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Bridge management

With the expanding network of roads in our country, especially national highways, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has started an initiative to set up a bridges maintenance solution/system. By K. Sukumaran




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RERA: A blessing in disguise for realty sector

It is expected to increase pan-India sales besides counteracting lengthy and cost-intensive dispute resolution mechanisms. By Shrinivas Rao




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An app to spruce up your home

A reliable cleaning service is just a tap away. By Nandhini Sundar




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Build naturally

The best way to go green could be to look back how we built and lived in the past. By SATHYA PRAKASH VARANASHI




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Choose the right payment scheme

Here are the various options available to home buyers




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Where are our lakes?

As monsoon approaches, we find out how severely Chennai’s water bodies have been encroached.




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Homeless in Moulivakkam

Owners of the just-demolished building in Moulivakkam speak about how their dreams too were destroyed that day




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For a winter makeover

Make your home cosy with these nine tips by




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Reconstruction of residential complex

Your property-related legal queries answered by S.C. RAGHURAM, Partner, RANK Associates, a Chennai-based law firm




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Crucial times ahead

The impact of demonetisation and Trump’s victory on Indian real estate




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Home away from home

A look at how developers are catering to the increasing population of expatriates in the city




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What are the rights of a tenant under the law?

The Rent Control Act offers security of tenure to the tenants and restricts the landlords’ power to evict tenants




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Grills for character

Window grills are in vogue. They can be made with different materials to enhance the building facade




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Modular kitchen studio opened in Tiruppur




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A new life with composites

You can now do a roof and floor makeover with building materials that are waterproof, low maintenance, termite-proof and recyclable



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‘₹45 lakh cap does not work for big cities’

With land and construction costs going up, the government needs to reinvent its affordable housing policies




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Affordable housing breaks ground

In spite of a massive dip in 2020 due to the pandemic and lockdown, 2021 saw the launch of nearly 2.37 lakh units in this segment, which significantly powers the country’s economic growth




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Realty: pandemic brings new opportunities




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Marble, a star player

While pristine white marble is making a comeback, brands like Stonex are seeing a growing demand among Indian consumers for marble from around the world




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Movement alleges that Dalits dominate list of borrowers facing property attachment threat under SARFAESI Act

‘The marginalised who have taken small loans and repaid as much they could are being made easy targets by banks, while big defaulters are left free,’ says Anti-SARFAESI official




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Advantages of home loan transfer

When the interest rate on loans goes up, the lenders allow the borrowers to continue to pay the existing EMI till they are 65 to 70 years of age. It is virtually a lifetime debt trap; without understanding the repercussions




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Dome over the room




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The remarkable surge of interest in plotted developments is an outcome of the pandemic

High- and ultra-high-net-worth individuals are increasingly investing in weekend homes or private villas, built in the peripheries of cities



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NDA candidate Krishnakumar slams UDF, LDF for ignoring development in Palakkad




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Kalpathy chariots to start rolling from November 13




india news

Wayanad bypoll: 595 polling booths for over 6 lakh voters in Nilambur, Wandoor, Eranad




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Infectious diseases spike again in State




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Meet decides to promote a green Sabarimala pilgrimage on the interstate route




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Protests, failure to get DGCA clearance dashed hopes of seaplane investors in 2013

Companies that took on lease or bought amphibian aircraft either closed down or went bankrupt as they counldn’t start service




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Srinagar market blast: Injured woman dies, relatives seek justice

The brother of 45-year-old Abida Kounsar said a splinter from the blast went through the frontal lobe of her brain. J&K political parties condemn the grenade attack. Meanwhile, security forces engaged a group of hiding militants in a firefight in north Kashmir for the sixth time in the past two weeks.




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Supreme Court to pronounce verdict on illegal demolitions on November 13

While reserving the case for judgment, Bench promised to protect even convicted criminals from state-sponsored punitive demolition of their legal private property




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Home Ministry tells House panel only 38 civilians died in northeast in 2023, skips mention of Manipur

Opposition MPs pointed to the omission, recounting the recent death of two women in the State 




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India asks states away from coal to consider nuclear power

India has pledged to achieve net-zero by 2070 and has a target to generate 500 GW of renewable energy a year by 2030




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New classrooms inaugurated in Krishnagiri




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Bharathiar University schedules odd-semester exams of 2024-25 session in conformity with pre-Covid pattern

The exams are set to begin on November 13




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Three of a family killed in an accident in Krishnagiri




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Coimbatore City Police bust prescription drug peddling network




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Over 100 villagers removed and encroached cart road retrieved in Erode




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Man booked for impersonation, cheating in Coimbatore




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SDPI stages protest against Amaran in Coimbatore, seeks ban




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Two arrested for assaulting bar manager in Coimbatore




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Former Tamil Nadu legislator Kovai Selvaraj dies of cardiac arrest

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin expressed shock over the death of former legislator and DMK spokesperson Kovai Selvaraj and extended his condolences.




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Omni bus topples and catches fire on NH in Salem; one killed

An omni bus carrying 30 passengers collided with a moped, killing an elderly man who was riding it. The bus then toppled and caught fire




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Salem jewellery trader gets three-month jail for cheating




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Two arrested for alleged job scam in Salem




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Parents receive body of 15-year-old girl amidst suspicion over death




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Inflow into Mettur dam reduces




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Water level crosses 96 feet at Bhavanisagar dam




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Social Welfare department holds orientation programme on PoSH Act in Krishnagiri




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Man poisoned to death by colleague in Salem