A mega housing project proposed at Fatrade in Varca village has come under stiff opposition from local residents.

Mumbai EYEING LOSERS
A couple of small-time developers hired people to hand out pamphlets of their projects. A lawyer found distributing handouts offering legal help for those who get flats was whisked away by MHADA's vigilance staff.

'BLIND TO OUR NEED'

MUMBAI: Tata Capital Housing Finance, which started its operations on Tuesday, said it aimed to disburse loans worth Rs. 400-crore this financial year.

Mumbai The extension of the Nano car concept to residential project seems to have clicked for the Tata group. Within five days, the company has sold an overwhelming 6,000 forms for the 1,000 flats at its recently announced budget homes project at Boisar.

13 May 2009, 0655 hrs IST, Sanjeev Choudhary, ET Bureau

NEW DELHI: Tata Group has sold around 3,500 application forms for its low-cost housing project, Shubh Griha near Mumbai, in the first two days of booking, three-and-a-half times the number of apartments the company is planning to build under the project, a company executive said.

Pune Considering the need for quality affordable housing, Four Seasons Shelters, a part of the Four Seasons Group, launched its landmark project

Chen Yongrong and Chen Yinan

BEIJING: China has invested 360 billion yuan (about $52.7 billion) in post-earthquake reconstruction as of April, one-third of the planned total, and hopes to complete all work within two years, a government official has said.

Former prime minister H.D. Deve Gowda's constituency Hassan, which also happens to be his home district, is quite possibly one of the best nurtured electoral regions in Karnataka. His rivals in the Congress and bjp concede that if development alone were the criterion, he and his family would
win the seat for decades to come.