SDMC to install 100 water coolers in city

Joint efforts of A 2 Z and Kanpur Municipal Corporation are proving to be insufficient to lift the garbage of the entire city as several localities are still flooded with heaps of garbage. The city produces around 1400 tons of garbage every day and ...

Ahmedabad: The Gandhinagar Urban Development Authority (GUDA) has launched an affordable housing scheme for the lower income group (LIG) in Chiloda, Raysan and other villages. The GUDA is offering a two BHK house at Rs7.5 lakh only. As part of the ...

Defecting mayor cannot be forced to follow party mandate, or be dismissed. Gujarat Congress faces Catch-22 situation in Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation (GMC) on issue of dismissing the mayor and two corporators, who switched loyalties to BJP in ...

Illegal pucca houses that have come up along the storm water drain at Nallakunta obstruct the free flow of rainwater leading to inundation of surrounding low-lying areas in Hyderbad. | A Suresh Kumar A rainfall of over 15 mm to 20 mm in Greater ...

I arrived in India recently just as temperatures started to climb. I have experienced my share of blistering heat waves in New York City, but those hot sticky days pale in comparison to summer in Western India. The state of Gujarat, for instance, ...

While the Telangana and Jagan heat were causing heartburn to politicians of Andhra Pradesh, the unprecedented heat wave had driven dogs and monkeys into a rage in Hyderabad and parts of Telangana. Hordes of red monkeys entered homes and apartments in ...

The lack of coordination with other public utility departments and the delay acquisition of land or properties continue to be the GHMC's bugbears in completing several key projects. For any major civic infrastructure work to be taken up, be it ...

Three years after the implementation of Right to Education (RTE) Act, the state governmentpassed a resolution to reserve 25 per cent seats for economically weaker section (EWS) and disadvantaged groups in unaided private schools. Planned to be ...

It's hard to believe that an entire market comes alive and is dismantled in the span of an evening, but in Delhi, weekly markets are portable, big and cheap. They are also a part of the city's identity with every locality boasting one in a central ...