As India adds 100 Smart Cities, one tells a cautionary taleLavasa serves as a cautionary tale for India's $7.5 billion plan to turn 100 urban centres into Smart Cities by 2020, with high-speed inter...
03 Sep, 2018, 09.35 AM IST
This small township in Indore shows how India's biggest housing problem can be solvedAranya township is one of the wonders of India, houses are arranged around open spaces, organized into 10-home clusters to create a sense o...
13 Mar, 2018, 12.38 PM IST
Slum millionaires send taxmen on a wild goose chaseThe Gujarat Income Tax Department had sent out about 5,000 notices in Ahmedabad to those who made large cash deposits in banks during demon...
03 May, 2017, 06.50 PM IST
Poor excluded in Ahmedabad's urban development model: StudyThe abandonment of slum upgrading in favour of rehabilitation and resettlement of slum-dwellers has accentuated the exclusion of the urban ...
08 Jun, 2015, 11.55 AM IST
Anandiben Patel celebrates first year in office as local elections nearThe 73-year-old CM is criss-crossing the state, announcing a slew of welfare programmes over the last week, but with the civic polls schedu...
25 May, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Muslims, Christians in India were Hindus: Praveen Togadia"The ancestors of Indian Muslims were Hindus. The ancestors of Christians were Hindu too. History says that many people converted to Islam ...
17 Dec, 2014, 04.45 PM IST
Come and see inclusive growth at Sabarmati Riverfront: Narendra ModiGujarat Chief Minister and BJP's prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi today said those who talk about 'inclusive growth' should see the ...
03 Feb, 2014, 09.22 PM IST
Modi's mammoth infrastructure ideas: Progress report on his pet projects in GujaratModi has talked up mammoth infrastructure ideas nationally. Here is a progress report on his pet projects in Gujarat.
26 Jan, 2014, 07.18 AM IST
For the rich, voting is too much of a hassle with no clear benefitsThis is not just a widespread impression, but one that is borne out by the evidence available from across several of India’s biggest cities.
03 Dec, 2013, 10.23 AM IST
90,000 houses allotted to slum dwellers in 2 years: Anandiben PatelNinty thousand houses have been allotted to slum dwellers here in two years, Gujarat Urban Development Minister Anandiben Patel today.
21 Oct, 2013, 02.51 AM IST
- Gujarat government announces a five year housing scheme for 22 lakh dwellers
Gujarat government on Wednesday announced affordable housing schemes for 22 lakh urban households in the state in five years.
17 Jul, 2013, 08.46 PM IST
- B-Safal to develop over 4.6 lakh sq ft of slums in Ahmedabad
B-Safal has received the "preliminary sanction" to develop over 4.6 lakh square feet of slums in Ahmedabad.
23 Sep, 2011, 05.56 PM IST
- Innovation at doorstep: Godrej, Future Group, Mirc spend time with consumers to design products to suit their needs
These firms bet on need-based innovation to differentiate their products and widen their consumer base.
20 May, 2011, 06.49 AM IST
- India Gate: India's single largest ice-cream selling point
All big brands agree that the monument designed by Sir Edward Lutyens is the largest ice-cream selling point in the country followed by Che...
02 Apr, 2010, 08.45 AM IST
- Ahmedabad hooch tragedy: Death toll mounts to 127
14 more people died in Ahmedabad taking the toll in hooch tragedy to 127.
11 Jul, 2009, 03.49 PM IST
- Democracy is certainly good for the economy
Satin and cotton cloth in red, blue, green and saffron lie strewn all over a mud floor under a makeshift roof at a slum in Aliganj, Lucknow.
16 Mar, 2009, 03.09 AM IST
- Foreign hands building India
Time was when there was only the occasional eruption of concrete. Today, India's skyline is a work in progress.
15 Jun, 2008, 08.22 AM IST