Tag: Urban
With Tax Net Expanding, Rates Likely To Dip: Venkaiah Naidu
Union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu said on Tuesday that with more people coming into the tax net, rates are "automatically likely to come down". ....
BJP Urges EC To Remove UP Chief Secretary, Police Chief
The BJP on Monday urged the Election Commission to immediately remove the Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police of the poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, besides a few other officials, accusing them of "partisan" conduct.....
Bengaluru Cylinder Blast Kills Five
Four men and a woman were killed when a two-storey building collapsed here on Monday after a cooking gas cylinder exploded, police said. ....
India Should Avoid China-like Urbanisation: NITI Aayog Vice Chairman
India should not replicate foreign urbanisation models like that of China which may lead to "inequitable and unbalanced" urbanisation, NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar said on Thursday.....
1st ODI: Kohli, Rahane Lead India To Victory
An unbeaten century from skipper Virat Kohli and steady batting by Ajinkya Rahane propelled India to a six-wicket victory in the first One-Day International against South Africa here on Thursday.....
Era Of Honesty Ushered In, Participatory Development On A Roll: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that an era of honesty has been ushered in the country in the past few years, and people are paying more taxes and forfeiting subsidies as they are sure that every bit of their money will be used rightly.....
Cong Not To Contest Bypolls In UP
The Congress in Uttar Pradesh will not contest the upcoming by-elections in Mainpuri and Khatauli but will focus on forthcoming elections to urban local bodies in Uttar Pradesh. ....
Harbhajan Lashes Out At 'racist' Jet Airways Pilot
Veteran cricketer Harbhajan Singh on Wednesday lashed out at a Jet Airways pilot for racial discrimination against a fellow Indian passenger.....
Mumbai Commuters Get AC Local Trains
The Indian Railways on Monday flagged off the country's first air-conditioned suburban local train for Mumbai commuters, 150 years after the first suburban local was hauled by a steam engine in 1867, officials said.....
Sena Targets Police Over Arrests Of 'Urban Naxals'
The Shiv Sena on Monday targeted the Maharashtra Police for the arrest of five so-called "urban-Naxals" on charges that they were a plotting a Rajiv Gandhi-style assassination of Prime Minister Narendra Modi among others.....
