Labour says it would restore grants to help young people in England stay in further and higher education. This would mean a return for education maintenance allowances (EMA) scrapped by the coalition government in 2010. It would also mean reversing the decision to turn maintenance grants for poorer university students ... Read More »
Online real estate portals are working on a rating system for brokers to enhance user experience and bring more accountability into the dealer community. While Makaan.com (Elara Technologies Pte Ltd) has already introduced such a system, Quikr.com (Quikr India Pvt. Ltd) has a basic user rating option and is planning ... Read More »
Labour has pledged to reintroduce student maintenance grants and the educational maintenance allowance – both scrapped by Conservative-led governments – if it returns to power. The party said that reintroducing grants for poorer students would be an “investment” and would be paid for by increasing corporation tax “by less than ... Read More »
Hyderabad residential and commercial real estate markets are on revival path and the city is expected to show more growth on the back of government’s infrastructure steps and policy moves. A report by realty consultant JLL said that sales in residential realty market in the city is likely to pick ... Read More »
Today, students up and down the country are anxiously discovering their A-level results. For the majority, their future depends on the grades they achieve – their place at university, or possibly their first full-time job. Some would have you believe students’ success depends solely on their individual grit, determination, and ... Read More »
The real estate regulatory law should be implemented in such a manner that it encourages entrepreneurs to enter this sector and does not hinder growth of projects, DLF Chairman K P Singh has said. In a message to shareholders, Singh said effective implementation of innovative initiatives such as Make in ... Read More »
Don’t say Billings, MT, lacks panache—you just need to know where to look. Your first stop on the style watch: This 2,048-square-foot penthouse located smack-dab in the middle of downtown. Listed for just $335,000, the two-bedroom apartment offers the streamlined décor and international flair of über-luxe apartments in larger cities. But with a 360-degree ... Read More »
Russia’s use of an Iranian air base to bomb targets in Syria sends a message to Washington as it weighs a military partnership with Moscow — join us or we’ll look to your enemies. Tuesday’s missions were unprecedented. Iran allowed Russian warplanes to take off from its territory to strike ... Read More »
Russia’s use of an Iranian air base to bomb targets in Syria sends a message to Washington as it weighs a military partnership with Moscow — join us or we’ll look to your enemies. Tuesday’s missions were unprecedented. Iran allowed Russian warplanes to take off from its territory to strike ... Read More »
Visitors to Autumn Fair 2016 are invited to step inside an inspiring haven of bespoke, well-designed product within the show’s Summerhouse sector. Positioned alongside the wider Contemporary Home & Gifts offering, the growing sector promises to be a hit with buyers and retailers in search of unique, on-trend collections for ... Read More »
Despite his anti-China rhetoric, Beijing may prefer U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump over his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton for his promised anti-terror campaign against the Islamic State, which is reportedly attracting militant groups from its Muslim-majority Xinjiang region, state media reported on Wednesday. “Trump’s foreign policy, which centres around ... Read More »
Three women huddled on an iron cot, without any clothes. The mattress was removed to provide them respite from bed bugs. In the adjoining ward for male inmates, men crouched on the floor, naked, bereft of minimum basic living conditions. Three other men, also naked, were made to stand in ... Read More »
