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New Delhi, March 24 The Delhi government will launch the "Vayo Anand" scheme for senior citizens and construct an integrated complex for children in juvenile reform homes, and has allocated Rs 25 crore and Rs 18 crore, respectively, for the initiatives, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said in the...

New Delhi, March 24 The Delhi government has proposed an outlay of Rs 7,887 crore for the urban development and housing department in the 2026-27 Budget, CM Rekha Gupta announced in her Budget speech on Tuesday.Delhi's Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, who also holds the finance portfolio, presented...

Patna, March 24 Bihar's Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha congratulated Nitish Kumar for his re-election as JD(U) national president and praised the development works carried out by his government in the state.Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was unopposed elected as JD (U) president on...

Bahraich (UP), March 24 Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will visit Bahraich on March 25 to distribute financial assistance and allocate land for housing and toilets to 136 families being relocated from the Bharthapur village, officials said on Tuesday.District Magistrate (DM)...

New Delhi, March 23 TMC MP Saket Gokhale said on Monday that the NDA government has revised its own 2025-26 Budget Estimate by nearly Rs 10 lakh crore."Rs 10 lakh crore is the difference between what they present in the budget versus what is in the revised estimates," Gokhale said, taking a...

Kolkata, March 20 The TMC pledged on Friday to raise the minimum daily wage of tea garden workers from ₹250 to ₹300, promising financial uplift for one of the state's largest organized labor segments.In its manifesto for the West Bengal elections, the party said it was committed to extending...

Deputy Commissioner Ashok Kumar Sharma of Poonch chaired a comprehensive review meeting of the Vibrant Villages Programme – II at the DC Office Complex to assess development work in the border areas of the district.The meeting focused on the progress in 133 border villages, with officials from...

New Delhi, March 19 State-owned NBCC has secured a ₹5,800 crore contract to build the Rajasthan Mandapam project in Jaipur.In a regulatory filing on Thursday, the company stated that it has secured a contract from the Rajasthan State Industrial Development & Investment Corporation (RIICO) to...

Bengaluru, March 18 Karnataka Minister Krishna Byre Gowda said on Wednesday that a detailed exercise is underway to identify and rehabilitate eligible beneficiaries under the 'One Lakh Multi-storey Bengaluru Housing Scheme', even as scrutiny of applications from 'Kogilu Bande' has revealed...

New Delhi, March 16 Representatives of denotified, nomadic, and semi-nomadic tribes announced the formation of a national federation on Monday, and demanded a separate column for these communities in the 2027 Census, according to an official statement.Community representatives also stated that...

Lucknow, March 16 Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Monday that leaders of the previous Samajwadi Party government worked only to serve the interests of their own family and relatives, but for the BJP, the entire 25 crore population of the state is its family.Speaking at a...

Jammu, March 15 Jammu and Kashmir has completed over 3 lakh houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin, achieving 97 per cent of the target, officials said on Sunday.Secretary of the Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Department, Mohammad Aijaz Asad, directed officials to expedite...

Kohima, March 12 – The first phase of the 2027 Census, focusing on house listing and housing, will begin in Nagaland in July 2026, officials said on Thursday.Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, during a meeting in Kohima, said that the 2027 Census would be a significant and important exercise...

New Delhi, March 12 The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs informed the Lok Sabha on Thursday that the scheme to incubate eight new cities cannot be implemented as the tenure of the 15th Finance Commission is set to end on March 31 of this year.The Rs 8,000-crore grant provided by the...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 9 Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan publicly apologized to Malayalam superstar Mammootty on Monday for the online attacks he faced on social media following a controversy related to his recent visit to the newly constructed Wayanad township.Speaking at a public...

Ranchi, March 9 The Jharkhand Assembly on Monday passed the grants for the urban development and housing and higher education departments by a voice vote, as Minister Sudivya Kumar termed the opposition's "cut motion" on the grants as "undermining the aspirations of the state's people."...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 8 Amidst reports of cyber attacks against Malayalam superstar Mammootty following his visit to the newly built township in Wayanad, senior leaders of the ruling CPI(M) on Sunday sought to downplay the controversy.The issue surfaced after Mammootty reportedly expressed...

March 08, New Delhi – Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for several projects worth ₹15,200 crore under the General Pool Residential Accommodation (GPRA) Redevelopment Scheme.The projects are located in key areas of New Delhi, including Sarojini Nagar...

Wayanad, March 7 Superstar Mammootty unexpectedly visited the newly built township for landslide survivors in this hill district on Saturday and interacted with residents and officials there.The actor visited a few completed houses in the township, which were inaugurated last week by Chief...

Chennai, March 7 – The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) is planning to establish approximately 200 temporary, container-based shelters across the city to provide free accommodation for migrant workers and homeless families, in a major initiative aimed at addressing the growing demand for safe...