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Saturday, April 4, 2026
TopicHousing societies

Topic: Housing societies

Hung clothes on your balcony? That’ll be Rs 500—RWAs are fining everything now

RWAs are operating as unregulated money-making machines with penalties for often arbitrary rules, say many residents of Delhi-NCR high-rises.

Noida has an RWA problem. Office-holders grab power, residents pay the price

Housing societies across Delhi-NCR go years without elections, or see the same faces return again and again. ‘Self-appointed people stop serving us and start serving themselves.’

Mumbai homes are making a giant mess. Over 2,000 buildings being torn down, built back up

The frantic redevelopment is generating new housing stock even in saturated pockets like Bandra, Colaba, Andheri, and Chembur. Nearly 2,050 buildings in Mumbai are at various stages of redevelopment.

Noida reacts to Pune child’s death. RWAs remove balcony flowerpots

While many residents across Noida societies welcomed the decision to not place flowerpots on balcony parapets, some expressed concern about where they will now keep their plants.

Noida’s Supreme Towers society demands family’s approval for ‘bachelors cohabiting with opposite gender’

Owners' Association has instructed landlords to submit detailed tenant information. In March 2024, the association had banned bachelor guests from staying overnight without its approval.

5-yr-old’s drowning—Gurugram society pool had no fence, jacket; lifeguards were on phone

The BPTP Park Serene condominium in Gurugram's Sector 37D resonates with the slogan, 'Kabul Chawla kaatil hai, BPTP haaye haaye.' The drowning of a five-year-old in society's pool has put RWA at war with the maintenance agency.

‘Hope our dream comes true’ — 5,000 homebuyers in the lurch as Haryana planning dept blacklists builder

Accusing it of cheating & fraud, Haryana town and country planning Dept has suspended licences of Mahira Homes Pvt Ltd, besides ordering registration of FIR against the developer.

‘Dry fruits and paan money’ is here—NCR condos have a new rich vs old rich problem

The newest among the new rich are arriving in NCR's wealthy, rarified, self-contained condos. But for the old residents and the working class, they don't have enough 'civility'.

Shrikant Tyagi isn’t alone. List of complaints against Noida bahubalis is long

Residents and police in Noida speak of being 'scared' of Shrikant Tyagi. But such 'chhutbhaiyya netas' have for long been displaying power bigger than their actual power.

Dogs, cats banned: Delhi’s IFS Apartments’ rule hits residents during pandemic, some move out

Residents accuse housing society's management of 'harassing' them about keeping pets during lockdown, say they 'feel suffocated'.

On Camera

This is how Strait of Hormuz shock is forcing a global trade reset

The current Iran war has laid bare a fundamental reality: 20 per cent of global energy trade cannot afford to rely on a single artery, no matter how resilient and cost-effective.

SEBI proposes return of open market share buybacks to support stocks

Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.

South Korea’s Cheongung-II missile system makes its mark in West Asia war. Here’s why

UAE has been using this defence system, which is similar to America's Patriots, against Iranian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.