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PM inaugurates housing complex to rehabilitate slum dwellers

Last Updated: Saturday, September 14, 2013, 13:13

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inaugurated a housing complex built at a cost of Rs 2,400 crore on the outskirts of the city which would benefit nearly 8,500 families living in slums here.

Over 15 lakh houses for urban poor to be built: PM

Last Updated: Saturday, September 14, 2013, 13:02

Noting that rapid urbanisation has led to the problem of growing slums in cities, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said the Centre plans to construct over 15 lakh houses for the urban poor.

Bomb kills 9 inside elite Afghanistan’s housing complex

Last Updated: Saturday, May 18, 2013, 00:08

A car bomb exploded inside an elite gated community linked to the family of Afghan President Hamid Karzai this evening, killing at least nine people and wounding more than 70 near the southern city of Kandahar, an official said.