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Kochi (Kerala), September 12 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh is steadily emerging as a model for mountain urbanisation, with development efforts focused on sustainability and climate resilience, PWD and Urban Development Minister Vikramaditya Singh said on Friday. Addressing the Conclave on 'Sustainable Urbanisation and Climate-Resilient Development, ' Singh said that Himachal, being one of the most ecologically sensitive regions, requires a distinct model of urban growth that balances development with ...Read More >
The Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday caught a Town Planning Officer red-handed while allegedly accepting a bribe of four lakh rupees at the Narsingi Municipal Office, Rangareddy district. Officials said Maniharikha, the Town Planning Officer, had allegedly demanded a total of Rs 10 lakh from a resident named Vinod of Manchirevula to process and clear his plot under the Layout Regularisation Scheme (LRS). Vinod approached the ACB, following which officials laid a trap. Maniha ...Read More >
Kochi: Union minister for housing and urban affairs, Manohar Lal Khattar, has assured that the Centre will extend full cooperation to Kerala for implementing the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) once the state submits its Detailed Project Report (DPR). Addressing the Kerala Urban Conclave 2025 in Kochi as the chief guest, Khattar said Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had already raised the proposal with him. "The success of Kochi Metro and the Water Metro reflects Kerala's strength in buildi ...Read More >
India's outlook remains robust. The country recorded 8 per cent steel demand growth in 2024 and is expected to grow more than 7 per cent in 2025. India is expected to emerge as a major growth centre for global steel demand over the coming decades, even as China's dominance wanes. China, which accounted for 49 per cent of world steel consumption in 2024, is projected to see demand fall by an average of five to seven million tonnes (Mt) annually over the next decade. China's share of global dema ...Read More >
Gurugram: Heavy rains have lashed Haryana's Gurugram over the past 24 hours, bringing the city to a standstill. Waterlogging and long traffic jams have been reported in several areas of the city. Gurugram witnessed chaos on Monday evening as a traffic snarl stretching close to 20 kilometres was reported on the Delhi-Jaipur highway. The Congress slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Haryana over the 20-km-long traffic jam. Congress MP Randeep Surjewala lashed out at Chief Minist ...Read More >
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), parts of Gurugram recorded over 100mm of rainfall between 3 PM and 7 PM Gurugram was thrown into disarray on Monday following heavy rainfall, which led to severe waterlogging and widespread traffic congestion across multiple areas of the city. Commuters faced hours-long delays, particularly on NH-48 (Delhi-Jaipur Expressway), where a 4-kilometre-long traffic jam stretched from Hero Honda Chowk to Narsinghpur. The city's traffic police hel ...Read More >
Shimla: The ongoing monsoon season in Himachal Pradesh has claimed 326 lives so far, including 171 deaths in rain-related incidents such as landslides, flash floods, cloudbursts, drowning, electrocution, and other calamities, and 155 deaths in road accidents, according to the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA). Education Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Rohit Thakur said the state continues to reel under the impact of the ongoing disaster triggered by relentless monsoon rains, with damages ...Read More >
VISAKHAPATNAM: The depression over northwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal and north Andhra Pradesh - south Odisha coasts moved north-north-westwards and crossed South Odisha coast close to Gopalpur during early morning of Tuesday and lay cantered over south coastal Odisha. Weatherman said it was likely to move north-westwards across south Odisha and south Chhattisgarh and weaken into a well-marked low-pressure area during next few hours. Under its influence, thunderstorms accompani ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has rolled out two special supplementary modules on Operation Sindoor for Classes III to XII, presenting the mission as not just a military response but also a pledge to safeguard peace and honour the victims of the Pahalgam terror attack. The material has been introduced a little over three months after the counter-offensive.The modules underline that despite Pakistan's official denial, the Pahalgam attack was carried ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 18: In a landmark development for Mumbai's real estate sector, CREDAI-MCHI, the apex body representing real estate developers in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), has announced the appointment of Mr. Sukhraj Nahar, Chairman of Nahar Group, as its 18th President for the 2025-2027 term in a grand Change of Guard ceremony held at Jio World Centre. The event was graced by the Hon'ble Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri Devendra Fadnavis, along with distinguis ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 18: In a landmark development for Mumbai real estate sector, CREDAI-MCHI, the apex body representing real estate developers in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), has announced the appointment of Mr. Sukhraj Nahar, Chairman of Nahar Group, as its 18th President for the 2025-2027 term in a grand Change of Guard ceremony held at Jio World Centre. The event was graced by the Honble Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri Devendra Fadnavis, along with distinguished ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 14 (ANI): In a landmark moment redefining Mumbai urban landscape, TCC Construction Pvt Ltd, a joint venture between Capacite Infraprojects and Tata Projects, the executing construction partners, has handed over the first phase of newly redeveloped homes under the BDD Chawl Redevelopment Project in Worli. The ceremonial handover took place today in the presence of the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis along with Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister and Ho ...Read More >
Lucknow: Presenting the draft Vision Document 2047 in the Assembly, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said it will be finalized with inputs from experts, NITI Aayog, and the public. Building on eight years of progress, the government aims to make Uttar Pradesh a $1 trillion economy by 2030, raise the growth rate to 20% in five years, and chart a course toward $6 trillion by 2047, increasing the state's GDP share from 9.3% to at least 16%, he stated. The Chief Minister said that the current nationa ...Read More >
The four accused -- others are Deputy Director of Urban Planning (suspended) YS Reddy, former corporator and construction businessman Sitaram Gupta and one Arun Gupta -- will be produced before the PMLA court on Thursday, an official said. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday arrested four people, including former Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation Commissioner Anil Kumar Pawar, in connection with a case over illegal constructions. The four accused -- others are Deputy Director of Urba ...Read More >
Bengaluru: For millions of people, the sudden, sharp pain of tooth due to sensitivity can turn a sip of cold water into a jolt. Now, researchers at Indian Institute of Science (IISc), in collaboration with Bengaluru-based deep-tech startup Theranautilus, have engineered "CalBots" - magnetic nanobots that can seal the problem at its source.As per IISc, CalBots are 400-nanometre particles loaded with a calcium silicate-based bioceramic formula, designed to travel 500 micrometres deep inside dentin ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday arrested former Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC) commissioner Anil Pawar and former deputy director in the VVCMC town-planning department, YS Reddy, as part of its money laundering investigation into the construction of 41 illegal buildings in Vasai East, which were demolished as per court orders in February this year. Both Pawar and Reddy had been questioned by the agency earlier about alleged irregularities in construction of ...Read More >
NEW DELHI - Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi said on Aug 13 that India's electoral system suffers from "serious discrepancies" and he pledged to continue challenging its integrity through public mobilisation and potentially the courts. Mr Gandhi, the scion of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty that controls the main opposition Congress party, last week accused authorities of manipulating voter rolls by adding fake names in the 2024 general election and other recent polls. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bh ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested IAS officer Anil Pawar, former civic commissioner of Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC), along with his junior, deputy director of town planning Y S Reddy, and two others, including a former BVA corporator, in a money laundering case linked to the illegal construction of 41 buildings and defrauding flat buyers. The ED will produce the arrested individuals before the court on Thursday. According to the ED, Pawar engaged in extensiv ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: A parliamentary panel looking into the levy of user fees or toll charges on National Highways (NHs) has raised concerns over the current practice of "perpetual tolling" even after project costs are recovered and a 3% annual escalation, irrespective of the highway quality, traffic volume, or user affordability.While recommending rationalisation and substantial reduction in toll charges on such stretches, its report has also mooted a "tariff authority" for toll fixation. The Public Acco ...Read More >
LUCKNOW: UP vaccinated against rabies and sterilised 2.8 lakh stray dogs under its animal birth control (ABC) programme in 2023-24 and 2024-25. It also established 17 permanent ABC centres, with two additional ones approved for Lucknow and Ghaziabad on a comprehensive budget of Rs 34 crore.Taking note of SC's latest directive on managing dog bite cases, urban development dept is taking proactive steps to enhance urban safety and animal welfare through its ABC and anti-rabies vaccination programm ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Bringing down the curtain on the proceedings initiated against misleading advertisements for medicinal products, the Supreme Court has closed the case filed by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) against Patanjali Ayurved and its founders.A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and K V Viswanathan said no further hearing was needed as the court had already passed various orders and the purpose of the case had been achieved. "By various orders, the prayers of the WP have been achieved and ...Read More >
Lucknow: In 2023-24 and 2024-25, animal birth control programme succeeded in sterilising and vaccinating 2,84,641 stray dogs against rabies. Moreover, the state established 17 permanent ABC centres, with two additional centres approved for Lucknow and Ghaziabad, on a comprehensive budget of Rs 34 crore. Additionally, the department issued 5,333 pet dog licences this year, promoting responsible pet ownership and community safety. Taking note of Supreme Court's latest directives issued to local bo ...Read More >
New Delhi: Traffic in central Delhi will be affected on Thursday as the traffic police has issued an advisory due to the Janmashtami and Tazia processions.According to police, the traffic movement in Paharganj is likely to be affected from 1.30pm in view of the shobha yatra for Janmashtami and the Tazia procession.The Janmashtami procession will start from Mandir Shri Banke Bihari Ji in Paharganj's Sangatrasan Bazar and pass through Desh Bandhu Gupta Road, Chuna Mandi, Main Bazar, Munja Chowk an ...Read More >
Hyderabad: With the water flow rising in the Musi River, residents living along its banks are feeling anxious and preparing to confront the challenging situation. Following the opening of gates at Himayat Sagar, traffic at the Moosarambagh and Jiyaguda bridges has been brought to a halt, and commuters have been advised to take alternative routes.Following continuous heavy rains in the city, five gates of the Himayat Sagar have been opened to increase water discharge. The Musi River, which passe ...Read More >
Hyderabad: GHMC commissioner RV Karnan on Tuesday directed officials to expedite the construction of the 2.58-km four-lane bi-directional flyover from Nalgonda X Road to Owaisi Junction. He asked them to resolve land acquisition hurdles to meet the targeted completion date of March 2026.Once completed, the project, being executed at a cost of Rs 620 crore, is expected to ease traffic congestion along one of the city's busiest stretches, spanning from the govt printing press in Chanchalguda to Ya ...Read More >
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel outlines a comprehensive urban development plan for the state, urging cities to prepare visionary roadmaps. This initiative, forming part of Urban Development Year-2025, seeks to foster healthy competition and set a national benchmark in urban development. The plan emphasizes sustainability, infrastructure, and citizen-centric technology advances. Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has called on metropolitan cities and towns across the state to craft t ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati has urged real estate developers to expand their investments beyond major urban hubs and into tier-II and tier-III cities to promote balanced urbanisation and sustainable development across the state. Speaking at the Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) of the Confederation of Real Estate Developers' Associations of India (CREDAI) held in Bhubaneswar on Saturday, the Governor emphasized the need for ethical business practices and customer-first ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 1: India launched the first phase of four development projects across nine partner countries as part of its 'India-UN Global Capacity Building Initiative'. The programme aims to deepen South-South cooperation in support of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The launch event was presided over by Secretary (West) in the Ministry of External Affairs, Tanmaya Lal, and attended by heads of missions from participating countries, UN Resident Coordinator in India Shombi Sharp, dip ...Read More >
Bhopal, Aug 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Friday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will soon visit Madhya Pradesh, bringing a wave of enthusiasm among the citizens. "It is a matter of great joy that Prime Minister Modi has given verbal consent to personally attend two major events -- the inauguration of the Bhopal Metro train and the foundation-laying ceremony of the PM MITRA Park in Dhar," the Chief Minister said in a statement. Yadav said that during a meeting with PM ...Read More >
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to launch a series of development projects worth approximately Rs 2,200 crore in Varanasi, his parliamentary constituency. These initiatives span across infrastructure, education, healthcare, tourism, and cultural heritage, aiming for holistic urban transformation and improved quality of life. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch multiple development projects worth around Rs 2,200 crore for Varanasi, his parliamentary constituency, on Saturday. A stateme ...Read More >
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