energy bills dropping? Americans to see automatic cuts under new May rule — hidden detailsElectricity bills are going down for some people in Connecticut from May 2026. The new rule will give automatic monthly savings on power bi...
'Never trust banks...lost ₹15L': Businessman loses Rs 15 lakh after bank employee’s '100% tax-free' promise turns out to be a costly tax trapA young businessman running a company with ₹1 crore annual revenue was convinced by bank officials to buy three non-market linked insurance...
Two Pakistani nationals among 3 escape from Observation home in Jammu, investigation underwayThree inmates escaped the Observation Home in R.S. Pura, Jammu, on Monday evening. The escapees include Karajeet Singh and two Pakistani na...
Product recall: Pura scents recalls over 850,000 diffusers, offers free replacement covers; here’s how to get yoursPura Scents has announced a recall of over 850,000 smart home fragrance diffusers. The recall is due to a potential hazard involving magnet...
Huawei launches Pura 80 smartphone series in next step of China comebackHuawei launched its Pura 80 smartphone series, marking a major step in its comeback amid US sanctions. The flagship line, featuring advance...
Bengaluru Hebbal flyover ramp shut from today. Check traffic diversion and advisory on airport routeStarting today, the Hebbal flyover KR Pura upramp will be closed for all vehicular traffic except two-wheelers. The closure, expected to la...
GMR Airports joint venture Angkasa Pura Aviasi starts operating Indonesia's Medan airportThe joint venture formally took over the operations of Medan airport in the presence of Budi Karya Sumadi, Minister of Transportation; Eric...
Pak targets BOPs, civilian hamlets; BSF jawan killed"There was heavy firing and mortar shelling on BoPs and villages along IB in R S Pura and Arnia sectors of Jammu district overnight and con...
PuraCap suit may impact Cipla's $550-million dealIn an email response seeking comment, PuraCap said its complaint was publicly available at the US District Court for the Southern District ...
Pakistan violates ceasefire again, opens fire in RS Pura sectorViolating the ceasefire, Pakistani Rangers today opened fire at Tawi area in R S Pura sector of Jammu district.
Pakistan shells 25 Border Out Posts, 19 hamlets along Jammu BorderIn the firing and shelling, 2 people were killed and 6 others including a BSF jawan were injured and 5 houses suffered damaged.
Launch of Provision of Urban Amenities to Rural Areas (PURA) pilot projects delayedJairam Ramesh said PURA projects were pending in Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra and Puducherry.
- Rural development: Bigger private role for village projects now
With over 800 million people, 600,000 villages and an economy of $500 billion plus, India's countryside carries a lot of politico-economic ...
- A P J Kalam's PURA project a 'complete failure': Jairam Ramesh
A P J Abdul Kalam's dream project to provide urban amenities in rural areas has 'completely failed', Rural Development Minister Jairam Rame...
- Provision of Urban amenities in Rural Areas might be extended to 2,000 new towns identified by 2011 Census
Jairam Ramesh said urban development provides infra in urban areas and rural development in rural areas. PURA should do the same for r-urba...
- Kalam asks to focus on employment generation
Former President A P J Abdul Kalam has said that all activities under Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas (PURA) should focus on emplo...