Smart City
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Top 10 smart cities in India in 2024
India | Dec 29, 2024, 10:26 PM ISTIndia's Smart Cities Mission has led to the development of innovative urban areas, with Bhubaneswar, Indore, Pune, and Ahmedabad emerging as top smart cities, enhancing infrastructure, sustainability, and quality of life through technology and strategic investments.
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Chandigarh to Karnal: A decade of progress under two CMs
Haryana | Aug 24, 2024, 07:02 AM ISTWith the 2024 Haryana Assembly elections announced, we take a closer look at Karnal district, which has been favored by both BJP CMs, Manohar Lal Khattar and Nayab Singh Saini, over the past decade. From infrastructure to key projects, Karnal has seen significant development during their tenures.
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National Smart City Convention to be held next month: A guide to how IoT is transforming living
Business | Aug 27, 2023, 08:32 AM ISTInnovations of smart city projects running in 100 cities across the country will be shared during the conference and cities that are performing excellently will also be awarded.
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Indore tops in government's Smart City contest, followed by Surat, Agra | Here are DETAILS
India | Aug 26, 2023, 09:11 AM ISTNational Smart City Award: Among the 66 winners in different categories, Madhya Pradesh has won the best 'State Award' and Tamil Nadu bagged the second spot. Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh were on the third spot jointly.
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Reliance unit to build smart city near Gurugram | Major highlights of MET City
Business | Nov 08, 2022, 07:40 PM ISTModel Economic Township Limited (MET City) is owned by Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) but four Japanese companies are also involved in developing the mega project.
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Ayodhya to be developed as 'climate smart city' - What it means
India | Apr 20, 2022, 01:16 PM ISTUttar Pradesh urban development department is all set to commence work on a Greenfield township based on Vedic theme within a few weeks.
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Indore, Surat win the Smart City Award, UP wins state award
India | Jun 26, 2021, 08:34 AM ISTIndore and Surat got the award jointly in the urban category, while Uttar Pradesh won the state award. The three urban missions were announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 25, 2015.
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RMC seeks release of Rs 160 cr Smart City Mission fund in Yes Bank
Business | Mar 07, 2020, 03:07 PM ISTThe Rajkot Municipal Corporation has written to the Reserve Bank for the release of the Smart City Mission fund worth about Rs 160 crore stuck in the troubled private sector lender Yes Bank, Gujarat deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel said on Saturday.
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Google's sister company Sidewalk to build a smart city in Canada
Technology | Jun 26, 2019, 01:27 PM ISTGoogle's sister company Sidewalk Labs is set to invest approx. $990 million to build a waterfront area in Toronto, Canada into a high-tech smart city.
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Tripura: CM Bipalb Kumar Deb plans to turn Agartala into world class city
India | Jun 19, 2019, 02:04 PM ISTThe city now has integrated intelligent traffic signal system, wide roads, well maintained parks and better parking services, Deb said.
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Smart Cities Mission: Shillong declared as 100th smart city
India | Jun 20, 2018, 09:59 PM ISTWith the announcement, selection of all 100 smart cities is complete under the Smart Cities Mission.
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Smart city initiative okay but ensure pothole-free roads first: Bombay HC to govt
India | Apr 12, 2018, 08:59 PM ISTA division bench of justices A S Oka and P N Deshmukh said it was a citizen's fundamental right to have good roads, streets and footpaths and people could not be deprived of their rights.
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Rahul Gandhi hits out at BJP over 'empty promises', 'non-utilisation' of Smart City funds
India | Jan 01, 2018, 09:19 AM ISTRahul Gandhi said job creation should be the focus area of the government as China was "out-competing" India.
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Smart City Mission: Centre to announce next 10 cities' name
India | Dec 08, 2017, 07:52 PM ISTSome of the cities that have sent their proposals include Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh), Biharsharif (Bihar), Amravati (Maharashtra), Erode and Dindigal (Tamil Nadu), and Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad, Meerut, Saharanpur, Bareilly and Rampur, among others
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India's 'smart' cities plan may adversely impact environment: Study
India | Jul 22, 2017, 04:25 PM ISTThe study used an 'extended urban metabolism model' as a means of analysing the area, providing a basis for measuring flows of resources that are both consumed by and flow from the city.
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100 Smart Cities: Three from UP, two from Bihar make it to new list of 30 cities
India | Jun 23, 2017, 04:09 PM ISTUnder the Smart City Mission, the Centre provides Rs 500 crore to each city over a period of 5 years for implementing various projects.
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Huawei keen on India’s smart city project: Official
Apr 19, 2017, 09:54 PM ISTChinese telecom firm Huawei is in talks with the Indian government for its smart cities initiative, a top company official said today.
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Wipro chief Azim Premji disappointed over implementation of smart city project
Feb 04, 2017, 06:53 PM ISTWipro chief Azim Premji today expressed his disappointment over the implementation of the smart city project in India despite the fact that it got a lot of attention from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Urbanisation can mitigate poverty,says PM Modi at smart city launch
National | Jun 25, 2016, 08:25 PM ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi today launched 83 Smart City projects in Pune. Of them, 14 projects are designated for Pune alone, and 69 projects are earmarked for 19 other cities across the country.
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Smart City projects: PM Modi to inaugurate work on June 25 from Pune, says Venkaiah Naidu
National | Jun 17, 2016, 07:06 PM ISTHyderabad: Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate work on Smart City Projects from Pune on June 25. Naidu further said that work would start simultaneously