All municipalities build drains and sewers. Many run crematoria, hospitals and primary schools too. But, globally, nowhere does a civic corporation also operate an intricate electricity supply system with 8,20,000 consumers, a fleet of 3,400 buses carrying
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The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh's promise to put in place a more humane policy towards those displaced from lands acquired for new industrial projects is timely. Land acquisition is increasingly becoming controversial with the conflict between
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Economic Times, NEW DELHI: The Centre has planned a New Year bonanza for the urban poor. To ensure shelter for the marginalised in big cities, the housing ministry has finalised a scheme aiming to extend subsidy of 5% on market rate of interest on housing
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