Landmark judgement upholds homebuyer’s status as financial creditors to developers
RERA & IBC sister acts, says SC Team TT Dismissing the plea of over 200 real estate companies holding the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) illegal and unconstitutional, a Supreme Court bench headed by Justice RF Nariman upheld the right of homebuyers for redressal under the new Code. In effect homebuyers will be considered financial creditors to the real estate companies and can take recourse to the IBC against defaulting developers. The Bench in its judgement on August 9, held that the RERA Act, which regulates the real estate sector,…
Hyderabadis use WiFi the most in India
Students in Hyderabad spend the most time on WiFi putting the city of the Nizam’s at the top of the list of cities spending the highest percentage of time connected to WiFi. Considered among the top university cities of the country, users in the Hyderabad spent a quarter of their time online using WiFi networks, according to Opensignal, a mobile analytics company that measures usage of mobile networks on various parameters. This puts Hyderabad ahead of Mumbai and Bangalore in the usage of WiFi notwithstanding the lower proliferation of WiFi in…
A Letter to All Political Parties in Telangana in View of Forthcoming Municipal Elections
15th July, 2019 Sir, There are going to be elections in the state of Telangana for the municipalities and corporations very soon and they will be followed by elections to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation also under a new Act. Naturally, all parties would be nominating their candidates to be councillors and corporators. We wish you success in your party’s efforts, notwithstanding the fact that we are not sure that political parties should be involved in local self-governing communities. Now, on behalf of a number of civil society or…
AdvantAge - Discount Card for Senior Citizens
AdvantAge - Discount Card for Senior Citizens Helpage India offers a unique facility for senior citizens who can claim discounts on various products and services by enrolling for its Senior Citizen’s Discount card. The products and services include a range of offering beginning with discounts at chemists, path labs, clinics, eye and dental care centres, wellness centres, hotels, online travel sites and many more. Access smart living tips on care for your health, financial planning, choosing Insurance schemes, planning ho…
Link to city’s evolution snapped
Hyderabad’s heritage sites are a fast disappearing legacy if current trends are anything to go by. Nine out of 10 pre-historic archaeological sites in Hyderabad and its surrounding areas listed in the new Heritage Act of Telangana, 2017, are no longer traceable, writes Sirish Nanisetty writing in the Hindu quoting archaeologists and officials of Department of Heritage, Telangana. With the disappearance of these 3,000-2,500-year-old sites, Hyderabad has lost a part of its heritage that traced the city’s evolution to the late Stone Age period. …
Doctors’ Day Observed by TWWA
Over 150 members of the community benefit from free medical camp Tarnaka Women's Welfare Association conducted free Eye and Dental camps on July 1 2019 at Gokul Nagar grounds coinciding with the Doctors’ Day. Nearly 150 members of the community availed the opportunity to benefit the free service that was offered by the Clove Dental Clinic and the Anand Eye Institute, which also run their clinics in the Tarnaka and Nagarjuna Nagar areas. The role of doctors in society was acknowledged with gratitude on the day. July 1 is obse…
Tourism development and encroachment-free-footpaths must go hand-in-hand
Urban India needs to clear up its footpaths as bulk of tourists need EFF. Roads and pavements are like TWINS. Why don’t we treat them equally with subtle care and maintenance? By Professor B. R. Sant* Average tourist is like an average student I remember when I embarked upon my teaching career in 1951-1952 at Banaras Hindu University (BHU) at the grass-root level of first year of I.Sc. Most of the today’s management terminology then was unknown. We were still in the ‘black-board and chalk’ era. I was teaching 2 sections, one English with …
Dry days ahead?
Latest data from the Telangana Ground Water Department portends a dire situation for the state with ground water levels depleting more than ever Tarnaka Times, Hyderabad Notwithstanding the onset of monsoons in the state, albeit several days late, the rains do not auger well for denizens in Telangana. Rather, if latest studies by the Ground Water Department, are anything to go by, dry days will be the order of the day with acute water shortages foretold for the state in the coming days and months. Telangana ended the Water Year 2018-19 (June t…
CoRWA Updates
Alwal Civil Society sensitises GHMC of colony issues GAASA Team in Alwal met the Dy Commissioner, GHMC in the Prajavani programme and informed him of long pending problems being faced by Alwal Citizens. The DC was very pleased to receive the consolidated representation of the civic issues covering 133, 134 and 135 Divisions. The GAASA Team comprising of Dr G V Rao, Mr Upender Goud, Mr Venkatratnam, Mr Mathur, Mr Solomon Raj, Mr Ramchandraiah mentioned a number of issues to be resolved at the earliest, i.e. before J…
Election Watch – A.P.: Expenditure in Elections
Elections have become the preserve of the ultra-rich in India as expenditure in the recent elections shows with the money spent more than doubling to Rs 60,000 crore, several speakers at a recent Election Watch meeting expressed. The meeting on “Expenditure in elections and its regulation” was held at the Freedom Fighters Bhavan in Vijayawada on June 18, based on the results of a survey by Centre for Media Studies. Speaking, on the occasion the CMS Chairman, Sri. N. Bhaskara Rao expressed agony that the working of the EVMs and Election Commiss…
Legal Status of the RWAs in TS is At Stake
The Director General of Stamps and Registration in the Telangana state, based on a High Court judgement has recently advised the Apartment RWAs that they cannot remain registered under the Registration of Societies Act and that the society should be formed and function under the Cooperative Societies Acts. In view of this predicament, UFERWAS has solicited the expert view of Sri. G. Jagadeeswara Rao, FCA, DISA (ICAI) to enlighten the RWA managers about the situation and to recommend suitable action. - EDITOR By G. Jagadeeswara Rao RESIDENT WE…
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