agricultural land

Jaipur, March 12 The Rajasthan Anti-Corruption Bureau arrested two revenue officials in Jaipur on Thursday for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000, officials said.Patwari Vikram Bunkar and another employee, Ashok Kumar, who were working at the Khedi gram panchayat in the Bassi tehsil...

Gandhinagar/Bhavnagar, March 12: The Gujarat government has granted administrative approval of ₹285 crore for the long-standing Methala dam project in the Bhavnagar district, a scheme expected to provide irrigation to about 6,550 hectares of land across 10 villages while also helping to control...

Bhopal, March 9 – Madhya Pradesh police in the districts of Chhatarpur, Tikamgarh, and Damoh seized over 7,890 kg of opium, estimated to have a market value of over Rs 3 crore.Related cases have been registered under the NDPS Act, and legal action is being taken.Police received information...

Mauganj, March 7 – Police in Mauganj district of Madhya Pradesh reported on Saturday evening that the decomposed body of an unidentified man was recovered from a drain surrounded by bushes along the National Highway.According to Mauganj Police Station Officer Sandeep Bhartiya, the body was...

Chennai, March 7 – The Tamil Nadu government's decision to designate the proposed Parandur Greenfield Airport in the Kancheepuram district as a 'Special Project' under the Tamil Nadu Land Consolidation (for Special Projects) Act, 2023, has reignited concerns among environmental groups and...

Ahmedabad, March 6 The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a prosecution complaint against city-based Anil Nutrients Ltd, its director Amol Shripal Sheth, and six others in connection with a money laundering case linked to an alleged fraud of Rs 47.88 crore involving Bank of India, officials...

Ghaziabad (UP), March 1 Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait said on Sunday that setting up a waste management plant on fertile agricultural land near residential areas violates both environmental standards and basic human compassion.The farmer leader was addressing a Mahapanchayat at...

Indore, February 26 Hundreds of farmers staged a protest in Indore, Madhya Pradesh on Thursday, demanding the cancellation of the land acquisition process for a road project, officials said.The administration is planning to acquire approximately 2,400 acres of agricultural land belonging to...

Chandigarh, February 18 – AAP sarpanch Harbarinder Singh, 40, was killed by unidentified assailants during a wedding function in Punjab’s Tarn Taran district on Wednesday, marking the second killing of a sarpanch from the region in the past two months, police said.The incident took place...

Palghar, February 18 People affected by the Vadhvan Port project in some villages across Palghar taluka in Maharashtra will receive an average compensation of more than Rs 2 crore per hectare for acquired agricultural land, according to the district administration.The administration announced...

Shahjahanpur (UP), February 18 The administration has cleared encroachments that were blocking around 300 acres of forest land in Shahjahanpur district, Uttar Pradesh, during a drive that also involved ploughing standing crops, police said on Wednesday.SP Rajesh Dwivedi told

Gandhinagar, February 17 – The Gujarat Legislative Assembly passed a bill on Tuesday amending Sections 75 and 75(A) of the Saurashtra Gharkhed, Tenancy Settlement and Agricultural Lands Ordinance, 1949. The aim is to provide legal clarity in land transactions and curb illegal transfers of...

Kanpur (UP), February 16 A 51-year-old retired army personnel, who was a Kargil war veteran, allegedly shot his wife and 16-year-old son dead at their home in Sen Pashchim Para here, before dying by suicide on a nearby railway track, police said on Monday.The incident came to light on Monday...

Bhubaneswar, February 14 The Odisha Cabinet on Saturday approved three tenders worth over Rs 358 crore for water distribution under the Integrated Anandpur Barrage Project (IABP), which aims to provide irrigation to around 15,765 hectares of agricultural land in the Balasore and Keonjhar...

Jaipur, February 13 The Rajasthan Anti-Corruption Bureau conducted searches at five locations in the Bikaner and Phalodi districts on Friday as part of an investigation into alleged disproportionate assets against a junior assistant, officials said.During the searches, officials recovered...

New Delhi, February 13 DMK Rajya Sabha member Rajathi raised concerns about the declining water supply to the Ponnaiyar river in the Rajya Sabha on Friday and urged the government for immediate intervention to address the agrarian distress in the region.Raising the issue during Zero Hour in...

Dehradun, February 12 The Uttarakhand government has launched an investigation into the alleged irregularities in the sale of 20 acres of land in Dhaulas, Dehradun, which was allotted to the Sheikhul Hind Education Charitable Trust for educational purposes two decades ago, officials said on...

Nuremberg, February 10 India is the ideal location for large-scale organic production, and the country is eager to collaborate with the EU to strengthen this ecosystem and meet rising demand, Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal said here on Tuesday.Agrawal also said that India's organic product...