With the NDA alliance set to form the government, rumours are swirling that Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief Chandrababu Naidu might demand Special Category Status (SCS) for Andhra Pradesh in return for his support.

With the NDA alliance set to form the government, rumours are swirling that Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief Chandrababu Naidu might demand Special Category Status (SCS) for Andhra Pradesh in return for

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Embassy Office Parks REIT on Tuesday reported a 17 per cent increase in its net operating income to Rs 892.3 crore and declared a distribution of Rs 538.4 crore to unitholders for the quarter ended March.
Its net operating income (NOI) stood at Rs 765.6 crore in the year-ago period.
The company declared distributions of Rs 538.40 crore or Rs 5.68 per unit for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, to unitholders in the form of dividend and other income.
The NOI for the 2024-25 fiscal rose 10 per cent to Rs 3,283.5 crore from Rs 2,981.9 crore in the preceding year.
The distributions for the 2024-25 amount to Rs 2,181.1 crore or Rs 23.01 per unit.
"In FY25, we leased 6.6 million square feet, delivered 2.5 million square feet of new development and acquired a 5 million square feet of high-quality asset," Ritwik Bhattacharjee, Chief Executive Officer of Embassy REIT, said.
He said the company increased distributions by 8 per cent this fiscal and has given guidance of double-digit distribu

The company declared distributions of Rs 538.40 crore or Rs 5.68 per unit for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, to unitholders in the form of dividend and other income

Adani Green Energy has said an independent review of its regulatory compliances related to an alleged breach that led to the indictment of founder chairman Gautam Adani and two company executives in a US court, did not find irregularities or non-compliances on the issue.
In November last year, US authorities charged Adani, his nephew and executive director Sagar Adani and managing director Vneet S Jaain for being involved in an alleged scheme to pay bribes to Indian government officials to win solar energy contracts, and concealed the plan as they sought to raise money from US investors.
In its FY25 earning announcement, Adani Green Energy - the firm at the heart of allegation of USD 265 million bribes allegedly being paid to Indian officials to secure solar power sale contracts that could bring in USD 2 billion of profits over 20 year period to the firm - said its holding company has not been named as a defendant in the indictment and civil complaint and the matter was pending for .

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The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) on Friday presented a Rs 40,187 crore-budget for the megapolis.
Infrastructure spends across projects have been pegged at Rs 35,151 crore or 87 per cent of the overall expenditure, as per an official statement. The revenues have been estimated at Rs 36,939 crore, and the body chaired by Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde will be borrowing Rs 22,000 crore.
This will result in a budget deficit of Rs 3,249 crore, which the body plans to bridge through land sales, issuance of bonds, financial assistance from the government, and loans from financial institutions, the statement said.
The ongoing metro line projects have been earmarked Rs 10,969 crore of expenditure in the new fiscal, which is a fourth of the overall expenditure..
Over Rs 5,697 crore have been allotted for multiple tunnel projects which are going across the megapolis, with Rs 2,684 crore earmarked for the four-lane road running under the Sanjay Gandhi National 

Infrastructure spends across projects have been pegged at Rs 35,151 crore or 87 per cent of the overall expenditure, as per an official statement

The Rajya Sabha on Thursday returned the Finance Bill 2025 to the Lok Sabha, along with 35 government amendments, including one that abolishes a 6 per cent digital tax on online advertisements, thus completing the 2025-26 budgetary exercise that started on February 1.
The House also returned the Appropriation Bill (3) with a voice vote.
Earlier in the day, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had moved the two bills in the House.
The Lok Sabha had passed the Finance Bill on March 25 and passed the Appropriation Bill on March 21.
Replying to the debate later in the evening, she said the tendency of the finance ministry would be to exercise caution and not let go of revenues.
"But, here we wanted to use this opportunity to show our respect for Indian taxpayer. We have moved towards setting Rs 12 lakh as threshold up to which no one will have to pay any tax," Sitharaman said.
The Union Budget 2025-26 envisages a total expenditure of Rs 50.65 lakh crore, an increase of 7.4 per cent ov

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With the NDA alliance set to form the government, rumours are swirling that Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief Chandrababu Naidu might demand Special Category Status (SCS) for Andhra Pradesh in return for his support.

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