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New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) India’s residential real estate market has transitioned into a “structurally mature, demand‑anchored growth phase”, with Q1 2026 recording 93,065 new unit launches and 95,973 unit sales across the top eight cities, a report said on Saturday.The report from PropTiger said the supply rose 1.1 per cent sequentially and sales improved 1 per cent quarter‑on‑quarter.The weighted average price reached a record high of Rs 10,050 per sq ft — crossing the five‑digit ben…

New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Small office occupiers incurred the highest facilities management (FM) costs per sq ft while large office campuses benefitted substantially from scale efficiencies, centralised operations and integrated workplace infrastructure, a report said on Saturday.The report from Knight Frank India found Mumbai, Bengaluru and Gurugram as the highest-cost office markets across small office categories, due to premium Grade A office ecosystems, higher workforce costs and greater dema…

New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested an alleged kingpin in the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case, as it claimed to have identified the original source of the chemistry question paper leak linked to the national-level medical entrance examination.According to the agency, the accused, identified as Chemistry lecturer P.V. Kulkarni, associated with the examination process on behalf of the National Testing Agency (NTA), had access to the confidential question pa…

Mumbai, May 14 (IANS) Ruling and opposition parties, along with various farmer organisations in Maharashtra, on Thursday strongly demanded the rollback of the Centre’s move to impose a ban on sugar exports.They claimed that the export ban would further worsen the financial condition of cooperative sugar factories, making it difficult for them to withstand the current situation.Veteran NCP leader and former state Cooperation Minister Dilip Walse-Patil said: “Even though there has been bumper …

Pune, May 14 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party (SP) President, Sharad Pawar, on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the Central Government’s recent decision to ban sugar exports, terming the move “economically disastrous” for Maharashtra’s cooperative sector.Speaking at a press conference in Pune, the veteran leader demanded an immediate reconsideration of the policy to prevent the financial collapse of sugar mills. He demanded immediate withdrawal to protect the 2026 sugar season.Pawar h…

New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Thirteen high-activity clusters, which together dominate industrial and warehousing activity across a broader universe of 40 clusters in India, are likely to command 70-80 per cent of the market in the coming years, a report showed on Thursday.India’s industrial and warehousing market has emerged as one of the best-performing real estate asset classes, marked by rising scale and Grade A stock touching 300 million square feet – almost twice the inventory levels of 202…

New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The best performance in the CBSE Class 12 Board examination results has been recorded by the Trivandrum region of Kerala. Trivandrum secured the top position in the country in terms of pass percentage.Notably, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Wednesday declared the Class 12 Board examination results.According to the CBSE Board, in the region-wise results across the country, Trivandrum secured first place with a pass percentage of 95.62 per cent. Tamil N…

Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) The investigation into the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case intensified on Wednesday as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) took three suspects into custody for questioning from Maharashtra’s Ahilyanagar district, while a woman was detained from Pune and later handed over to the central agency for further investigation.Officials said the three suspects are currently being interrogated at the Ahilyanagar Superintendent of Police’s office. Sources indicated that the accused…

Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday produced Shubham Khairnar, who was arrested in connection with the alleged NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case, before the Killa Court in Mumbai, where the court remanded him to two days of transit custody. Officials said the accused will now be produced before a Delhi court on Thursday as the agency intensifies its investigation into the nationwide examination leak case.During the hearing, the CBI informed the court that seve…

Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) is interrogating 57 people across the state as it launched a major operation on Wednesday targeting individuals linked to or associated with Pakistan-based gangster networks, including the Shahzad Bhatti gang and the Dogra gang, officials said. According to officials, coordinated ATS raids began at around 8 a.m. across multiple locations in Maharashtra, including Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Nalasopara, Mira Road, Akola, Nanded, Nashik, a…