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File photo WASHINGTON: A nationwide eviction moratorium is set to expire Saturday night after President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress worked furiously but ultimately failed to align on a long-shot strategy to prevent millions of Americans from being forced from their homes during a COVID-19 surge. More than 3.6 million Americans are at risk […]
DEHRADUN: Planning a crackdown on unauthorised hostels, Dehradun Municipal Corporation (DMC) will now charge commercial tax from such property owners.Following the orders of the Dehradun municipal commissioner, Vinay Shankar Pandey, the officials from DMC had carried out a survey of hostels active in the city in nearly 20 localities.During the survey, the officials found that
CHENNAI: The Madras High Court on Thursday directed the Tamil Nadu Director General of Police to probe the complaints of monopoly and cartelisation by cement manufacturing companies.Justice V Bhavani Subbaroyan, who gave a direction to this effect, also directed the Director General, Investigation of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to look into the allegations
GHAZIABAD: The new Meerut divisional commissioner has sought details from the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) of the probe into the Swarn Jayanti Puram housing scam, 10 years after it first came to light. The senior official’s scheduled meeting with authority officials was deferred on Wednesday. “Meerut divisional commissioner Surendra Singh was supposed to meet the
NEW DELHI: As many as 3.88 lakh low-cost houses have been constructed in Andhra Pradesh in the last three financial years under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban), the government told the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. In a written reply to a question asked by Rajya Sabha MP Parimal Nathwani, Minister of State for Housing
Photo for representative purpose only CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana high court has directed the UT administration to carry out a sample survey of estate office residential properties sold in the city between 2016 to December 31, 2019, on 50%, 30% and 20% basis to a person outside the family of the original owner or
Bombay high cour MUMBAI: Observing that the owner of a prime plot near Siddhivinayak temple in Dadar did nothing for 40 years, Bombay high court upheld its acquisition by the state under a slum rehabilitation scheme. “The petitioner could have, as he claims to be its owner, taken steps for improvement in living conditions of
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court has dismissed the bail plea of one of the directors of Amrapali group, Ajay Kumar, in a multi-crore scam case involving alleged cheating of investors and homebuyers, saying the allegations fall within the category of economic offences that are committed in a “pre-planned” manner. Additional sessions judge Surabhi Sharma Vats
MUMBAI: Shriram Housing Finance has drawn up an aggressive growth trajectory for the next two years with a plan to close the loan book at around Rs 5,600 crore this fiscal, and end FY24 at the Rs 10,000-crore mark, a top company official has said. The city-based affordable housing focused lender, which is one of
NAGPUR: Almost six months after the administration doubled the development charges, the general body of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) on Thursday passed a resolution and prevented the civic body from levying 100% revised charges. Mayor Dayashankar Tiwari directed cancellation of the notification issued by the administration. Earlier this year, NMC had doubled the development charges
Uttarakhand HC NAINITAL: The Uttarakhand high court (HC) on Thursday questioned the state government on its stone crushing policy and the fact that it is yet to demarcate residential, silent and industrial zones. The court observed that it is “surprised that the state is having such a casual attitude about its own future”. The bench
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu housing and urban development minister, S. Muthusamy has said that the state would form flying squads to inspect the buildings under construction to prevent any violation in the layout or approval. The minister said that if there are any defects it would be rectified at the initial stages itself based on the