Bengaluru: A proposal in the DPR for Bengaluru’s planned 5.2km elevated corridor between Old Madras Road and Hosur Road to recover project costs of Rs 1,300 crore through a small incremental property tax has sparked a clarification from Bengaluru Smart Infrastructure Ltd (B-Smile), which insists the project will be funded by state govt.B-Smile technical director…
Hyderabad: Even as Hyderabad’s municipal corporations await fresh local body elections, a curious trend is playing out across the city: Former corporators are back in the spotlight, laying foundation stones, performing bhoomi poojas and inaugurating civic works as if they never left office.What has now triggered concern within the municipal administration department is not merely…
UoM registar MK Savita and PWD officials reviewed current condition of the Gautama hostel Mysuru: The 53-year-old Gautam Hostel of the University of Mysore (UoM), which has produced hundreds of bureaucrats, police officers, writers and activists, is all set for a major facelift. The state govt has decided to take up the renovation works of…
International Cricket Stadium in Gorakhpur Gorakhpur: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath will lay the foundation of the International Cricket Stadium in Gorakhpur on Saturday, marking a major step in the city’s emergence as a sports hub. The nearly Rs 393 crore project, considered one of the CM’s dream initiatives, will come up at Tal Nador along…
Samrala: Residents of Papraudi village in Samrala, birthplace of renowned writer Saadat Hasan Manto, prize the library built in his memory. For them, it is part of the identity of the village.Although there have been differing claims about Manto’s birthplace, residents firmly believe he belonged to their village. Each year, on his birth anniversary, they…
