Prime minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday, July 24, announced setting up of an independent environment regulator that would lead to a complete change in the process of granting environment clearances.

An estimated 300,000 homebuyers and home owners could be affected if farmers in 24 villages along the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway succeed in their agitation for the return of their land taken over by the Noida Authority in 2003.

Everybody wanted to hear this news—realtors, investors and home buyers. It seemed to be a case of who blink first.

The government plans to enact the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Bill, 2011, to replace the existing Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988.