Everything you need to know about Metropolitan Co-op Housing: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Metropolitan Co-op Housing: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Beijing, May 23 (Xinhua-ANI): French President Francois Hollande and British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday condemned the assassination of a British soldier in the suburbs of London after their meeting in Paris.
London, May 23 (IANS) Two men carrying weapons brutally assaulted and killed a man, said to be a soldier, in Woolwich in southeast London Wednesday afternoon. The two attackers were later shot and injured by police. Prime Minister David Cameron said there were strong indications that it was a "terrorist incident".
London, May 22 (IANS) Two men attacked a man near the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich in Southeast London Wednesday afternoon, leaving one dead, two injured, Britain's Metropolitan Police said.
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) is a 153-year-old institution, dating back to 1860. Vinod Rai, who demits office Wednesday, is independent India's 11th CAG.
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) Former Ranji player Baburao Yadav is the latest to be arrested for spot fixing in the Indian Premier League, Delhi Police said Tuesday.
Thiruvananthapuram, May 20 (IANS) A Kerala church has asked its followers not to use Chinese made coffins, saying they are not environment friendly.
Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) The country's largest lender, State Bank of India (SBI), Saturday the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) should become the sole regulator for all home loan institutions - banks as well as housing finance companies.
Washington, May 18 (Xinhua-ANI): Two trains collided after one of them derailed during the Friday evening rush hour in Fairfield, the U.S. state of Connecticut, injuring at least 20 people, local authorities said.
London, May 17 (ANI): The London police are investigating complaints against UK-based Pakistani politician, Altaf Hussain, to see if he has violated UK law.
Washington, May 16 (ANI): Gwyneth Paltrow, who recently released her second cook book, 'It's All Good', launched an offer on Groupon.com, inviting 60 fans to spend 2,000 dollars to attend her exclusive cooking class in New York, on Tuesday.
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) A Delhi court Wednesday reserved its order on framing charges against Bharatiya Janata Party leader Vijender Gupta in a defamation complaint filed by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, who also appeared in the court.
Mumbai, May 8 (IANS) India's largest mortgage lender Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) Wednesday said its net profit increased 17.27 percent to Rs.1,555.21 crore in the quarter ended March 31, 2013.
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Destitute women will now get some reprieve with the National Commission for Women and a public sector company coming together to build shelters for them across India, a minister said Tuesday.
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) American TV personality Giuliana Rancic decided to opt for Indian designer duo Falguni and Shane Peacock's creation at the annual Met Gala in New York.
New Delhi May 7 (IANS) American TV personality Giuliana Ricic wore a creation of Indian designer Falguni and Shane Peacock at annual Met Gala in New York.
Mumbai, May 2 (IANS) The ruling Democratic Front constituent Nationalist Congress Party Thursday attacked the senior alliance partner Congress over the high prices of flats to be allotted by the government later this month.
Chennai, April 30 (IANS) City based Sundaram BNP Paribas Home Finance will get a capital infusion of Rs.100 crore from its two promoters while it would borrow around Rs.3,950 crore, said a top company official.
London, Apr. 30 (ANI): Primark has announced it will compensate victims of the factory collapse in Bangladesh that has so far claimed the lives of at least 382 people.
Washington, Apr. 25 (ANI): Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's paid speaking circuit has begun.
Mumbai, Apr. 22 (ANI): Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt today secured bail from a Mumbai court, which had issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against him in a cheating case filed by producer Shakeel Noorani.
London, Apr 22 (ANI): The British police still remains institutionally racist twenty years after the murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence, Scotland Yard's black and Asian police officers have claimed.
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) A Delhi court Tuesday extended by three days the police custody of realtor Nitesh Bhardwaj, son of billionaire BSP leader Deepak Bhardwaj, arrested for allegedly killing his father.
Chennai, April 16 (IANS) Giving a boost to the water desalination industry, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa Tuesday announced her government's plans to set up two mega desalination plants near here.
New York, April 16 (IANS/EFE) New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art presented Monday Diego Velazquez's Portrait of Francesco I d'Este, one of the Spanish artist's most significant works and which is being shown for the first time in the US.
London, Apr. 16 (ANI): Security for London Marathon that will be held on Sunday will be reviewed after two fatal explosions at the Boston Marathon, officials have said.
London, April 16 (IANS) The London Marathon will be held as scheduled April 21 despite the explosions in Boston Marathon that killed three and injured over 100 people, organisers said. But security for Sunday's London Marathon will be reviewed, British police said.
Ahmedabad, April 15 (ANI): Zakia Jafri, the wife of 2002 post-Godhra riots victim and former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, filed a protest petition in a local court on Monday seeking rejection of the SIT report giving a clean chit to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and others in connection with the Gulburg Society riot case.
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) A Delhi court Monday sent four men, who allegedly killed BSP leader and business tycoon Deepak Bhardwaj, to two weeks' judicial custody.
Beirut, April 14 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Syrian Airlines plane carrying more than 30 tonnes of humanitarian aid for the victims of the ongoing conflict in Syria has landed in Damascus, the Russian embassy in Damascus said Sunday.
Washington, April 11 (IANS) Describing foreign students, nearly four in ten of whom come from India or China, as a "potential asset" to the US economy, a leading think tank wants Congress to ease their way to stay and work.
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) A Delhi court Wednesday sent realtor Nitesh Bhardwaj, son of billionaire BSP leader Deepak Bhardwaj, to six days' police custody for allegedly killing his father even while the defence opposed the judicial questioning.
Affordable housing is the key to India's realty industry being able to change lanes to the fast track but cost escalations due to delayed permissions, lack of access to cheap credit and shortage of building material are proving to be major hurdles. The solution: Policy changes covering land to lending.
Islamabad, Apr. 5 (ANI): A former Pakistani serviceman has filed a complaint with the National Accountability Bureau against former president and retired army chief Pervez Musharraf.
Chennai, April 2 (IANS) Water treatment company Va Tech Wabag is confident that water desalination will be a big business in the near future and it is gearing up to have a sizeable share of that pie.
Washington, Apr. 2 (ANI): Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will give her first paid speech since leaving the State Department later this month in Dallas.
Washington, Apr. 2 (ANI): Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will give her first paid speech since leaving the State Department later this month in Dallas.
Washington, April 1 (IANS) A terminal at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport in the US was evacuated for about two hours Monday due to concerns over a suspicious device, CNN reported.
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) A former finance company executive, accused of a Rs.1.5-crore fraud, has been arrested, Delhi Police said Sunday.
Washington, March 31 (ANI): It has been a mystery among musical experts if the sound of the Stradivari and Guarneri violins might incorporate such elements of speech as vowels and consonants.
Dar es Salaam, March 29 (IANS) Over 60 people were trapped when a 16-storey building collapsed Friday in downtown Dar es Salaam.
London, Mar. 29 (ANI): The Louvre in Paris has got the top spot of the most visited art museums of 2012, according to the Art Newspaper.
Seoul, March 28 (IANS) South Korea's finance ministry Thursday slashed its 2013 growth outlook for the country to 2.3 percent from an earlier estimation of 3 percent, citing uncertainties in the global economy and risk factors in the domestic economy such as massive household debts and the sluggish real estate market.
Washington, March 28 (IANS) US mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will offer a new and simplified loan modification initiative to help troubled borrowers avoid foreclosure and stay in their homes, authorities said.
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) The government will soon set up a single-window clearance system to cut delays in obtaining permits for housing projects and check cost escalation, Minister for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Ajay Maken said here Sunday.
New Delhi, Mar 24 (ANI): Union Minister for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Ajay Maken today said that his ministry was in the process of formulating a single window system for clearance of real estate projects throughout the country.
Washington, March 22 (IANS) US house prices maintained a moderate growth in January on a seasonally-adjusted basis, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) reported.
London, Mar. 22 (ANI): The British police and MI5 foil a plot as big as the July 7 attacks every year, the country's second most senior terror officer has revealed.
New Delhi, Mar 21 (ANI): Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Ajay Maken today said that his ministry will frame "Slum Upgradation Index" city wise and state wise for monitoring periodically the up gradation of slums in the country.
London, March 20 (IANS) Britain's Consumer Prices Index (CPI) annual inflation grew by 2.8 percent in February, said the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
New Delhi, Mar 19 (ANI): To enhance cultural exchanges between India and the United States of America, the Union Ministry of Culture and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (MMA) today signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) here.
Shimla, March 19 (IANS) The public sector undertakings (PSUs) in Himachal Pradesh continued to drain on fund-starved government with their cumulative losses standing at Rs.2,188 crore till March 2012, says a report.
Beijing, March 18 (IANS) New home prices rose steeply in more Chinese cities in February, putting the government in an increasingly complex situation of regulating the bubble-ridden market, official data showed Monday.
Beijing, March 18 (IANS) New home prices rose steeply in more Chinese cities in February, putting the government in an increasingly complex situation of regulating the bubble-ridden market, official data showed Monday.
New York Mar. 16 (ANI): Photographers, film-makers, models and actors, who are sneaking into Catacombs of Paris, are being busted on a daily basis for performing sleazy "art" sessions among its six million human skeletons, according to reports.
Bhubaneswar, March 13 (IANS) Tata Housing Development Company Limited, a key player in India's real estate sector, Wednesday announced the launch of an integrated residential complex here.
Dhaka, March 12 (IANS) As many as 154 opposition activists, who were detained during a raid on their headquarters Monday night, were sent to jail Tuesday in connection with two assault cases against them.
New Delhi, March 5, (IANS) Experts and professionals in urban planning will participate in an international conference March 13-15 to improve India's cities, organisers said Tuesday.
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) Manipuri social activist Irom Sharmila, on a fast for about 12 years demanding the repeal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, Monday refused to plead guilty to attempting suicide in a Delhi court which framed charges against her.
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) Drive against counterfeiting and smuggling can generate huge revenue for the exchequer and help contain fiscal deficit, Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Ajay Maken said Monday.
A Delhi Court on Monday framed charges against Irom Chanu Sharmila, popularly known as ?Iron Lady? for allegedly attempting to commit suicide during her 'fast until death' in 2006 as she has been on a fast for about 12 years over a demand for repealing the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from Manipur........................
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) Social activist Irom Sharmila, who has been on fast for about 12 years demanding the repeal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), Monday refused to plead guilty to attempting suicide and a Delhi court framed charges against her.
Dhaka, March 4 (IANS) A crude cocktail bomb was hurled Monday by two motorcycle borne youths at the hotel where Indian President Pranab Mukherjee is staying. No one was injured in the "minor explosion".
Kolkata, March 3 (IANS) A large section of a two-year-old flyover built during the erstwhile Left Front regime collapsed here early Sunday, critically injuring three people, police said. The accident has sparked a war-of-words between the Left and the ruling Trinamool Congress.
New Delhi, Feb 28 (ANI): Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday presented the Union Budget for fiscal 2013-14 in Parliament today.
Belgrade, Feb 28 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Bulgarian bishop has donated his expensive Rolex watch to a local church to enable it to pay off an electricity bill.
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Around 500 graphic artists and painters Sunday expressed their thoughts in the form of graffiti and paintings on a kilometre-long wall on Delhi University's north campus.
Dhaka, Feb. 23 (Xinhua-ANI): At least four people were dead and scores injured as thousands of activists of about a dozen of religion-based parties and groups clashed with police, lobbed handmade bombs and pelted stones at them in capital Dhaka and elsewhere in the country after Friday's weekly Juma prayers over the issue of blasphemous bloggers.
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) For sustainable urban growth, inclusion of the poor and participatory planning will help create healthier and sustainable cities, Minister for Housing and Poverty Alleviation Ajay Maken said Tuesday.
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) A Delhi court Monday posted for March 7 the hearing on arguments on whether to summon Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde in a defamation case filed against him for his remarks linking the BJP and the RSS to terrorism.
Mumbai, Feb 18 (IANS) With an expertise of nearly 150 years in operating its Tube, Transport For London will now help build a 150-km long Mumbai Metro rail network, officials said here Monday.
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) Delhi Police Saturday filed a chargesheet against sacked chairman of Uttarakhand minorities commission S.S. Namdhari, his personal security officer Sachin Tyagi and others in the case related to the murder of liquor baron Ponty Chadha and his brother Hardeep.
London, Feb 16 (ANI): The cost of policing the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been staying for has reached 2.9 million pounds, it has emerged.
Moscow, Feb 16 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Around 1,000 people in Russia, including more than 200 children, have been injured as a result of falling meteorite fragments, mostly in Chelyabinsk region, the interior ministry said.
New Delhi, Feb 14 (ANI): The Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation will organize a two-day international conference on "Inclusive Urban Planning" from February 18-19 here at Vigyan Bhavan.
London, Feb 13 (IANS) Six former News Of The World (NoTW) journalists were arrested Wednesday over phone hacking scandal, police said.
Kolkata, Feb 13 (IANS) Finance company Magma Fincorp has acquired Religare Finvest's Rs.250-crore auto lease business, it said Wednesday.
London, February 13 (ANI): Middle-class children are more likely to be obese than those from poor families, according to new research.
London, Feb. 8 (ANI): A local Tory councillor has been suspended for posting a comment on Facebook comparing Muslim children wearing burkas to garbage bags.
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Arvind Kejriwal, Prashant Bhushan and 24 other Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) members facing rioting charges Tuesday gave an undertaking to a Delhi court that they would appear before it to attend the proceedings.
Chennai, Feb 5 (IANS) Legislators belonging to opposition DMK party were evicted Tuesday from the Tamil Nadu assembly after they held a demonstration against the ruling AIADMK inside the house.
Mumbai, Feb 4 (IANS) Union Housing and Poverty Alleviation Minister Ajay Maken Monday said mega-cities like Mumbai needed to review their FSI (floor space index) policy in order to encourage affordable mass housing.
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) A Delhi court Friday asked the city police to file a report detailing the action taken on a complaint seeking registration of an FIR against union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde for his remarks linking the BJP and the RSS to "Hindu terrorism".
Mumbai, Feb 1 (IANS) To resolve the pending issue of homes for Mumbai's mill-workers, the Maharashtra government Friday said it would give them land in their native villages for constructing houses.
Mumbai, Feb 1 (IANS) The works of multi-facted South African artist William Kentridge will be showcased for the first time in India at a solo show. The 57-year-old makes drawings, animated films, prints, tapestries and sculpture, as well as directs theatre and opera.
London, Jan. 19 (ANI): The number of students admitted to British universities last year dropped by as much as 40 percent amid increasing tuition fees.
Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) Former Trinamool Congress legislator Arabul Islam was Thursday arrested for allegedly leading attacks against CPI-M leader Abdur Rezzak Mollah and other Marxist activists, police said.
Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) Former Trinamool Congress legislator Arabul Islam was Thursday arrested for allegedly leading attacks against CPI-M leader Abdur Rezzak Mollah and other Marxist activists, police said.
Chennai, Jan 16 (IANS) The government should choose people with intricate knowledge of the insurance industry to revamp the vigilance departments in six state-run companies in the sector, say experts.
London, Jan 16 (IANS) At least two people were killed and as many injured when a helicopter crashed into a crane on top of a building in London, The Sun reported.
London, Jan. 14 (ANI): A steam train which carried passengers in the 19th Century has returned to the Tube to mark 150 years since the first London Underground journey.
Islamabad, Jan 13 (IANS) Ten deer fell ill and died of an unidentified disease at a zoo in Pakistan's port city of Karachi.
London, Jan 11 (IANS) There has been a 24 percent drop in the number of Indian students coming to Britain to study during the 2011-12 academic year, latest official figures show, reflecting concerns generated due to visa restrictions imposed on non-EU students
London, Jan 11 (ANI): Late BBC presenter Jimmy Savile sexually assaulted children as young as 10 during nearly four decades of activity as a paedophile, a report has said.
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) The central government Thursday enhanced the allocation under its flagship rural housing scheme Indira Awas Yojana (IAY) from Rs.45,000 to Rs.70,000, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said.
LIC HFL Assistant Recruitment 2013 notification has been released. The last date for submitting online application is 22nd January 2013 and candidates can apply online for this post.
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) The Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited (HUDCO) can boost the government's flagship programme "Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY)", union Minister for Housing and Poverty Alleviation Ajay Maken said here Wednesday.
London, Jan. 9 (ANI): London's underground rail network the 'Tube' has turned 150-years-old.
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) TV actress-turned-politician Smriti Irani here Tuesday filed a defamation case against Congress MP Sanjay Nirupam for using "indecent language" against her during a television debate.
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) A Delhi court Monday ordered in-camera trial of the Dec 16 gang-rape following unruly scenes that prevented the accused from being led in. It also told the media not to report any news related to the case without its permission.
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) A Delhi court Monday ordered in-camera proceedings in the Dec 16 gang-rape case following the "unprecedented situation" in the courtroom with crowds of reporters, lawyers, security personnel and onlookers. The court also restrained the media from reporting any news related to the case without its permission.
