Chennai
In the light of repeated complaints regarding poor drinking facilities and water supply in the rehabilitation settlements built in Chennai, the Chennai Corporation has asked the slum clearance board to provide basic amenities in the housing board quarters for the poor population. Earlier the corporation instructed all the 200 ward councillors in the city to [...] Continue Reading »
Germany-based global hospitality major Worldhotels is planning to expand its business in India. The company had announced its tie-up with Hyderabad-based Golkonda Hotels by planning to run 20 properties by the end of next year. Currently the firm runs 12 properties including Asiana Hotel in Chennai, The Claridges in Delhi, Pride Park Premier in Gurgaon, [...] Continue Reading »
PricewaterhouseCoopers, a global professional services firm, inaugurated its new office in Chennai, on Tuesday, to provide advisory, tax and regulatory services. The company has increased its employee base by 24 per cent at the Chennai Centre to meet the growing demand for various sectors. PwC has its existence in major cities of India like Ahmedabad, [...] Continue Reading »
Mumbai, NCR and Bangalore alone took up 75 per cent of the total office space absorbed in India in the April-June quarter. Almost 96 per cent of the entire space was left unsold and got added to the present quarter. Other cities such as Chennai, Pune and Hyderabad experienced delays in project completions. But however, [...] Continue Reading »
Value & Budget Housing Corporation (VBHC), co-founded by former MphasiS chairman Jaithirth (Jerry) Rao and former Citibank Consumer Banking Head P S Jayakumar, has announced an expansion plan of Rs 300 crore. The company will launch nine projects of budget homes across Bangalore, Mumbai, Chennai, NCR and Baroda, offering a total of 2,500 units. VBHC [...] Continue Reading »
The Corporation of Chennai has taken up recent initiative to collect an estimated property tax of Rs. 750 crore in the year 2012-13. While the department is hopeful of this renewed tax efforts, there are key challenges ahead which are yet to be addressed. As for reaching the estimated target of 750 crore, groundwork has [...] Continue Reading »
Sobha Developers, Bangalore-based real estate company, has given a new sales guidance for the year of $363 million (Rs 2,000 crore) for this fiscal. For the same period last year, the developer managed sales of $309 million (Rs 1,700 crore). In the second quarter of FY12, the realtor launched Sobha West Hill in Coimbatore. It [...] Continue Reading »
Salt production has come down drastically due to raw untreated sewage being let out into the south Buckingham Canal and the early closure of the sand bar at the mouth of the canal where it joins the Bay of Bengal. Over the last 10 years, salt production in Kelambakkam, Thiruvidanthai, Thaiyyur, and Kalavakkam – villages [...] Continue Reading »
According to ‘India Tax Ratio 2012‘ report by TaxSpanner, an online income tax return filing portal, only 56 per cent salaried individuals surveyed in the country own a house despite earning more than Rs 10 lakh annually. And amongst those earning below Rs 10 lakh annually, only 13 per cent own a house. This shows [...] Continue Reading »
The residents of Narmada Apartments, in Raja Annamalai Puram in Chennai, are upset that Government authorities have not taken any step to shift a wine shop, despite repeated requests for more than a decade. The wine shop is a retail outlet of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) of Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC). It [...] Continue Reading »
