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Haryana’s Department of Town and Country Planning (DTCP) has rejected a representation by Advance India Projects Ltd (AIPL) seeking cancellation of the licence and developer change approvals for Oberoi Realty’s Three Sixty North project in Gurugram. In an order dated August 13, DTCP held that Licence No. 69 of 2025 and the June 2025 approval transferring development rights to Oberoi Realty remain legally valid. The decision follows directions from the Punjab and Haryana High Court to decide AIPL’s representation. With the DTCP order, restrictions on fresh allotments and creation of third-party rights have ceased to operate.Read more

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Around 1,500 people were evacuated from Aayakar Bhavan on Maharshi Karve Road in south Mumbai after a fire broke out in the Income Tax Department building on August 17. The blaze originated in the basement of the multi-storey government office, triggering a large-scale emergency response. Mumbai Fire Brigade personnel, along with police, BEST, ambulance services and civic officials, were deployed at the site. Firefighting and evacuation operations continued as authorities worked to contain the blaze and ensure the safety of people inside the building. No injuries were reported.Read more

4 hours ago

The Bombay High Court has directed Maharashtra’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to pay INR 5 lakh to Pune-based Gurunanak Dairy and Sweets after the regulator kept the shop’s licence suspended despite a subsequent inspection finding 98 per cent compliance. The court allowed the establishment to resume operations and criticised the FDA for continuing the suspension after the compliance report. The shop had approached the court claiming losses of INR 8.74 lakh following its closure in June. The court said the regulator’s food-safety objective was commendable but its action had gone beyond what was warranted.Read more

6 hours ago

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Punjab-cadre IAS officer Kanwal Preet Brar for questioning on August 18 as part of its money-laundering investigation into alleged irregularities linked to the Suntec City project in Mohali. The probe centres on the processing and approval of modified change of land use (CLU) permissions for the project. The ED is examining allegations that forged consent documents were used during the approval process. The project, spread across 108.58 acres, has already come under the agency’s investigation over alleged generation and concealment of proceeds of crime.Read more

6 hours ago

A pre-dawn fire at the four-storey Bideshini hotel in the temple town of Tarapith, Birbhum district, West Bengal, killed eight people and left several injured on Monday. Five of the deceased belonged to a single family from Meghalaya's South Garo Hills who had travelled to the town for prayers at the Goddess Tara temple. Police detained hotel owner Kalyan Paul and are investigating whether fire-safety norms were followed, with guests alleging a rear exit was found blocked.Read more

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The Centre has told the Supreme Court that it has accelerated the drafting of rules under the Bharatiya Vayuyan Adhiniyam, 2024, with the final framework expected within three weeks. The development came during a hearing on a petition seeking stronger regulation of airfares, ancillary charges and passenger protection in India. The government placed the draft rules before a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta in a sealed cover, saying final discussions were underway. The court asked the Centre to publish the draft within seven days and warned that airlines failing to comply with applicable airfare directions should face strict action. The petition, filed by social activist S Laxminarayanan, seeks an independent and robust aviation regulator and measures to address unpredictable fluctuations in ticket prices and additional charges levied by private airlines.Read more

9 hours ago

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached immovable properties valued at INR 129.80 crore in an alleged real estate fraud involving homebuyers and investors in Ahmedabad. The action was taken by the agency’s Ahmedabad Zonal Office under Section 5(1) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, through an order dated August 14. The case involves Ronak Ravjibhai Sonani, Vipulbhai Gordhanbhai Gangani, Keshav Narayan Group and others. The investigation followed five FIRs registered in Ahmedabad and relates to alleged schemes that offered flats and shops at pre-launch prices and promised returns of 54–100 per cent. The ED has alleged that the projects lacked mandatory RERA registration and non-agricultural permissions, while buyers were allegedly not given the promised properties or refunds.Read more

15 hours ago

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the government will soon constitute a high-level committee on Banking for Viksit Bharat to prepare a roadmap for the banking sector to support India’s development goals. The panel was proposed in the Union Budget to comprehensively review the sector while maintaining financial stability, inclusion and consumer protection. The announcement came during the two-day PSB Confluence, where public sector banks and financial institutions discussed deposit mobilisation, youth banking, investment financing, global capability centres, agriculture infrastructure, credit cards and priority sector lending.Read more

Hyderabad News Desk

17 hours ago

Hundreds of properties in Hyderabad’s Jubilee Hills and Banjara Hills have been included in Telangana’s prohibited properties list under Section 22-A of the Registration Act, restricting owners from registering, selling or transferring their holdings. The inclusion forms part of a wider revision of prohibited-property records following directions from the Telangana High Court and has affected established residential plots, houses, apartments and housing societies. Owners have questioned the classification of properties with longstanding ownership and registration records. The exercise has also affected properties across Greater Hyderabad, prompting representations seeking correction or removal from the restricted list.Read more

19 hours ago

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the Haryana government’s urban local bodies department and the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) to prepare a standard operating procedure and fixed timelines for removing debris after civic works. The court’s direction came during a petition concerning the delay in clearing road debris and the difficulties faced by residents. The court observed that people should not have to repeatedly approach the judiciary for basic civic issues such as road clearance. The proposed framework is expected to establish clear responsibility and ensure that debris is removed within a defined period after work is completed.Read more