Press Trust of India (PTI), headquartered in New Delhi, is India’s largest news agency. It was registered in 1947 and started operations in 1949. PTI has more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers, who generate more than 2,000 stories and 200 photographs every day. Subscribers to PTI’s feed include the mainstream media, research groups, specialised presses, companies, government organisations and NGOs.
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) told the Supreme Court, on August 22, 2019 that the Rs 10,000-crore Salem-Chennai eight-lane green corridor road project, is of ‘national importance’ and that the Madras High … READ FULL STORY
The demolition of RK Studios, the famed dream factory of the legendary film-maker Raj Kapoor in the suburban Chembur, in Mumbai, has begun. “The demolition work started a few days back. It is in … READ FULL STORY
Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), on August 22, 2019, said it would replace nearly four lakh street lights in West Bengal with LEDs. State urban development and municipal affairs minister Firhad Hakim, dedicated 56,000 … READ FULL STORY
A Noida-based builder, who allegedly tried to avoid paying dues of Rs 26.80 crores that his firm owed to the Noida Authority, by forging an Allahabad High Court order, has been booked for fraud … READ FULL STORY
The Maharashtra cabinet, on August 20, 2019, approved Rs 891 crores, to implement the intelligent traffic management system (ITMS) project, to streamline vehicular movement on Mumbai’s roads. “To address the issues of time consumed … READ FULL STORY
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), on August 20, 2019, raised Rs 100 crores through an issue of municipal bonds, through the BSE’s electronic bidding platform, as part its Rs 300-crore fund-raising plan. The … READ FULL STORY
An association of home buyers has approached a Delhi court, seeking prosecution of a real estate company and its officials under the stringent law MCOCA, to curb ‘organised crime’ in the real estate sector. … READ FULL STORY
Realty firm Gaurs Group, on August 19, 2019, said the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) has awarded occupancy certificates for 1,600 flats of a housing project, along the Yamuna Expressway in Noida. The … READ FULL STORY
New houses for those who lost their dwellings built under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) in the deluge, loan waiver for farmers and free food grains, are among the slew of relief measures … READ FULL STORY
The Income Tax (I-T) Department, on August 11, 2019, said it has attached benami assets worth Rs 300 crores, including a bungalow in a posh Delhi locality and USD 40 million funds brought from … READ FULL STORY
Goa tourism minister Manohar Ajgaonkar, on August 7, 2019, said all illegal constructions along the state’s beaches would be demolished. Ajgaonkar said this in the state assembly, when BJP MLA Wilfred De Sa alleged … READ FULL STORY
The World Resources Institute’s Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas, has ranked India 13th among 17 countries, on the list of ‘extremely high’ water stressed countries. India has more than three times the population of the … READ FULL STORY
The Delhi Airport’s ‘Phase 3A’ infrastructure expansion – which includes the construction of a fourth runway, expansion of T1 apron area and development of a dual elevated eastern cross taxiway – would be completed … READ FULL STORY
