smart city

Panchkula listed as 1 of 6 model cities under Smart Cities Challenge

December 17, 2020 2:09 pm

In a meeting held by the Panchkula Municipal Corporation Commissioner, Executive Officer of the Corporation- Jarnail Singh and his team were specially congratulated.

In China, a smart city is being planned for future lockdowns and crises

September 15, 2020 3:00 pm

The city promises to provide a lot of greenery to its residents. Its streets will be reserved for pedestrians and cyclists, and as per a press release, it will provide a "full life in times of confinement"

In bid to improve smart cities, govt to pair laggards with top performers

January 25, 2020 12:29 pm

Urban Affairs Secretary Durga Shankar Mishra said, "There are cities that are performing very well but many are laggards. The idea is to build a sister city relationship between the top 20 and bottom 20."

Pune Smart City inks MoU with Dell to set up centre of excellence for smart solutions

September 04, 2019 3:54 am

The pact was signed at the Invest India-Smart Cities Mission Technology Showcase hosted by PSCDCL.

Concerns for privacy rise as ‘smart cities’ thrive on the data of daily life

January 03, 2019 12:44 pm

In recent months, Kansas City has become an unexpected destination for technology companies looking for a place to test ideas. The city’s goal: To be what it calls a living lab.

In Local vs Cloud: Most Smart Cities take to data hyper-localisation

December 24, 2018 7:00 am

So far, the 12 cities that are the furthest along have already created hyper-local silos to store data within their cities.

In Assam, a multi-crore renovation converts a colonial bungalow into a heritage centre

May 02, 2018 9:19 pm

Long ago, the military base for the Ahoms of Assam, and today, a heritage centre celebrating the Brahmaputra. The story of a 19th century bungalow, strategically placed atop a hillock in Guwahati’s Pan Bazaar, in its new avatar.

Pune's first transit hub to be set up at Balewadi

February 26, 2018 9:29 am

As per the proposal, the transit hub will be developed on an 11-acre plot of land in Balewadi, along the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, opposite the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex near the National Institute of Construction Management and Research.

Arunachal CM Pema Khandu thanks Centre for including Itanagar in Smart City list

January 20, 2018 7:29 pm

"By selecting Itanagar in the list, the Centre's intention in developing the frontier state of Arunachal Pradesh has become very clear and positive," Pema Khandu said

Kandla Port gets green nod to develop Rs 1,176 crore smart city

October 22, 2017 2:34 pm

The proposal is to develop a smart industrial port city at two separate sites in Gandhidham which would house about 35,700 residential flats, schools and parks, and would generate jobs to more than 60,000 people.

Smart City Project To Take Off in 13 More Cities

May 24, 2016 8:57 pm

Smart Cities: What They Mean

August 28, 2015 1:13 pm

Central Govt Announces 98 Smart Cities, Venkaiah Naidu Terms Them ‘Safe Investments For pvt Firms’

August 28, 2015 1:05 pm