This is the second instance of a realty firm foraying into telecom in less than a month. In August, Delhi-based Parsvnath Developers had submitted an application to the DoT for a Unified Access Service licence in 22 circles.
Norwegian firm Telenor, the majority partner in Uninor, has asked Sanjay Chandra to step down from the post of Chairman of Unitech Wireless in the wake of ongoing 2G court case.
The company switched its focus from premium housing to affordable and mid-income projects to stay afloat
Real estate developer Unitech Ltd is bringing the super-luxury chain of hotels, Ritz Carlton, to Kolkata's Royal Calcutta Golf Club.
This comes right after DLF, the largest property developer, brought out a range of measures to soothe restive customers at a couple of other housing projects at Gurgaon. The Unitech customer ire is due to alleged delay in completion of World Spa, apartments and villas that carry an average price tag of over Rs 1 crore (Rs 10 million) per unit.
In a presentation to investors, the company said it has become a key player in all four metros.
Unitech Corporate Parks Plc, the real estate investment company listed on London's Alternative Investment Market in which developer Unitech Ltd holds a 40 per cent stake, has decided to put one of its largest assets in India on the block with a valuation of Rs 3,000 crore.
Unitech Ltd, the country's second largest real estate firm, has decided to sell its 200-room budget hotel Courtyard by Marriott in Gurgaon ahead of its inauguration in January 2009.
Real estate firm Unitech Ltd will invest Rs 1,800 crore (Rs 18 billion) in the next 4-5 years, to develop an exclusive residential project at Greater Noida.
Unitech Ltd, the country's second largest developer, on Friday said it has sold out a hotel in Gurgaon for Rs 231 crore (Rs 2.31 billion) and is in advance stages of talks for selling out an office complex in the national capital.
The board of Unitech Ltd, the country's second largest realty company, has approved a plan to raise Rs 5,000 crore through debt and equity issues and will convene an extraordinary general meeting on January 19, 2009 for shareholder approval. Sanjay Chandra, Unitech managing director, said today's proposal was a flexible enabling provision.
In the last seven months, the company has launched more than 30 projects, with a saleable area of 21.3 million sq ft. Out of this, it has already sold 10.11 million sq ft of area.
Unitech Ltd, the country's second largest realty firm, has forayed into the Mumbai's property market and plans to invest Rs 4,000 crore (Rs 40 billion) in the next three years on real estate development. According to company sources, Unitech plans to develop three million sq ft, primarily office space, in Central Mumbai in the next three years and is targeting to construct up to nine million sq ft in the next five years.
The complaint was filed by Gurgaon resident Paramvir Singh Narang alleging that he had booked a flat in Unitech Cascades at Greater Noida in 2006, which was to be handed over by April 2008 but the company failed to abide by its agreement.
The sold property, which was originally built as the company's corporate office, has gone to a wealthy individual. The entire money is expected to be received by June, an informed source said. The realtor had been negotiating the office property's sale for a few months and had finally closed the deal, the source said. A company spokesperson declined to comment.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed a full-fledged probe into the collusion of Tihar jail officials with Unitech's imprisoned ex-promoters Sanjay and Ajay Chandra, based on Delhi police commissioner Rakesh Asthana's report filed in a sealed cover.
Earlier, Special Central Bureau of Investigation judge O P Saini had rejected Chandra's plea seeking permission to go to Mount Elizabeth Hospital at Singapore for the treatment of his minor son, who has been suffering from a kidney problem earlier and now been diagnosed with diabetes.
Properties worth over Rs 150 crore of real estate firm Unitech Group have been attached in a money laundering case, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) said on Tuesday. The assets include a dozen of land pieces measuring a total of 48.56 acres in Gurgaon near Delhi.
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed that former Unitech promoters Sanjay Chandra and Ajay Chandra be shifted from Tihar Jail in Delhi to Mumbai's Arthur Road Jail and Taloja prison in Maharashtra after the ED said they were conducting business from the premises in connivance with the staff.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced a fresh Rs 15,000 crore 'SWAMIH Fund' for completion of 1 lakh units in stalled housing projects across various cities, a move aimed at providing relief to distressed homebuyers whose investments are stuck. In November 2019, the Centre announced a stress fund named 'Special Window for Affordable and Mid-Income Housing' (SWAMIH), to complete stalled housing projects across India.
A bench headed by Justice H L Dattu turned down the plea of CBI which had approached the apex court for cancellation of bail after Chandra was allegedly caught on tape trying to influence A K Singh, the then public prosecutor in the case.
A bench headed by Justice G S Singhvi granted two weeks time to Chandra to file his response on CBI's petition alleging that he had misused the relief given to him by approaching the then CBI prosecutor A K Singh and trying to 'materially interfere' with the prosecution in an 'attempt to influence' the conduct and outcome of the trial.
Unitech had 40 per cent stake in NKID, which has been acquired by the Salim group and Universal Success. Sources said NKID was now a 50:50 partnership between these two; earlier, Salim had a 40 per cent stake and Universal had 20 per cent. Asked why Unitech quit NKID, the former's managing director, Ajay Chandra, said, "I have no comments on this."
Telenor suggested that he be replaced by another representative of the promoters.
Unitech and Indiabulls Real Estate Ltd (IBREL) have deferred the listing of their respective real estate investment trusts (REITs) on the Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX)owing to the liquidity crunch in the global markets. Both Unitech and IBREL have received approval from the SGX for the initial public offers (IPOs) of their trusts.
Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma said the parties shall file brief written submissions not exceeding five pages.
Real estate major Unitech and promoters of India's first amusement park Appu Ghar, International Amusement Ltd, are jointly setting up two entertainment parks in Noida and Rohini
In another bid to mobilise funds for the cash-strapped realty major Unitech, promoter Ramesh Chandra and his family are in talks with leading Indian and global steel giants to sell their 25 per cent stake in Bhubaneswar-headquartered Orissa Sponge Iron & Steel Ltd.Investment banks said the Chandras, who bought the stake sometime in 2006 and 2007, are in talks with Korean steel giant Posco and Delhi-based Bhushan Steel, which owns 6 per cent in the firm.
Trial in the 2G spectrum case, involving former Telecom Minister A Raja and 16 others, on Monday resumed in a Delhi court after nearly a month with the special judge asking everyone not to discuss the matter outside the courtroom.
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Former Telecom Minister A Raja had "misled" then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh regarding policy of first-come-first-served which was to be followed for allocation of 2G spectrum, Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday told a special court.
The ED, in its chargesheet, had alleged that Rs 200 crore was paid by Swan Telecom (P) Ltd promoters to DMK-run Kalaignar TV.
The accused had also requested the court to take on record the written answers afresh.
The Delhi high court on Tuesday allowed the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate's pleas seeking an early hearing into the appeals challenging the acquittal of former telecom minister A Raja and others in the 2G spectrum allocation case.
He allegedly advanced the cut-off date to favour accused firms in allocation of 2G licences.
'The transactions were done in a circuitous route deliberately and most of the companies involved in it are Reliance ADA group firms.'