The only company left in the race for the Rs 2,600-crore (Rs 26 billion) project is Mukesh Ambani-controlled Sea King Infrastructure Ltd as other bidders have withdrawn from the race.
Cities are setting the rules that now carry life and death implications for their residents, and most of these rules are sought to be set by the municipal authorities who have never wielded such power, reports Subhomoy Bhattacharjee.
Quite fed up with the state government's dilly-dally approach in repealing the ULCA in September, while releasing the grant of around Rs 400 crore under the JNURM, the Centre had warned the state government that if it did not repeal the ULCA, funding under the JNURM scheme would be stopped. Subsequently, the state legislature had passed a Bill to repeal the ULCA in the recently concluded winter session of the Assembly.
Before buying property, please carefully study the agreement with the builder, advises Sanjay Kumar Singh.
India's overall retail inflation eased to 4.41 per cent in September, helped by falling commodity prices, but rural inflation was at 5.05 per cent
A senior official from the urban development ministry said that allowing four floor space index within a 500 metre from the station will help the developer to bring down the viability gap funding because he will be able to make profits from the excess FSI. This will also allow the state government and the BMC to generate funds for infrastructure projects.
There was buzz of Piyush Goyal being elevated to Cabinet rank but only Prakash Javadekar made the cut.
The proposal is divided into multiple phases and for the first phase the Union Ministry of Tourism sanctioned Rs 5 cr.
'Till the time the Modi government is ruling, they will write off loans of corporates and give opportunities to rogue businessmen to run away, so we will have to come again and again on the roads to demand our just rights.'
'While dairy farmers are suffering from low prices, consumers are paying a high price for milk.'
Will be operational by the time Mumbai airport reaches its saturation capacity of 40 million.
'If the political executive doesn't want an independent judiciary, it will be impossible for the judiciary to maintain its independence.'
In 2015, the Reserve Bank of India cut interest rates by 125 basis points to 6.75 per cent.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday warned of ruin for the dishonest after the expiry of December 30 deadline for depositing scrapped currency and said they should not underestimate the mood of the country against corruption.
New government will have to mobilise money to complete pending irrigation, infra projects
Its wireless connectivity is based on pay per usage of bandwidth, using SRIT's product DynaRate, which enables users to demand bandwidth on a real-time and dynamic basis.
Firms in which IP is critical, such as pharma and research and knowledge-based organisations, were taking the lead in seeking cyber covers to protect their computer systems from hack attacks
Binu Alex, co-founder and editorial director of www.commodityonline.com, in an interview to Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com, says demand-supply imbalance arising out of the government's inability to preserve the crop for non-harvesting season is the root cause behind the price rise.
Of 650 billion cubic metres of water available for irrigation nationwide, 15 per cent, or 100 BCM of water, is used by sugarcane , which is planted on no more than 2.5 per cent of India's farmland
Hiranandani, K Raheja Builders, Gamon Infrastructure and Kalpataru are reported to have shown interest in the Rs 9,300-crore project, launched by the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) of the Maharashtra government.
Mukesh or Anil, who will have the upper hand in the battle for major share of Mumbai makeover pie will be known later on Wednesday.
Capping the size of special economic zones to 5,000 hectare may help governments quell social unrest caused by compulsory land acquisition for such projects.
The Dalimia Bharat group, under the memorandum of understanding, would maintain the monument and build basic infrastructure around it and has committed a sum of Rs 25 crore for the purpose over a period spanning five years.
A heartwarming tale of how they used their time to beautify the schools where they are quarantined.
'In the long run, the boost to farmers' incomes must come from technological breakthroughs,' says Pratap S Birthal and Digvijay S Negi.
Authorities also said the recovery rate of COVID-19 patients was improving consistently in India and it was in a much better position in handling the pandemic, which has seen more than 63 lakh people testing positive for this virus since its emergence in China last December and over 3.7 lakh having lost their lives.
India is in the midst of its biggest crisis since Independence. It is a national emergency and begs to be dealt with. Politics can wait. Lives need to be saved. We need to vaccinate India at a pace faster than any country in the world, asserts Ramesh Menon.
BJP-ruled Maharashtra levies 46.52 per cent VAT (47.64 per cent in Mumbai) on petrol, the highest in the country.
'Tata A&D, when formed, will be better equipped to execute larger and more complex projects and be more globally competitive as part of the global supply chain.'
'The one thing that a cricketer aspires for is earning the respect of the dressing room and that respect is earned only when any player puts his hand up in adverse conditions and does his job for the team.'
The idea is to provide prompt and proper emergency care to all, especially for our middle and lower classes for whom availing emergency care is difficult and sometimes just impossible, says Dr Navin Shah, former president, American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin
The company wants to amend it's application against the part to make the case stronger.
The Maharashtra government's plans to tap sugar factories as an alternative source of power to overcome huge power deficit to the tune of 5,000-6,000 Mw, are proving to be a damp squib due to the rising prices of steel and coal.
Sensex, Nifty under pressure on weak global cues.
Going a step ahead, the state government has suggested laying of very fast tracks to facilitate a speed of up to 350 kmph in the public-private partnership.
The PM is in Mumbai on a two-day visit.
It was difficult to set up a unified zone on the SEZ land.
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