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Bengaluru, March 16 The Karnataka Assembly passed a bill on Monday aimed at regulating outdoor advertisements and enabling municipal bodies to levy and collect fees on hoardings and billboards across the state.The Karnataka Legislative Assembly passed the Karnataka Municipalities and Certain...

Bengaluru, March 16 Karnataka Minister for Wakf & Minority Welfare B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan told the Legislative Assembly on Monday that 17,969 acres of Wakf property have been encroached upon in the state, mostly by Muslims themselves.The minister was responding to a question by Afzalpur...

Bengaluru, March 16 Minister for Waqf and Housing B.Z. Zameer Ahmad Khan stated that the Waqf Board will not interfere with any properties attached to temples or schools.He made the statement in the Legislative Assembly on Monday while answering a question by senior Congress MLA M.Y. Patil...

Budaun (UP), March 15 The Uttar Pradesh government has transferred the circle officer of the area in connection with the recent killing of two senior officials at an HPCL compressed biogas plant in the district, officials said on Sunday.Superintendent of Police (Rural) Hirdesh Katheriya said...

Thane, March 13 A case has been registered against five individuals, including a former government employee, for allegedly transferring state-owned land using forged documents in Thane district, Maharashtra, police said on Friday.According to the police, the accused misled the registrar's...

Bengaluru, March 12 Karnataka Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre on Thursday directed officials to remain vigilant to prevent illegal tree felling in forests, areas bordering them, and government lands, in the wake of increased demand for firewood due to LPG scarcity, triggered by the escalating...

Prayagraj, March 11 The Allahabad High Court has dismissed contempt petitions in a case concerning the construction of a four-lane elevated corridor passing through Varanasi's Shivpur, allowing the project to proceed.The order was passed by Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal, after hearing an...

Durg, March 10 Authorities in the Durg district of Chhattisgarh carried out an anti-encroachment drive in the Samoda village on Tuesday, during which they demolished a shop that had been "illegally constructed" belonging to the brother of a suspended BJP leader, who has been arrested in...

Bengaluru/Mysuru, March 10 Karnataka BJP MLA T.S. Srivatsa, representing the Krishnaraja constituency in Mysuru, has demanded a thorough investigation into the alleged irregularities in the registration and subsequent cancellation of 24 acres and 10 guntas of land in Survey No. 4 of...

Bengaluru, March 9 – The Congress-led government in Karnataka announced on Monday that it would develop localities and allot land to retired soldiers across the state this year. Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda made the announcement in the Legislative Assembly in response to a question raised...

Chandigarh, March 8 Haryana Financial Commissioner Dr. Sumita Misra reiterated on Sunday the importance of maintaining uniform nomenclature for government land in official records to ensure transparency in land administration.Highlighting entries such as "Provincial Government" or other...

Bhopal, March 7 – Madhya Pradesh Cooperation Minister Vishvas Sarang expressed his displeasure on Saturday over illegal encroachments on government land in his Narela Assembly constituency in Bhopal and directed the district administration to take action against those encroaching on the land...

Mumbai, March 6 Amid a record-breaking debt of Rs 9.32 lakh crore and the ambitious goal to reach a one trillion dollar economy by 2030 and five trillion dollar under the Maharashtra 2047 mission, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who holds the planning and finance departments, will...

Kolkata, March 2 The West Bengal government has, in principle, approved the transfer of around 105 acres to the Centre for border fencing and construction of outposts, official sources said on Monday.The land will be transferred to the Border Security Force (BSF) for fencing nearly 17 km and...

Guwahati, February 27 – Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma launched the distribution of land deeds to over one lakh indigenous, landless families and public institutions under Mission Basundhara 3.0 on Friday, reaffirming the state government’s commitment to resolving long-standing...

Rajkot, February 23 – The Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) demolished 1,119 illegal constructions in the Jangleshwar area on Monday as part of a large-scale operation to clear 1,489 identified encroachments along the Aji River and the Town Planning Road.The remaining structures are expected...

Hoshiarpur (Punjab), February 23 A house, allegedly built on Waqf Board land by a woman convicted in multiple drug trafficking cases, was demolished in the town of Tanda on Monday, officials said.The demolition was carried out by the Punjab Waqf Board in Chandigarh Colony of Tanda, based on...

Aizawl, February 19 The Mizoram assembly on Thursday passed a bill aimed at strengthening the legal framework to curb unauthorized occupation of government and community land.The Mizoram (Prevention of Public Land Encroachment) Bill, 2026, introduced by Land Revenue and Settlement Minister B...

Jammu, February 19 Taking a firm stand against encroachment on government land, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday assured action in the matter and said it would begin with influential violators before targeting the poor.Concluding discussions on grants for his...

Kochi, February 19 – In a significant relief for the Kerala Cricket Association (KCA), the Kerala High Court has observed that the cricket ground constructed at Badiadka in Kasaragod serves a public purpose and that the State government must treat the issue with due seriousness. The court also...