Category: Current Affairs

Yes Bank

The striking claim of Indiabulls Housing on Yes Bank for Rs 662 crore.

March 9, 2020

Indiabulls Housing Finance said on Sunday that Yes Bank owes Rs 662 crore as bonds to the firm and does not have any term loans pending from the lender. “We wish to notify that Yes Bank via additional Tier 1 (AT-1) bonds owe to Indiabulls Housing Finance Rs 662 crore,” the report said in a […]

The striking claim of Indiabulls Housing on Yes Bank for Rs 662 crore.more
High Court of Gujarat

Gujarat RERA receives notice from the High Court for dismissal of a builder case.

On 3 March Gujarat High Court issued a notice to the Gujarat Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) seeking a response to the plea for dismissal on the day of the adjournment of the complaint. The RERA dismissed the argument after the declaration of an adjournment in a case, on the grounds that the party did […]

Gujarat RERA receives notice from the High Court for dismissal of a builder case.more
Rana-Kapoor

Yes Bank founder Rana Kapoor experiences raid in his residence by ED.

March 7, 2020

On Friday, the Enforcement Directorate raided Yes Bank founder Rana Kapoor’s Mumbai residence in connection with an investigation of money laundering against him and others, officials said. They said that the raid was carried out in his residence at Samudra Mahal. Also, the officials said Kapoor is being questioned at his house by the ED […]

Yes Bank founder Rana Kapoor experiences raid in his residence by ED.more
Waiver on Stamp duty

Karnataka state minister announces a reduction on stamp duty by 3%.

Stamp duty on new apartments or flats with costs below Rs 20 lakh would be lowered to 2% from 5%, as of April 1, to encourage affordable housing, as announced by the state Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on March 5. “I propose that the stamp duty on the first time registration of new flats or […]

Karnataka state minister announces a reduction on stamp duty by 3%.more
Property Tax

BMC intends to retrieve Rs 10 crore tax from Nirav Modi’s properties.

March 6, 2020

In a desperate bid to recover Rs 9.42 crore, owed by alleged economic offender Nirav Modi as property tax, the BMC has written to the Enforcement Directorate seeking to be paid as soon as the agency auctions the three commercial properties of the elusive diamantaire. A senior civic official said BMC has the first claim […]

BMC intends to retrieve Rs 10 crore tax from Nirav Modi’s properties.more
Police arrest

Developer held in cheating nearly 80 flat buyers in Mumbai.

After two years on the run and changing around a dozen SIM cards, a 51-year-old developer was arrested on Wednesday from Andheri area by the city economic offences wing (EOW) police, where he was staying in a rented flat. The accused, who is embroiled in five cases, had offered flats in the saleable portion of […]

Developer held in cheating nearly 80 flat buyers in Mumbai.more
Mumbai

South Mumbai: MHADA aims to decrease the premium from 50% to 35% on redevelopment projects.

March 5, 2020

MHADA has made investments in redevelopment buildings in South Mumbai less costly for developers. It directly translates into affordable housing for the common man at the heart of Mumbai. Are you living in a compact house in South Mumbai? Or perhaps, you’ll find yourself in an old building and have no other choice but to […]

South Mumbai: MHADA aims to decrease the premium from 50% to 35% on redevelopment projects.more
Anil Ambani

Reliance Infrastructure to rent out its 6.95 lakh sqft Mumbai office space to an Educational Institute.

February 29, 2020

Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) is in discussion to rent a portion of Whittle school and Studios, the educational institution located in Washington DC, from its subsidiary’s Santacruz headquarter, Reliance Infrastructure Limited (R-Infra). ADAG Chairman Anil Ambani told the UK court earlier this month that his net worth was zero and that he was […]

Reliance Infrastructure to rent out its 6.95 lakh sqft Mumbai office space to an Educational Institute.more
Real Estate Investors

Morgan Stanley acquires Ummeed Housing Finance equity stake for Rs 164 crore.

Morgan Stanley has purchased an equity stake in Ummeed Housing Finance in the funding round of the company’s Rs 164-crore series-D. Ummeed Housing is operated by Swiss investor LGT, which has purchased the Soros Economic Development Fund’s India-focused fund Aspada.         A fund operated by global investor Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia, which owns a minority […]

Morgan Stanley acquires Ummeed Housing Finance equity stake for Rs 164 crore.more
SRA (Slum Rehabilation Authority)

Maharashtra state will enable selling of SRA flats in just 5 years lock-in period.

February 28, 2020

The State housing department would shortly be enabling the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) project beneficiaries to sell their homes in five years instead of ten years. Housing Minister Jitendra Awhad made the announcement at the assembly on 25 February to reduce the lock-in period. The decision was taken on the basis of a recommendation provided […]

Maharashtra state will enable selling of SRA flats in just 5 years lock-in period.more