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After Centre's urban poverty mission DAY-NULM ends, West Bengal flags lack of funds for homeless shelters

October 19, 2025 8:17 am

Centre had proposed `20 crore for West Bengal under the scheme in 2024-2025

Swachh Shehar Jodi: Govt rolls out massive urban waste management mentorship initiative

September 27, 2025 6:00 pm

Based on their recent performance in the Swachh Survekshan rankings, top-performing cities have been identified as mentor cities and paired with low-performing mentee cities.

ULBs can’t deliver alone; private sector must look beyond housing to provide quality urban services: MoHUA Secy

August 29, 2025 5:14 pm

These remarks come amid widespread social media outrage in recent weeks over deteriorating urban infrastructure — from waterlogged roads and mounting garbage to inadequate public transport and poor-quality construction.

‘100 e-buses to run on 8 routes’: Mohali DC holds meeting on PM e-Bus Seva scheme

April 27, 2025 9:52 am

The Municipal Corporation will handle the yard facilities and maintenance work for the buses.

With major portfolios, Shinde is No. 2 in Maharashtra government

December 22, 2024 9:41 pm

With the Urban Development ministry with him, Shinde will have control on all the urban local bodies and key infrastructure and housing agencies in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region and other cities of the state like MMRDA, CIDCO and MSRDC.

Pune Fire Brigade operating with 20% fire stations, 25% of firefighter strength

April 19, 2022 11:04 am

With the merger of 23 new villages in the jurisdiction of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) till 2021, Pune Fire Brigade now caters to a population of close to 60 lakh spread over an area of 520 square km.

Pune tops ease of living index, Delhi 65th: Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs report

August 14, 2018 3:17 am

Tirupati, Chandigarh, Thane, Raipur, Indore, Vijaywada and Bhopal also figure in the top 10 list in that order. Among other major cities, Chennai holds 14th rank, Ahmedabad 23rd, Hyderabad 27th, and Bengaluru 58th.

Ease of living index: Pune is number 1, guess where Delhi, Mumbai ended up

August 13, 2018 8:09 pm

Interestingly, the capital cities of poll-bound Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh made it to the top 10 list. Bhopal was ranked 10th, while Raipur was placed at the 7th spot.

Delhi: Unauthorised buildings before Dec 2016 to be made legal, says North body

October 07, 2017 1:22 am

The resolution needs approval from the Urban Development Ministry before it is enforced

Chennai floods: TN seeks Rs 4,500 cr from Urban Development Ministry for restoration work

December 13, 2015 3:45 pm

Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu, who is on a two-day visit to Chennai to get a first-hand account on the impact of floods, called on Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa at the Secretariat in Chennai.

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