Goa: Uguem locals demand closure of stone quarry site

QUEPEM: More than 200 Uguem locals again marched to the basalt stone quarry site demanding immediate stopping of all activities at the spot, stating that around 60 houses have developed cracks due to blasting. Earlier, Uguem locals, in a complaint to the Mines and Geology Department, had urged authorities to shut down quarries that ...
October 9, 2021

Andhra Pradesh HC halts housing scheme, calls for assessment by expert body

VIJAYAWADA: The AP high court on Friday issued orders setting aside various guidelines issued by the state government to allot house sites to people below poverty line category through various GOs. The court directed the government not to proceed with construction of houses under its ‘Navaratnalu-Pedalandiriki illu’ scheme. While acknowledging the scheme as laudable ...
October 9, 2021

SBI leases 3,150 sq ft space with Bachchans in Mumbai

Amitabh Bachchan is getting a new tenant–State Bank of India. The country’s largest bank has leased the ground floor of a property owned by the Bachchans in Mumbai‘s upscale Juhu locality. The state-owned bank has entered into an agreement with the Bollywood star and his son Abhishek Bachchan, also an actor, to lease 3,150 ...
October 9, 2021

NGT asks Bhopal civic body to follow environment norms for PMAY projects

NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) not to proceed with further construction of housing projects without having mandatory environmental clearance. The Tribunal’s directive came while hearing a plea alleging violation of environmental norms and energy information administration (EIA) for the construction of affordable housing projects under Pradhan ...
October 8, 2021

Cement manufacturers in the South flag spike in costs

South Indian Cement Manufacturers’ Association (SICMA) has said that the cement makers in the region have been witnessing a huge increase in production cost due to significant increase in raw material costs. “The last few months have witnessed an unprecedented increase in the cost of imported coal and the substitute, pet coke, is simply ...
October 8, 2021

Dubai property prices higher but rents continue to fall: CBRE

File Photo DUBAI: Average residentialproperty prices in Dubai rose 4.4% in the 12 months to August, the highest annual growth since February 2015, real estate investment firm CBRE Group said on Thursday. However, an ongoing fall in rents signalled continued weakness in the long-troubled sector. Dubai rents continued to trend lower, falling by 2.7% ...
October 7, 2021