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The Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry’s budgetary provisions were pegged at Rs 48,000 crores in the Union Budget 2019-20, a hike of nearly 12% from 2018-19. The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban), an ambitious … READ FULL STORY
A private player has already won a bid to operate the Thiruvananthapuram international airport but the central government will take a view on the second bidder, the Kerala government, in the coming days, civil … READ FULL STORY
At least five under-construction sites, out of total of 287 inspected by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), in the wake of the Kondhwa wall collapse incident, have been found to be unsafe and labourers … READ FULL STORY
Noting that pedestrian safety was of paramount importance, the Bombay High Court, on June 21, 2019, directed the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) to take necessary steps, to secure the area around … READ FULL STORY
Kolkata-based Shristi Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd faces an arbitration claim of Rs 160 crores from Rishima SA Investments LLC, an investor of a 5-star hotel project in the city. Mauritius-registered Rishima had invested Rs … READ FULL STORY
The Gautam Buddh Nagar administration, on June 19, 2019, attached 36 properties belonging to 12 gangsters, in a bid to cut their financial sources, officials said. So far, more than 120 properties of gangsters … READ FULL STORY
Slain liquor baron Ponty Chadha’s son Manpreet Singh Chadha was granted bail on June 17, 2019, in an alleged real estate fraud case. Additional session judge Gulshan Kumar granted relief to Manpreet, who was … READ FULL STORY
Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy, on June 13, 2019, launched 118 websites that would enable citizens to get building plan approvals, diversion of land use change and other related permissions through online submissions, avoiding … READ FULL STORY
A bench headed by National Green Tribunal (NGT) chairperson justice Adarsh Kumar Goel, while noting that illegal installation of tubewells was an offence under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, asked the Delhi Jal Board … READ FULL STORY
With a view to strengthening the supervision and regulation of commercial banks, urban cooperative banks and non-banking financial companies, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) board has decided to create a specialised supervisory and … READ FULL STORY
The Supreme Court, on May 21, 2019, stayed the Delhi High Court order, which had held that the 2016 black money law cannot be allowed to operate with retrospective effect from July 2015, to … READ FULL STORY
Three multi-storey parking lots, costing Rs 141.23 crores, will come up in Sector 1, 2 and 3 of Noida, which are grappling with traffic congestion due to roadside parking of vehicles, a senior Noida … READ FULL STORY
Controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, on May 10, 2019, termed as a lie, the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED’s) claim that he transferred over Rs 49 crores to his bank accounts in India over a period … READ FULL STORY
