Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
Lucknow Land acquisition hurdles have claimed yet another road project in Uttar Pradesh. The R1100-crore Agra Inner Ring Road project, which was given to Jaypee Infratech three years ago, has been shelved by the Akhilesh Yadav government because the land-for-development model for the plan was not working out. In a …
New Delhi In a major reprieve for developers in Maharashtra, a division bench of the Supreme Court passed an interim order on Tuesday allowing them to pay value added tax (VAT) till October 31, adding the amount would be refunded if the developers win the case. The Supreme Court passed …
With many highway projects finding it difficult to reach financial closure, the government is seeking a review of guidelines for lending to such projects. The finance ministry and the Reserve Bank of India are considering a proposal under which banks could treat escrow accounts as collateral for projects where annuities …
‘According to a report, the construction of the 2.5 km long road from Kalinagar to Niz Fulbari (Sealtek) Tarinipur of package no AS-03-63 that has tender value of Rs 1 crore 3 lakhs 88 thousand has been completed up to 65 per cent’ SILCHAR: People of Katigorah constituency alleged irregularities …
The second meeting of the National Ganga River Basin Authority’s inter-Ministerial group in Delhi on Tuesday could not make much headway on the contentious issue of the under-construction hydro-electric project on the Alaknanda at Srinagar in Uttarakhand. The group, headed by Planning Commission Member B. K. Chaturvedi, heard the builders …
New Delhi In a bid to spur real estate players to build homes for the low-income population, the proposal to allow them to access end-use linked external commercial borrowings (ECBs) for low-cost housing will soon be implemented. According to a senior government official, “the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is …
Shillong, Aug 9 (IANS): The biggest hurdle in implementing infrastructure projects in the northeastern States is the lack of competent contractors, an Asian Development Bank (ADB) official said on Wednesday. "One of the biggest challenges for the region is to attract big construction companies to complete the projects within a …
Gurgaon scores down from previous year but still on top Noida has replaced Mumbai as the second-best realty destination this year, according to an analyst report. Gurgaon-Manesar retained the top slot. The rankings by real estate data firm Qubrex are based on eight parameters—supply and demand, likely price appreciation in …
Wave would develop 1,400 housing units with a starting price of over Rs 1 crore, 900 studio flats, 370 high street comples and more Wave Infratech, the realty arm of Ponty Chadha's Wave Group, today said that Noida Authority has approved the master plan for its ambitious Rs 10,000 crore …
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s tree committee on Friday approved a proposal to cut 481 trees in Goregaon (East) to make way for the construction of a single residential project. In 2011, the committee had permitted cutting 278 trees in the same plot being developed by Kingston Properties Pvt Limited, known …
GUWAHATI: Assam has a total land area of 78,438 sq km. Of this, 30.16 lakh hectares are available for agriculture. But Assam’s agricultural land is decreasing gradually. The trend of converting agricultural land to non-agricultural land is responsible for this to a large extent. It has been noticed that in …
Hyderabad-based Gulf Oil Corporation Limited has entered into a joint development agreement with Hinduja Estates Private Limited, also a Hinduja group company, to develop 76 acre of the former’s land at Kukatpally in Hyderabad. While Gulf Oil will provide the land, Hinduja Estates will invest around Rs 3,500 crore in …
The district administration has now made it mandatory for houses with more than 100 square metres covered area to have a rainwater harvesting system in place. Twenty teams have been constituted to grant permission to install the systems and ensure their functioning. The orders come in the wake of a …
Will two ministers be able to check it? ask public With the delay in introducing new sand mining policy in the district, the illegal sand filtering business on the banks of river, lake, streams are thriving day-by-day. This surely does not require any proof because everyone is well aware of …
JAIPUR: For optimum utilization of available land in Model 4 buildings of the upcoming affordable housing schemes, the Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) is planning to construct G+7 high rises. On Thursday, JDA officials gave directions to prepare an expression on interest (EOI) in this regard.In Model 4 affordable housing schemes, …
The recent Punjab & Haryana High Court direction barring the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) from issuing fresh licences for housing projects in Gurgaon without an undertaking from the builders to not draw groundwater has been welcomed by the citizens by and large as a “justified concern”, but also triggered …
Chandigarh Taking a serious view of exploitation of ground water in Gurgaon, Punjab and Haryana High Court today barred issuance of any fresh license for construction activity unless builders give an undertaking that underground water would not be drawn by them. The court asked the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) …
Mumbai The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Monday passed the Maharashtra Housing (Regulation and Development) Bill, 2012, which seeks to set up what will be the country’s first realty industry regulator. While the Bill is expected to be passed in the Legislative Council during the ongoing session, the law will come …
The Rs 250-crore road project of the Delhi-based DS Construction (DSC) Limited in Chhattisgarh is heading for a bumpy ride with company’s another effort to set up toll plaza going into vain. The Chhattisgarh High Court has granted stay on the proposed toll plaza in Sunder Nagar locality on the …
World Bank funded Odisha State Roads Project (OSRP) is suffering a cost escalation of Rs 623.68 crore, marred by delay in work execution by contractors. The total project cost which was initially estimated at Rs 1431.19 crore has now been revised to Rs 1938.6 crore in accordance with a restructuring …
