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Lifetime furniture? Forget it! (11 October 12:00) |
| How many think of a lifetime tag while doing up their interiors? An observation of the current trend by NANDHINI SUNDAR |
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The ideal land sale and inheritance (11 October 12:00) |
| QUESTION: I am residing in Malleswaram, Bangalore. My parents were living in Chennai for more than three decades and owned a plot of land of about 5,000 sq.ft. in a busy suburb there. The pr... |
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Relevance of margin money (11 October 12:00) |
| How does one decide the percentage of margin money in home building? A look by K. SUKUMARAN |
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An insight into design (11 October 12:00) |
| The exhibition ‘080 TRANSFORM’ at Max Muller Bhavan features projects that demonstrate an attitude of architectural transformation, says RANJANI GOVIND |
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No slowdown, say builders (11 October 12:00) |
| Will the mayhem in the Wall Street create a ripple effect as to affect Indian builders? Some details from a panel discussion by SUDHINDR A.B. |
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Time to get back to the basics (11 October 12:00) |
| Creating the infrastructure for organised water supply and prudent use costs money, so water must also be charged accordingly, say the proponents of water-economy |
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Get them all for a better decor (11 October 12:00) |
| From committed green initiatives to drapery window sheers and classic furniture, the city offered them all recently, says RANJANI GOVIND |
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Traditional weaves on ceramic tiles (11 October 12:00) |
| The traditional Kanjeevaram and Paithani prints are now available on tiles too. A look by RANJANI GOVIND |
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Occupational hazards... (11 October 12:00) |
| What are we doing about it? Accidents leading to loss of life or work-related injuries are grave problems of the construction industry |
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Metal mania making waves (04 October 12:00) |
| The concept of grill, gate and staircase ornamentation has been in vogue for sometime now. RANJANI GOVIND gets a feel of the metal magic sweeping us in more ways than one. |
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Building conversations with nature (04 October 12:00) |
| Architect Balkrishna Doshi’s visit to Bangalore was celebrated with a docu-feature by Hundredhands that showcased the entire persona of the design-man. A look by RANJANI GOVIND |
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Home builder and the EMI saga (04 October 12:00) |
| External factors, beyond the control of the borrower, need to be given weightage |
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Slowdown in Kuwait (04 October 12:00) |
| Trading curbs and ownership restrictions are causing a slowdown in Kuwait’s real estate sector at a time when the property market elsewhere in the Gulf is booming on the back of windfall o... |
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HUF as a taxable entity (04 October 12:00) |
| When a partition takes place in a Hindu Joint Family, it has to be taken note of and legally recognised for the purposes of assessment |
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Romancing the kitchen (04 October 12:00) |
| For modern shutters, platforms and storage places |
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Continue to own your house… (04 October 12:00) |
| In the absence of trained staff and the guidelines reaching the ground-level staff, it is taking more time for reverse mortgage to reach the needy senior citizens |
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Why not a regulatory body? (04 October 12:00) |
| There is not a single regulatory authority for urban waters in India. Do we need to set up one in all our States? |
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Safeguard against illegal property (04 October 12:00) |
| Check background of seller to avoid getting into trouble, says C.H.GOPINATHA RAO |
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Know the true value of water (27 September 12:00) |
| Rainwater harvesting has been institutionally promoted at the national scale by the Central Groundwater Board (CGWB) |
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Clearing the air (27 September 12:00) |
| There are apprehensions whether the Reverse Mortgage Loan will click in our country as there are some misconceptions about the concept. The following FAQs will address such misconceptions: ... |
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Will RML be a success here? (27 September 12:00) |
| Juxtaposing Reverse Mortgage Loan with the regular home loan |
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It’s a tough task (27 September 12:00) |
| In these days of high costs, one major consideration for selecting a home loan is the rate of interest and its application |
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Cash in on small plots (27 September 12:00) |
| What is a good and safe investment? What are the avenues still available that yield sure returns? |
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HUFs and property rights (27 September 12:00) |
| We had discussed broadly the laws relating to Hindu Joint Family (referred to as HUF under tax laws) up to the passing of Hindu Succession Act, 1956, the period after this legislation till t... |
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Is this a healthy sheen? (27 September 12:00) |
| Metal composite panels may add glam quotient to buildings today but we can’t ignore ‘green’ opinions from professionals who fear the long-term consequences of the glitzy material, says... |
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Law on adverse possession needs change: SC (27 September 12:00) |
| Trespassers cannot take the benefit of law to claim possession of property left unattended for years by the owners, the Supreme Court said and asked the Centre to “seriously consider” ch... |
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It has the grace of age (27 September 12:00) |
| In this bonsai arrangement, the stem, instead of reaching for the sun, bends down towards the earth, writes Hema Vijay |
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Interiors gaining more space (27 September 12:00) |
| Not just products or accessories, the expert teams of well-known companies offer ideas also to design your home, says NAGESH PRABHU |
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It’s garbage that’s grabbing attention (20 September 12:00) |
| Just what is the answer to the mounds of garbage and the stinking mass that is attracting street dogs in embarrassing numbers in every locality? ‘Only a change in mindset can come to the c... |
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Stamp Paper – what you need to know (20 September 12:00) |
| There are two kinds of stamp papers, judicial(court fee) and non-judicial, says C.H.Gopinatha Rao |
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For both products and services… (20 September 12:00) |
| Birthday offers at Home Town in the city is packed with several discounts |
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Downturn moderate in Asia-Pacific market (20 September 12:00) |
| The Asia Pacific property markets, which have seen a rapid run-up in rents and capital values in recent years, is now entering a slowdown that will continue over the next 12 months at least,... |
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Realty stocks drop (20 September 12:00) |
| Realty sector stocks suffered the maximum loss on the bourses falling by 3.93 per cent, with the weakening of the global financial crisis as most of the foreign institutional investors had i... |
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Raising banyan on a table (20 September 12:00) |
| Imagine raising one of its kind bonsai as a table-top entity, writes Hema Vijay |
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Mumbai to build one lakh rental homes (20 September 12:00) |
| The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has undertaken an ambitious project to build about five lakh inexpensive rental homes within the next five years and one lakh suc... |
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’Re-use and re-cycle’ (20 September 12:00) |
| Solid waste management is as much a necessity to any city as Rain Water Harvesting,” says Suresh Bhandari, a waste management expert of Sukuki Exnora in Hyderabad, an NGO affiliated to Exn... |
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Mobile vans to manage e-waste (20 September 12:00) |
| To minimise the rising menace of e-waste, a private company has introduced its own fleet of mobile trucks for on the spot destruction of data devices from business establishments. Eco Recycl... |
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Go easy on the twilight years (20 September 12:00) |
| Workable solutions within the four walls can make life comfortable for the elderly, says DVL Padma Priya |
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Can inherited property be unilaterally sold? (20 September 12:00) |
| My grandfather has a valuable property (a land of 5 cottah (720 sq.ft per cottah) on which there is our residence is built taking half of the land and my father and uncle are to inherit it. ... |
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Paving a porous sidewalk (20 September 12:00) |
| Pavements fashioned out of permeable material can go a long way in increasing ground water table, says T.Lalith Singh |
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Green roofs for urban life (20 September 12:00) |
| Green roofs need not be only for large roofs. Small ones, even measuring 25 square metres, have been used to grow vegetables and flowers in pots |
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Know your home loan schemes better (20 September 12:00) |
| Obtaining finance for purchase of a home is much simpler these days compared to what used to be a laborious exercise a quarter century ago when home loans were not popular. A look by K. SUK... |
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Global warming should be a collective fight (20 September 12:00) |
| How can the CEO be the ‘Chief Environment Officer’? A look at the responsibility of a corporate entity, by MYTHILI G NIRVAN |
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Model mania (13 September 12:00) |
| Are model flats at apartment sites a boon or do they misguide a prospective buyer into an infatuated buy, given the excessive décor strategy? A look by NANDHINI SUNDAR |
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Catch wisdom from the tree (13 September 12:00) |
| A tree is a life form that resonates with serenity, says Hema Vijay |
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Prestige bags 48 horticultural awards (13 September 12:00) |
| The builder drew the attention of all to outdoor beautification too |
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Some awards and smart ideas (13 September 12:00) |
| To mark the outstanding engineering contributions in the State, the Indian Concrete Institute (Karnataka-Bangalore Centre) celebrated Concrete Day-2008, wherein two prestigious awards were g... |
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Where is the green? (13 September 12:00) |
| A brush with the tree-disappearance scene in Bangalore is what Rajesh D. Devangaon has with his solo paint exhibition, ‘Wide Roads’ at Chitrakala Parishat. “I wanted to delve with some... |
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Take care or you can choke (13 September 12:00) |
| Hazardous waste from construction sites not man |
