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.
While refusing to lift the cap on the number of autorickshaws in the national capital, the Supreme Court, on March 29, 2019, said Delhi is already overcrowded with almost 32 lakh cars and adding … READ FULL STORY
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed an environmental compensation charge of Rs 10 crores on Ansal Buildwell Ltd and its sister concern Aadharshila Towers Private Ltd and Rigoss Estate Networks Private Ltd and … READ FULL STORY
While delivering the keynote address at the launch of the ‘Electric Mobility Forum’ of research organisation WRI India, vice-president Venkaiah Naidu, on March 28, 2019, called for the development of a comprehensive mobility plan, … READ FULL STORY
A politician involved in the real estate business in Karnataka, has been arrested for defaulting on tax of Rs 5.4 crores, the Income Tax (I-T) Department said, on March 27, 2019. The politician, who … READ FULL STORY
The Allahabad High Court has issued notice to the state advocate general, on a PIL challenging the Uttar Pradesh Urban Planning and Development Act, 1973 and seeking to declare the same as outside the … READ FULL STORY
The Sawasdee Group has acquired Moser Baer India’s 60,000 sq metres of land through an online auction for Rs 72 crores, the Noida-based real estate group said, on March 27, 2019. The Group, formally … READ FULL STORY
The sub-registrar of societies in Vasai division, has served notices to 19 cooperative housing societies, after receiving a complaint that these housing societies were preventing non-Catholics from renting, purchasing flats or becoming members. These … READ FULL STORY
Reacting to a recent media report that the average daily ridership of the Delhi Metro has dropped by over 3 lakhs, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has sought an explanation from union minister Hardeep … READ FULL STORY
The Delhi government has chalked out a plan to cut down travel time between Gurgaon and north Delhi by constructing a North-South corridor across the city. The proposal has been sent to the Unified … READ FULL STORY
Sluggish sales pulled down average prices of residential properties in Kolkata by 4 per cent year-on-year, during July-December 2018, realty consultant Knight Frank India said. “In Rajarhat and the eastern micro-markets (of Kolkata), residential … READ FULL STORY
The Supreme Court has refused to interfere with an order restraining a woman from feeding birds from her balcony flat, in a high rise building in Mumbai. “If you are living in a residential … READ FULL STORY
In a conference held in New Delhi, to address the issue of waste management, environmental experts said ‘a mass movement’ was required, to reduce the burden of waste in the country. Speaking at the … READ FULL STORY
A Supreme Court bench, comprising justices DY Chandrachud and Hemant Gupta, has granted liberty to the NGO, ‘Society for Protection of Culture, Heritage, Environment, Traditions and Promotion of National Awareness’, to point its objections … READ FULL STORY
