Kolkata
It is that time of the year again! New Year is here yet again with great promises and lots of enthusiasm in store. Welcome 2012 with a flare to fulfill your dreams, stick to your resolutions and live your life to the fullest. What better way to live life to the fullest than partying. New [...] Continue Reading »
As the mood sets in for New Year, people around the world are thrilled to see what’s happening in their own cities. Indeed, New Year celebrations in cities are received with great pomp and enthusiasm. Here is a roundup from the major Indian cities. 1. Mumbai: Well as usual Mumbaites are getting ready for a [...] Continue Reading »
After a wait of four months, WB Governor has finally given a consent to the KMC (Amendment) Bill, 2011. The bill hold special interests for KMC and also speaks for waiving property tax for defaulters. The Governor instead of giving his consent for the bill, wanted to know what steps KMC had been taking against [...] Continue Reading »
Regularization of illegal buildings is growing in a rapid pace in Kolkata (Calcutta). To clear all the pending regularization issues, the state Assembly recently passed a bill to regularize the buildings constructed on the green as well as on the open space. Until now the bill had not encouraged the reduction in the regularization fee [...] Continue Reading »
As the state was getting ready to see its own land bill, a halt was put to its release much to people’s dismay. West Bengal Government has planned not to present its Land Requisition and Resettlement Bill this session which had all compensation clauses for land acquisition. Even the copies of the bills were handed [...] Continue Reading »
Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) will be soon be commencing the provision of affordable housing to the slum dwellers. The Kolkata government has planned to launch this on a pilot project basis at present at Bhubaneswar. Experts from state Housing and Urban Development department say that soon after the launch in Bhubaneswar, they will be looking [...] Continue Reading »
West Bengal Land Acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill will be presented this winter session of the Assembly prior to the Central Land Bill. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee has recently signed the Bill which was under controversy and protests at the time of its declaration. The bill has been sent for Governor’s consent and soon be [...] Continue Reading »
The Luxury hotel chain of Park Hotels is all set and ready to expand its business planning to commence service apartments sector in Kolkata. Nearly 400 rooms will be availed for the service apartments in the company’s second hotel in Kolkata. The idea of service apartments is said to work out well in Kolkata as [...] Continue Reading »
Real estate experts have predicted that good times are approaching for Kolkata real estate sector. This year the city had experienced many ups and downs due to hike in property price, low demand in residential market, etc. According to Jones Lang La Salle India, buyers will think twice before investing in residential apartments. It has [...] Continue Reading »
Mangalore city has bagged the excellence award for maintaining solid waste management at the best. The second international conference on solid waste management organized by Jadavpur University, Kolkata declared first position to Mangalore City Corporation. Mangalore city has proved itself for keeping up the organized solid waste management work also paved way for urban development, [...] Continue Reading »
