PM lays foundation stone for NTPC-BHEL project at Mannavaram near Tirupathi.
Hyderabad 2 Sept 2010: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday laid the foundation stone for the much-awaited Rs 6,000 crore power plant manufacturing project at Mannavaram, near Tirupati . Once completed by the year 2014-15, the Bhel-NTPC joint v . . . . . More

Facebook India operaions soon in Raheja Mindspace SEZ in Hyderabad
HYDERABAD: Facebook will set up its office in the Raheja Mindspace special economic zone, though it will launch its incubator facility first in about a couple of months.

A State Government communique said that the Union Government accorded app . . . . . More

3 IT firms to create 1,500 jobs in AP & Permission for 3 new industries in IT SEZ’s
Hyderabad, Aug. 11: Three IT companies are setting up their offices in the state. The Unit Approval Committee, which met here, has approved the proposals and accorded permission to the companies to set up their offices in different IT SEZs.

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GHMC Core City Master Plan. Multiple land use allowed in core areas
With growing need for multi-pronged development in the erstwhile Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad (MCH) area, also known as core city, multiple land use has been introduced in the revised master plan for the city.

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Road projects to boost connectivity in Bangalore
Bangalore

A total of eight flyovers by the end of 2011 as part of the seamless Outer Ring Road (ORR) project will give a thrust to connectivity in a big way. And when the proposed Peripheral Ring Road (PRR) takes off, it will . . . . . More

Realty Sector puts recession behind in Bangalore
Bangalore

A good indicator of an uptick in the economy is the increased demand for housing and commercial property. That Bangalore is back to humming is evident from the fact that after a long lull, property transactions have . . . . . More

Rajarhat to be first zero-energy town & Rajarhat on Centre’s township list
Kolkata

Rajarhat is set to become India’s first near-zero energy satellite town (ZEST). The US department of energy (DOE) and the renowned Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) have been working on the issue for long time. The . . . . . More

World’s first hydrogen town
For Yosuke Ito, having a Toyota Prius on the driveway is not green enough. His house, as well as his car, is a hybrid. “I’m living the Hy-life,” he said.

The single-storey home he shares with his wife, Mitsuko, near Fukuoka, 965 km. west of To . . . . . More

Kolkata real estate emerging as a gold mine & KMDA makes plans for city expansion
Now that it’s almost impossible to find living or office space within the city, Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) is focussing on expanding the city by developing areas just beyond Kolkata’s present limits—peri-urban areas in KMDA par . . . . . More

Stamp duty on GPA registration in AP to be hiked to 5% the highest in any state in India
It’s the realty sector that is paying the price of the state governments desperate attempts at generating revenue, or so it seems. Despite the sector facing the worst drought ever, the state government has, over the past few months, levied innumerabl . . . . . More