Archive for November 25th, 2007
ISB gets top B-schools to stop hype over pay
Sunday, November 25th, 2007The Indian School of Business has written to Indian Institutes of Management and prominent B-schools to not reveal pay packets offered to their students during campus interviews. “We received positive response from B-schools.
Wealthy prefer to put money in real estate
Sunday, November 25th, 2007Real estate seems to have emerged as the favourite investment option for the upper middle class and high networth individuals.
The property boom in most markets, which saw valuations jump manifold in the last couple of years, resulted in a 40% rise in purchase of property worth Rs 30 lakh or more during 2006-07.
Hyderabad co makes computer, TV combo device
Sunday, November 25th, 2007A team of about two dozen engineers based in Hyderabad have developed a device that may replace a home PC and allows entertainment and Internet.
Tips for property buyer
Sunday, November 25th, 2007After the registration, a buyer should go for mutation, to ensure the title of said plot/land is in his name in the Record of Rights (RoR) proceedings. It would be a valid document but majority of people are unaware of this, Mr. Kiron says.
Encroachers on the prowl
Sunday, November 25th, 2007Beware. A new tribe of land encroachers are on the prowl.
If encroaching prime Government land and getting away with it later by regularising it for a nominal price by those who could wield muscle, money and political power is one side of the story, a disturbing scenario is unfolding in the twin cities and s […]
Demand for retail space on the rise
Sunday, November 25th, 2007The Central Business District (CBD) and Suburban Business District (SBD) micro-markets in the city continued to witness heavy demand from IT/ITES and financial sectors, notes the latest Jones Lang LaSalle report the Asian Pacific Property Digest (APPD).
Bramhani awards Rs 450cr contract to Chinese firm
Sunday, November 25th, 2007Firm to build blast furnace, sinter plant for Bramhani project.
Bramhani Industries Limited (BIL), which has proposed to set up a 4-million tonne integrated steel plant in Kadapa district, has awarded its first major contract worth Rs 450 crore to China Shougang International Trade & Engineering Corporation, Beijing, for building a blast furnace and a sinter […]
Options go over the top
Sunday, November 25th, 2007When it comes to roofing material, the range of options has widened considerably these days.
Roofs are no more meant to merely offer protection from the weather. The range of materials, shapes and colours they come in now take care of more than protection.
Cement prices up and rising
Sunday, November 25th, 2007‘Prices may exceed Rs.300 per bag and still the availability will continue to be a question mark’
After a very good rainy season, the construction activity is expected to start in next two weeks throughout the country.
India set for real estate boom
Sunday, November 25th, 2007A decade ago, Gurgaon on the outskirts of the capital was little more than a scrubland and had a few isolated housing developments.
Today it is a sprawling concrete jungle home to a slew of multinational companies and a symbol of India’s real estate boom which is drawing a flood of foreign and domestic money.
Pact on township
Sunday, November 25th, 2007Vijayawada-Guntur-Tenali-Mangalagiri Urban Development Authority (UDA) has reached an agreement with the farmers of Ambapuram for development of a township with their participation in 275 acres.
High-rises may soon be a reality
Sunday, November 25th, 2007The Municipal Corporation of Rajahmundry (MCR), which has embarked on revising the master plan of 1995, is expected to complete the exercise by March 2008. The city will then have high-rises, sky scrapers, multiplexes and other such facilities.
ROBs to come up at Uppuguda, Kandikal Gate
Sunday, November 25th, 2007The road-rail level crossings at Uppuguda and Kandikal Gate, which are causing frequent traffic gridlocks during peak hours, are set to be replaced with Road Over Bridges (ROB). Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy laid foundation stones for both the projects on Saturday.