urban development

New Delhi, March 30 Delhi Urban Development Minister Ashish Sood on Monday directed officers to allocate 4 lakh PNG connections in the city, amid the prevailing LPG situation due to the West Asia crisis.Delhi has the capacity to provide approximately 18 lakh piped natural gas (PNG)...

New Delhi, March 30 Construction work on the remaining seven buildings of the Common Central Secretariat (CCS) will be completed by April 2028, while one of them is to be built by September of this year, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Monday.The government plans to construct a total of ten...

Vav-Tharad (Gujarat), March 30 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation stones for development projects worth Rs 19,806.9 crore during his visit to Gujarat on March 31, encompassing investments in renewable energy, transportation, railways, and urban infrastructure...

Islamabad, March 30 – Human rights activists and civil society organizations have strongly condemned the planned demolition and forced eviction of residents in Allama Iqbal Colony, a 25-year-old predominantly Christian working-class settlement in Islamabad. The community now faces an imminent...

Gandhinagar/Ahmedabad, March 28 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone for 44 urban development projects worth ₹5,295.54 crore across Gujarat on March 31, with the largest share of projects concentrated in Ahmedabad.According to official details, the...

Jammu, March 27 The Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday said that more than 31,000 houses have been completed under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) since the scheme's inception, while several units that are under construction are largely due to constraints related to beneficiaries...

Amaravati, March 27 The Andhra Pradesh assembly is set to pass a resolution on Saturday seeking clear legal backing from the Centre for the greenfield city of Amaravati as the state capital.On March 26, the state cabinet approved a decision to enable the legislative assembly to adopt the...

New Delhi, March 27 – Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Delhi Lt Governor T.S. Sandhu discussed various issues related to the national capital, including development and security, an official said.During the meeting, Sandhu is believed to have briefed Home Minister Shah on the measures being...

Kathmandu, March 27 A rapper, a structural engineer, and a figure popular with Gen Z, Balen Shan, the youngest democratically elected prime minister of Nepal, created history on Friday after taking oath to serve as the nation's top executive.The 35-year-old is also the first person from the...

Kathmandu, March 27 Balendra Shah 'Balen', the rapper-turned-politician who won Kathmandu's 2022 mayoral elections as an independent, has become a symbol of generational change, representing a break from Nepal's traditional political parties.Known as 'Balen', a candidate for the Rastriya...

Bhopal, March 27 Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Friday extended greetings to the people of the state on the occasion of Ram Navami, which celebrates the birth anniversary of Lord Ram.The Chief Minister stated that the life of Lord Ram exemplified self-control, dedication...

New Delhi, March 26 Delhi Education Minister Ashish Sood said on Thursday that the time has come to develop the national capital into a leading tourism destination rather than just a transit hub, asserting that the city's growth vision is centered on improving infrastructure, aesthetics, and the...

Mumbai, March 25 Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, responding to the resolution in the Legislative Council on Wednesday, stated that the state government is committed to all-round development, asserting that work is underway across sectors including agriculture, industry...

Gandhinagar, March 25 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Gujarat on March 31 to inaugurate and lay the foundation stones for a range of urban development projects, as the state celebrates two decades of rapid urbanization and infrastructure expansion.The visit comes as Gujarat marks 20...

New Delhi, March 24: Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva welcomed the "Sarvajan Hitay, Sarvajan Sukhay" Delhi Budget for 2026-27, presented on Tuesday in the State Assembly by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta.He said that inspired by Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya's Antyodaya principle and Prime...

New Delhi, March 24 The government on Tuesday introduced measures to strengthen consumer-centric gas service delivery while ensuring that the transition to piped natural gas (PNG) does not impose an excessive financial burden on users.The framework mandates the time-bound provision of PNG...

Chandigarh, March 24 The Haryana Cabinet on Tuesday approved the construction of a 136 km Delhi-Panipat-Karnal RRTS corridor, a high-speed, modern public transport connecting the urban and semi-urban areas of the state with the National Capital Region (NCR).According to the approved proposal...

Chandigarh, March 24 The Haryana Cabinet on Tuesday approved significant amendments to the Industrial Licensing Policy-2015 to rationalize regulatory provisions, reduce the financial burden on developers, and promote planned industrial development across the state.The amendments have been...

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...