Chennai Till last week, K Sudakar, a class 7 student of a government school in Sembakkam, used to complete his homework before sunset as the erratic power supply doesn’t allow him to study beyond nightfall. Not any longer. The ordeal of students like...

Pune The civic administration, on Monday, supported the concept of ‘paid floor space index (FSI)’, wherein any developer will be able to purchase FSI at the government ready reckoner rates and utilize it for construction. “The concept was implemented...

Pune Pune is, historically, an established education base; manufacturing industrial hub, IT and ITeS hotspot, besides being a second home destination. However, recently it seems to have added another feather to its cap by beating Hyderabad in the realty...

The Reserve Bank of India’s move to raise repo rate by 50 basis points comes as a shock for the real industry as the burden on account of increased rates of interest will hit the developers as well as home buyers, says Lalit Kumar Jain, National President...

Pune Citizens in Pimpri-Chinchwad who pay property tax in advance before August 31 will get a 10% concession in general tax this year. The general body of the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) approved a resolution to this effect on Thursday....

National Association of Realtors India (NAR-India) and Confederation of Real Estate Developers Associations of India (Credai) have come together to bring transparency and ethics in property sales and other service offerings to customers. The two associations...

Pune Earlier considered as a small village near Baner, Balewadi has suddenly been revamped with several new properties coming up here. The major reason for the growth can be attributed to the Commonwealth Youth Games in 2008. The games, hosted at Shri...

Hyderabad The Telangana issue may have kept Andhra Pradesh on the boil, but Hyderabad continues to beat the heat by reigning as a hot and happening destination for IT/ITeS (information technology and IT enabled services ) sector, according to the latest...

Despite the Greater Noida authority's warning to builders not to get involved in the process of negotiations with farmers, several real estate players, who have huge stakes in Noida Extension, have begun approaching farmers. “More than two dozen farmers...

Noida authority chairman and CEO Balvinder Kumar has said even the state government cannot effect a hike in land compensation already paid to farmers. He, however, said the authority was committed to solving other issues and saving real estate projects...