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Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Monday, April 15, 2013 -- (Business Wire India) -- An artists' book radically re-conceptualizes a book as an artistic form, not a publishing enterprise, not a fine press production, not a portfolio of prints, but a new hybrid form without rules or limits.

Priya Pereira of 'Pixie Bks' has designed an Artists' Book for Hafele called '8 Verticals' .

Artists' Books take every possible form; participate in every possible convention of book making, every possible ism of mainstream art and literature, every possible mode of production, every shape, and every degree of ephemerality or archival durability. Priya Pereira first began making books in 1993 under the name 'Pixie Bks' . Not knowing why she made them or what they were called, or whom the audience and buyer were.it just seemed right then and fortunately seems right now. It is only in 1999, during a visit to the US that she discovered a term for what she did - Artists' Books. She works along with her husband Tony, Creative Director at Rediffusion Y&R Mumbai.

NEW DELHI, APRIL 12:

Favouring open competition rather than a regulator, a senior official of realty major DLF has said that the draft real estate regulator Bill would only increase the number of watchdogs without solving the sector's problems.

“Speaking on the sidelines of the National Housing Bank conference on ‘Housing: An Engine for Inclusive Growth”, Rajeev Talwar, Executive Director, DLF, said: “Increasing the number of authorities is not the solution to the real estate sector's problems. We still have to get a number of clearances from various authorities before starting a project.”

The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill seeks to provide a uniform regulatory environment in the sector. It has been sent to the Cabinet and is pending approval. Key elements in the draft Bill include provisions for jail term for developers for misleading advertisements about projects.

NEW DELHI, MARCH 31:  

National Housing Bank has mobilised Rs 644 crore from its recently concluded tax-free bonds issue, its Chairman and Managing Director, R.V.Verma has said.

As much as Rs 198 crore — out of this overall amount of Rs 644 crore — came from retail individual investors. The remaining came from institutional investors.

NHB could have raised more funds if more time was on its side, Verma said, adding that the recent public offering was open only for five days.

“There was a good market for retail. We did not get enough time to market the retail issue”.

The softening of G-sec yields in the run up to the issue also did not help as it impacted the pricing of the tax–free bonds, Verma noted.

The Centre had allowed NHB to raise Rs 5,000 crore through tax free bonds during 2012-13.

It had room to mobilise upto Rs 3,750 crore through the recently concluded public issue.

Another factor which could have impacted tax free bond issues this fiscal, including the recent NHB issue, is the delayed clarification from the corporate affairs ministry.

The Mumbai real estate developer commences handing over of apartments at its

residential project in Sodepur, Kolkata

Godrej Properties Ltd. (GPL) (BSE: GODREJPRP), the real estate development arm

of the Godrej Group, today commenced the handing over process of the 1st Phase in

Godrej Prakriti, Sodepur, Kolkata. Standing 15 storeys tall, Phase I comprises of five

towers with 2 BHK, 2 BHK study and 3 BHK modern apartments measuring between

929 sq. ft to 1,060 sq. ft. There are 537 apartments that have been delivered in

Phase I of this project.

Luminaries from Field of Architecture and Design Converge at Ansal University's 3-day International Conference and Workshop Revolution by Design

British High Commissioner to India inaugurates event organized by Sushant School of Art and Architecture and Sushant School of Design

Tata Housing Development Company Limited (THDC); India's fastest growing real estate developer in an effort to support the art and culture of the capital city,takes the initiative to design the first longest wall painting activity in New Delhi -   The Delhi Wallbook. The event will be on 24 th   February   2013 from 9:00am -   3:00pm at   Delhi University - North Campus ,University Road, Maurice Nagar.

Parsvnath Developers Limited (PDL), India's leading real estate and integrated infrastructure developer having a diversified portfolio registered operating revenue of Rs.148 Crores and Profit before Tax of Rs.32 Crores in third quarter ended on December 31, 2012. EBIDTA stood at 115 Cr and EBIDTA margins stood at 78 % for the same period.

Operation / Business Highlights

•  As a strategy for accelerated possession offering, the Company is concentrating on faster execution.

•  Handed over possession of 123 units, comprising an area of about 3 lacs sq. ft.

•  We have paid second installment of Rs. 330 Crores, to Rail Land Development Authority for Residential/Housing project in Sarai Rohilla, near Connaught Place, New Delhi.

DLF Limited, India's largest real estate company, recorded consolidated revenues of Rs 2291 crore for the quarter ended December 31, 2013, an increase of6% from Rs 2157 crore in Q2 FY13. EBIDTA stood at Rs 1068 crore, an increase of 24% as compared to Rs 864 crore in Q2FY13. Net profit is Rs 285 crore, as compared to Rs 139 crore in Q2FY13. The non-annualized EPS for the quarter was Rs 1.67.

New Delhi: People in North-East Delhi will now be able to get their properties registered on the same day of filing of application under an online registration system.

The new online registration was launched on Wednesday at newly renovated sub registrar office in Vivek Vihar. It is the third such sub-registrar office to have online registration facility.