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Delhi Property tax hike on fast track: panel submits report

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

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Proximity to the Delhi Metro may soon lead to Delhiites paying more money as property tax. The Municipal Valuation Committee (MVC) constituted by the Delhi government to review property tax in the city has submitted its report to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). The high-powered standing committee of the MCD will take a final decision on [...]

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House near Metro, pay more property tax now

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

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Lajpat Nger-I, Saket Among Colonies To Be Upgraded Living near the Metro line might cost some colonies dearly with the interim report of the third municipal valuation committee recommending re-categorizing colonies like Lajpat Nagar-I from category C to A along with many other colonies such as Chandni Chowk — E to C — Saket from [...]

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Metro’s LINE 5 Fifteen-km Mundka-Inderlok line to open in March

Friday, February 12, 2010

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Delhi Metro’s first standard gauge line is set to open in March. The 15-kilometre section between Mundka in west Delhi and Inderlok is the first line that connects two already operational lines — Dilshad Garden - Rithala Line (Line 1) at Inderlok Metro station and Noida - Dwarka line (line 3) at Kirti Nagar metro station. While [...]

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Gurgaon : Metro all set to reach second NCR town

Friday, January 29, 2010

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GURGAON LINE Trial run today, Union minister, Haryana chief minister part of it Delhi Metro is now set to enter Haryana. The trial run for its Qutub Minar-Gurgaon line will be held on Friday. In a first for Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Union Minister for Urban Development S. Jaipal Reddy [...]

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Delhi govt to pay Rs 600 cr for third phase of Metro

Saturday, January 9, 2010

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Cash-strapped Delhi government has now been told that it would need to cough up approximately Rs 600 crore for the third phase of Delhi Metro. This, after Japan Bank of International Cooperation (JBIC) reportedly expressed a reluctance to fund more than 30% of phase III. JBIC had given 70% of the funds for phases I [...]

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Metro to make NCR debut in two weeks

Friday, October 23, 2009

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AT LAST Yamuna Bank-Noida section to start in November Delhi Metro is all set to enter the national capital region (NCR). Metro’s Noida section, from Yamuna Bank to Noida Sector 32, will be opened for traffic in the second week of November. “Keeping in mind the huge rush to Pragati Maidan during India International Trade Fair, we are [...]

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Delhi Metro to build hotel in JV with Tatas

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

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Delhi Metro is constructing a hotel in a joint venture with the Tata Group to cash in on the growing demand for room facility for tourists, particularly during next year’s Commonwealth Games in the capital. The six-floor hotel, spread over an area of 29,999 square meter, is proposed to come up at the metro station complex [...]

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From train station to airport: fly on Metro twice as fast next year

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

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New Delhi railway station to Indira Gandhi International Airport is 19 kilometers and a lot of traffic. It takes over an hour to cover the distance if you get caught in a jam. The Delhi metro promises to help you cover the distance in 18 minutes flat. But you need to wait till September 2010 when work [...]

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Wheels of development

Saturday, July 25, 2009

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By the time the Games begin, the Metro will have truly become the city’s lifeline This train does not chug along serpentine tracks, in idyllic settings, mountain passes, streams and forests. It zips past the length and breadth of a bustling city -65 operational kilometres to be precise — and intends hitting the 190 km mark by [...]

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Omar wants Metro link for Kashmir, writes to Mamata

Thursday, July 16, 2009

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WITH 15-YEAR DELAY EXPECTED IN THE RAIL LINK WITH RE ST OF INDIA, STATE WANTS BETTER CONNECTIVITY WITHIN KASHMIR A Delhi Metro-type rail network in Kashmir? This may no longer be a dream for people living in the Valley. The state government has proposed that the Union Railway Ministry run trains within Kashmir similar to the [...]

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Delhi Metro Sails Towards Sector 32, Line To Be Ready By August

Monday, May 11, 2009

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New Delhi: East Delhi residents have more than one reason to cheer. Even as the 2.1km extension to Delhi Metro’s existing Line 3 was flagged off on Sunday, DMRC chief E Sreedharan, announced that the Noida section of the metro would be opened for public by August this year. ‘‘We plan to open the rest of [...]

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Metro triggers hike in property prices

Monday, May 11, 2009

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WHEN TAPESH Sharma bought his two-bedroom DDA flat in Mayur Vihar’s Phase I in 1998, it wasn’t exactly hot property “It was a nice neighbourhood with no major water or power shortage but after staying in South Delhi all my life, although on rent, moving to Jamna paar seemed like a climbdown,” he said. Sharma had [...]

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