Bloomberg team, Urban Development Min officials discuss smart city scheme

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 17, 2015, 19:22

Senior Urban Development Ministry officials and a Bloomberg Philanthropies delegation on Tuesday held discussions for over five hours to advance the government's ambitious smart cities initiative, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a partnership with the foundation.

RE-Invest 2015: Michael Bloomberg urges investors to invest in clean energy market

Last Updated: Monday, February 16, 2015, 15:53

The RE-Invest between 15-17 February in New Delhi has been organised by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.

Bloomberg named UN Chief`s special envoy for climate change

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 21:32

UN chief Ban Ki-moon has appointed former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg as the first special envoy for cities and climate change.

De Blasio sworn in as New York mayor, succeeding Bloomberg

Last Updated: Thursday, January 2, 2014, 02:28

Bill de Blasio was formally inaugurated as New York City`s 109th mayor on Wednesday at a City Hall ceremony where he promised to take "dead aim" at closing the affordability gap he has decried as New York`s tale of two cities.

New York ends Bloomberg era, elects liberal de Blasio as mayor

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 6, 2013, 10:43

Voters in New York picked Bill de Blasio to be the city`s first Democratic mayor in a generation, in one of a handful of elections seen as having considerable national importance.

New York reports biggest ever haul of illegal guns

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 20, 2013, 10:43

More than 200 firearms, from .22 caliber pistols to a submachine gun, have been seized in what New York called the biggest seizure of illegal guns in the city`s history.

NYC may go bankrupt just like Detroit, Mayor Bloomberg warns

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 7, 2013, 18:15

Bloomberg said that like Detroit, New York City was once one of the manufacturing centers in the United States, however, as large-scale manufacturing companies slowly moved out of large cities across the country, New York began to diversify its industries rather than depending on a single one.

Texas actress arrested in ricin case: Reports

Last Updated: Saturday, June 8, 2013, 08:35

A woman who told FBI agents her husband had sent ricin-tainted letters to President Barack Obama and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been arrested.

FBI intercepts ricin-laced letter sent to Obama

Last Updated: Friday, May 31, 2013, 07:48

A letter laced with poisonous substance ricin, sent to US President Barack Obama, has been intercepted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Poison found in two letters sent to NY mayor

Last Updated: Thursday, May 30, 2013, 13:51

Two threatening letters sent last week to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg contained the poison ricin, the city`s police department announced Wednesday.

Military-style drones to fly over New York City: Bloomberg

Last Updated: Monday, March 25, 2013, 16:51

Not many New Yorkers have bought into New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg`s idea that military-style drones will soon be patrolling the skies above the city.

NYC mayor announces USD 12 mn gun control ad campaign

Last Updated: Sunday, March 24, 2013, 11:54

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced a new USD 12 million television ad campaign that will push senators in key states to back gun control efforts, including comprehensive background checks.