Jaypee homebuyers still waiting for dream houses
By Sumit Saxena New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) For 30,000 families who bought flats in Jaypee projects in Noida, there seems to be no end in sight to their problems as the resolution process continues…
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Tough task awaits NBCC in its role as home buyers’ saviour
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) State-run construction major NBCC has off late been seen as the last resort to complete few of the mega housing projects in the National Capital Region (NCR) which have been…
Implementation of Amrapali judgement, a big legal hurdle
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) The recent Supreme Court judgement in the case related to the aggrieved 42,000 Amrapali homebuyers could be treated as a precedent to streamline incomplete housing projects, a mess created by…
India’s housing mess: 1.74 lakh homes stalled across major cities
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) Supreme Court’s recent landmark verdict on the Amrapali case has brought the limelight back to the the Indian realty sector and lakhs of home buyers as numbers of incomplete and…
Attractive valuations, macro prospects to stem FPI outflows
Mumbai, July 31 (IANS) Attractive valuations along with long-term macro-economic prospects have slowed the pace of foreign fund outflows from India, which were triggered off earlier by a new super-rich taxation surcharge. Market observers pointed…
India’s July FPI outflow highest in emerging markets, among worst sell-offs
Mumbai, July 31 (IANS) There has been only four occasions since 2002, when the FPI outflow had surpassed the Rs 11,743-crore-mark witnessed in July so far, all at a time of tight financial circumstances. According…
Super-rich surcharge to stay; FPIs advised to register as companies
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) The central government seems to be adamant on implementing the latest taxation surcharge on the super-rich category which has driven-out foreign fund worth over Rs 15,000 crore in the last…
Weak quarterly results intensify FPI’s selling momentum
Mumbai, July 31 (IANS) Poor earnings on top of the increased tax-surcharge on the super-rich, adversely impacting Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs), has resulted in an exodus of foreign funds in the July month. Whole host…
Overseas laws, triggering of GAAR roadblock in conversion for FPIs: Experts
By Ravi Dutta Mishra Mumbai, July 31 (IANS) The increase in surcharge on super-rich proposed in the Union Budget, a negative for most Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) elicited a sharply adverse reaction from the markets….
Delhi saw 1,176 rape cases till July 15
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) Six cases of rape and eight cases of molestation were filed every day on an average in the national capital this year till July 15, according to the Delhi Police…
Steady rise seen in Delhi crimes involving firearms
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) Delhi has been witnessing a steady rise in crimes over the last few months, particularly the use of firearms, leading to questions over the law and order situation in the…
Rise in Delhi crime due to lack of pro-active policing: Ex-police chiefs
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) The surge in Delhis crime graph, particularly the heinous incidents involving use of firearms, is mainly because of lack of pro-active policing and hot pursuit of hardened criminals, former decorated…
Deserted farm houses in South Delhi dens of rave parties
By Sanjeev Pal New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) Farm houses located in the hidden corner of south Delhi have become the favourite dens for rave parties where drugs and other illegal activities are carried out….
Jails don’t stop gangsters from operating anymore
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) Jails no more bar the underworld dons and gangsters from carrying out their nefarious activities, including extortions. A number of cases have come to light recently which revealed how the…
Non-heinous crimes on rise in national capital
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) A total of 1,56,714 non-heinous cases of crime were reported in the national capital in 2019, up from 1,22,498 in 2018 till July 15, marking a 27.93 per cent rise,…
Dangling sword of sealing in Delhi keeps many anxious
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) The sword of sealing keeps dangling on lakhs of premises in Delhi over their alleged illegal use for commercial purposes in residential areas, because of which there is continued anxiety…
Dangling sword of sealing in Delhi keeps anxiety on
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) The sword of sealing keeps dangling on lakhs of premises in Delhi over their alleged illegal use for commercial purposes in residential areas, because of which there is continued anxiety…
Delhi’s water ‘woes’ turning into ‘wars’
By Ananya Bhatnagar New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Each day as the sun rises in South Delhis Neb Sarai, an un-authorised colony of the capital city, every household in the area goes to ‘war’ for…
Need to address parking woes of Delhi
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Parking is a major problem in Delhi, which can be addressed by earmarking spaces permanently under the Parking Management Area Plan (PMAP). The PMAP, if implemented effectively, can potentially reduce…
Challenges of regularising Delhi’s unauthorized colonies
By Sumit Saxena New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) The 1,797 unauthorized colonies, which house nearly 70 per cent of the population in Delhi, may be finally regularised but the Supreme Court-appointed monitoring committee opines that…