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The proposed green corridor project from Salem to Chennai is unnecessary, as the project would deprive thousands of farmers of their fertile land, secretary of the Tamil Nadu unit of the CPI, R Mutharasan … READ FULL STORY
The West Bengal government has announced a housing project, ‘Nijoshree’, under which two categories of flats would be provided to people, whose monthly earnings are not above Rs 30,000. The two categories of residential … READ FULL STORY
Shiv Sena leader Anil Parab, on June 20, 2018, accused the Maharashtra government of overlooking the objections raised by corporators and other elected representatives, regarding the Mumbai Development Plan (DP) 2034. The BJP-led state … READ FULL STORY
Public suggestions and objections on the Delhi Development Authority’s (DDA’s) land pooling policy will be put before the Authority’s Board of Enquiry and Hearing, from July 2-3, 2018, an official statement said. In December … READ FULL STORY
The Maharashtra government has said that it would add an additional clause to the Maharashtra Municipal Corporation Act’s existing clause 79(d), for not allowing civic land to be given away at concessional rates. The … READ FULL STORY
Housing loans of up to Rs 35 lakhs, for dwellings costing less than Rs 45 lakhs, will be treated as priority sector lending (PSL), to give a fillip to the low-cost segment, the Reserve … READ FULL STORY
Land acquisition for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train project is facing opposition from farmers in Gujarat, with villagers not allowing the joint measurement survey to take place in many places. Farmer leaders are demanding that … READ FULL STORY
The number of high net worth individuals (dollar millionaires) in India grew by 20.4 per cent to 2.63 lakh people, while their collective wealth grew by 21 per cent to over USD one trillion, … READ FULL STORY
Karnataka’s deputy chief minister G Parameshwara, on June 18, 2018, said that the government would take effective and strict measures, to make Bengaluru free from plastic. Parameshwara, who is the minister-in-charge for Bengaluru city … READ FULL STORY
Maharashtra’s real estate regulator MahaRERA chief Gautam Chatterjee, while welcoming the central government’s decision to empower home buyers by giving them the status of financial creditors under the bankruptcy law, however, added that the … READ FULL STORY
Amidst protests from activists and residents over its proposal to build a metro car shed in Aarey Colony, the Maharashtra government told the Bombay High Court, on June 15, 2018 that the construction work … READ FULL STORY
Ponds, ambulances, solar street lights and doctors, are some of the demands that villagers in Maharashtra’s Palghar district want met, before they give their nod to the government’s ambitious bullet train project, say officials. … READ FULL STORY
The Haryana government, on June 15, 2018, gave its approval for a Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) project between Sarai Kale Khan in Delhi and the Haryana-Rajasthan border near Shahjahanpur-Neemrana-Behrod. The RRTS project will … READ FULL STORY
