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Indias urban story one of unfinished promise: Economic Survey

Supply-side constraints, governance gaps weigh on city life, says Survey

30 Jan 2026 1:25 am

The pillars that travelled from Madras to Pondicherry and back

Once, there was a colonnade of 32 pillars in Pondicherry that the French brought in from Madras in 1746. The British took them back to Madras following their siege of Pondicherry in 1762.

28 Jan 2026 6:30 am