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State-run engineering and consultancy agency Rail India Technical and Economic Service (RiTES) had, in 2016, warned the West Bengal government on the precarious condition of several bridges in the city, including the Majerhat structure … READ FULL STORY
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will be starting the reconstruction and resurfacing work on 1,343 roads of 507 kms in length, from October, a civic official said, on September 5, 2018. The works would … READ FULL STORY
The Maharashtra government has proposed changes in calculating penalties, to regularise illegal residential buildings in the state, in a move that is likely to provide some relief to occupants of such structures. The modifications … READ FULL STORY
Coming down heavily on the Amrapali Group, the Supreme Court, on September 4, 2018, observed that it appears that a ‘big scandal is taking place in the name of real estate business’ and termed … READ FULL STORY
A Reliance Infrastructure-led consortium, on September 4, 2018, inked a pact with state-owned Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC), for the construction of the Rs 7,000-crore Versova-Bandra Sea Link in Mumbai, which has been … READ FULL STORY
Dismissing a public interest litigation (PIL) by a green, non-governmental organisation (NGO), which is likely to affect the Salem-Chennai Expressway, a division bench of the Madras High Court, comprising justices TS Sivagnanam and V … READ FULL STORY
SBI, LIC Housing Finance and Muthoot HomeFin, on September 3, 2018, offered loans at concessional rates, for repairing and renovation of homes, to help people in flood-affected Kerala. State Bank of India (SBI) said … READ FULL STORY
Haryana Public Works Department (PWD) minister Rao Narbir Singh, on September 3, 2018, said that the construction work on a five-km, elevated flyover, on the Gurugram–Alwar national highway, will start from September 21, 2018. … READ FULL STORY
The stay on construction activities in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Chandigarh by the Supreme Court, may impact the delivery timelines of housing and infrastructure projects, according to a report. The real estate sector … READ FULL STORY
“It is important that regardless of whether the wife – financially or monetarily – contributes to the family income, her contribution to a household in terms of household labour, home management and child-bearing and … READ FULL STORY
The country’s largest lender, State Bank of India (SBI), has increased its marginal cost of funds-based lending rate (MCLR), by 20 basis points across all tenors up to three years, effective September 1, 2018. … READ FULL STORY
The Maharashtra Apartment Ownership (Amendment) Bill, the Gujarat Agricultural Lands Ceiling (Amendment) Bill 2015 and the Gujarat Agricultural Lands Ceiling (Amendment) Bill, 2017 have received the president’s nod, a home ministry official has said. … READ FULL STORY
An FIR against Robert Vadra, former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and two companies – DLF and Onkareshwar Properties – has been registered at the Kherki Daula police station in Gurugram, Manesar, deputy … READ FULL STORY
