Regulator seeks clarification on transfer of convertible debt after merger
The CIDCO and the Maharashtra government have stepped up efforts to arrive at a consensus over compensation for PAPs, before a meeting called by the prime minister on November 13 to expedite the work. PAPs, who have dropped their earlier demand of Rs 20 crore (Rs 200 million) per acre, are demanding allocation of 35 per cent developed land against the offer of 22.5 per cent made by the state government and CIDCO.
Analysts say worst seems over but RBI's helping hand needed in form of rate cuts.
The debate between the Congress and its ally Nationalist Congress Party on seat-sharing in Maharashtra for the Lok Sabha elections has taken a new turn. The NCP has told the Congress to go ahead on its own if it was sure of winning all the 48 Lok Sabha seats in the state.
Sales have picked up in the past few days for retailers in the apparel and consumer durables segments.
Mumbai police chargesheets billionaire-builder Chandru Raheja for cheating, breach of trust; Rahejas call it pressure tactic, say Wadia plea was thrown out by Supreme Court
Other members include former Central Bank of India chairman and managing director Homai A Daruwala, former bureaucrat of the Madhya Pradesh cadre Prashant Mehta and RGPPL's managing director R K Srivastav.
The fund is to invest in income generating assets such as malls, office complexes among others.
While private equity giant Blackstone and Pune-based realtor Panchshil Realty had offered Rs 800 crore for the building at Nariman Point, the building's owners -- Viveck Goenka, chairman and managing director of the Indian Express Group, and private equity firm ICICI Venture (which has 49 per cent stake in the property) -- expected the sale to fetch Rs 900 crore, said the executive.
The Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena's much-awaited entry into the Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party-Republican Party of India combine to forge a grand alliance in Maharashtra won't be a reality.
He started a fund with Rs 800 crore and made several investments.
However, the realty players will have to pursue their long-pending demands with the state government for abolition of the Urban Land Ceiling Act, speedy approvals to expedite redevelopment of Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority buildings, development of cluster development, rental and affordable housing.
In the last few years, zero per cent financing has become quite attractive as consumers aspire to buy the latest products, especially in categories such as mobile phones and television sets.
While one of them is on the verge of opening, three others are expected to come up in the next three years.
The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai city police is expected to file a First Information Report (FIR) against Jignesh Shah, promoter of Financial Technologies and vice-chairman of National Spot Exchange (NSEL), and former senior management officials in connection with the current payment crisis.
Earlier, its attempts to monetise properties, including the 22-storeyed Air India building in Nariman Point, saw lukewarm response.
People affected by the Navi Mumbai international airport insist they be allotted developed land as compensation, not cash as the land acquisition Bill, recently cleared by Parliament
Investigation to be over by weekend, Mumbai police EOW to lodge FIR thereafter.
With Big Bazaar Direct, the company franchisees will visit customers to take orders and the products would be delivered in three to seven days.
Consultants say those selling imported consumer durables, apparel, food products, furniture, etc, are the ones hit the hardest.