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A special CBI court has allowed the Adarsh Housing Society to withdraw Rs one crore from its bank accounts, after accepting as security the plot of the 31-storey building in south Mumbai, which is … READ FULL STORY
Mumbai-based developer Raheja Universal, on August 22, 2018, said that it has adopted title insurance policy for its projects, from HDFC Ergo, as per the guidelines of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act … READ FULL STORY
Update on February 13, 2019: Town planning agency, the City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO), has announced that it will conduct a lottery for 1,100 homes on February 14, 2019. The draw for the homes … READ FULL STORY
A Supreme Court bench headed by chief justice Dipak Misra, on August 21, 2018, asked a panel headed by former Delhi High Court judge, justice SN Dhingra, to go ahead with the sale of … READ FULL STORY
A division bench of the Madras High Court, comprising justices TS Sivagnanam and V Bhavani Subbaroyan, on August 21, 2018, passed an interim order on a batch of petitions opposing the Rs 10,000-crore, proposed … READ FULL STORY
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, on August 21, 2018, shot off a letter to the Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal, alleging that the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) had refused to participate in the Delhi government’s … READ FULL STORY
Pressure on Kerala’s limited land resources, due to the growing population, denudation of the Western Ghats and climate change, could be the reasons behind the floods that have ravaged the state, eminent scientist, K … READ FULL STORY
A National Green Tribunal (NGT) bench, headed by justice RS Rathore, has directed the Railways to seek a ‘no-objection certificate’ (NOC) from the Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA), for extraction of groundwater to clean … READ FULL STORY
The much-awaited Signature Bridge on the Yamuna, to be opened by the end of October 2018, will serve as a tourist destination with the 154-metre-high glass box giving a bird’s eye view of the … READ FULL STORY
A Supreme Court bench, headed by justice Madan B Lokur, on August 17, 2018, asked Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor (LG) to set up a committee of experts, which would go in-depth, into all aspects relating … READ FULL STORY
Dust-free zones alongside city roads, are the new addition to the Noida Authority’s plan, to tackle environmental issues, officials said, on August 19, 2018. A total of 315 kms along both the sides of … READ FULL STORY
A Bombay High Court bench of justices SC Dharmadhikari and Bharati Dangre, on August 16, 2018, dismissed a plea by Mafatlal Industries, which claimed that it was the rightful leaseholder of a plot of … READ FULL STORY
A Bombay High Court bench of justices AS Oka and RI Chagla, on August 14, 2018, questioned how the collector of Raigad district, had decided to exempt a bungalow belonging to fugitive diamantaire Nirav … READ FULL STORY
