land acquisition

New Delhi, March 18 The Union Cabinet approved on Wednesday the construction of a 4-lane, access-controlled National Highway-927 from Barabanki to Bahraich in Uttar Pradesh, at a cost of ₹6,969.04 crore.The 101.515 km project aims to provide seamless connectivity to key economic, social, and...

Aizawl, March 18, 2026: The Chief Minister of Mizoram, Pu Lalduhoma, chaired the second meeting of the Mizoram Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation (Mi-PRAGATI) at the Chief Minister’s Conference Hall. Several members attended the meeting in person, while others joined via video...

Hyderabad, March 18 – Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president and MLA, K.T. Rama Rao, on Wednesday alleged that the Telangana government was carrying out a ₹1.5 lakh crore financial scam in the name of the Musi Riverfront development project.Speaking in the Assembly during Question...

New Delhi, March 18 Godrej Properties Ltd, a real estate firm, has acquired 20 acres in Bengaluru to develop a housing project with an estimated revenue of Rs 1,350 crore.In a regulatory filing on Wednesday, the company stated that it has acquired a 20-acre land parcel in East Bengaluru...

New Delhi, March 18 Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar said that it had been decided at a meeting of Karnataka MPs to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Union Jal Shakti Minister with an all-party delegation after the Assembly elections in various states are completed...

Patna, March 17 The Patna High Court on Tuesday overturned a decision by the Bihar State Waqf Tribunal, which had prevented the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) from carrying out construction on certain plots in the Samastipur district of Bihar.Justice Bibek Chaudhuri held that the...

Raipur, March 17 The Anti-Corruption Bureau/Economic Offences Wing (ACB/EOW) of Chhattisgarh arrested a suspended revenue department official on Tuesday in connection with the alleged Bharatmala road project compensation scam.The agency had registered a case last year over alleged fraud in the...

Jammu, March 16 The Jammu and Kashmir Police's Crime Branch has registered a case against officials of the revenue department and others for their alleged involvement in irregularities in 20 land acquisition matters in the Ramban district.Officials said a Special Investigation Team (SIT) has...

Raipur, March 16 – The ED has attached movable and immovable properties worth Rs 23.35 crore in connection with a land acquisition compensation fraud related to the Raipur-Visakhapatnam National Highway project under the Bharatmala Pariyojana, an official said on Monday.An investigation by the...

Raipur, March 16 – The Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) Raipur Zonal Office has provisionally attached movable and immovable assets worth Rs 23.35 crore under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, in connection with alleged fraud in land acquisition compensation for the...

Ranchi, March 16 As of March 2022, utilisation certificates worth ₹7,592 crore under various heads remained pending with several Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) in Jharkhand, according to a CAG report presented in the assembly on Monday.The annual technical inspection report on local bodies also...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 15 The Kerala Cabinet has approved a 50 per cent amnesty on pending traffic fines as part of a special scheme aimed at clearing a massive backlog of e-challan cases and reducing the burden on courts.The decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister...

Bagalkote (Karnataka), March 14 – Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and state Congress President D.K. Shivakumar appealed to the people on Saturday to once again bless the Congress government in the upcoming by-elections, stating that the government has been implementing welfare programs for the...

Bagalkote (Karnataka), March 14 Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar said on Saturday that he will meet the state's MPs in New Delhi on March 17 to discuss the objections raised by Andhra Pradesh to the Upper Krishna Project, and to pressure the Centre to intervene.Also, the state's...

Bagalkote (Karnataka), March 14 – Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and State President, D.K. Shivakumar, said on Saturday that a meeting would be held in New Delhi with Members of Parliament from the State to discuss the objections raised by Andhra Pradesh over the third phase of the Upper...

Kolkata, March 14 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday paid tributes to the 14 protesters who were killed in firing during the anti-land acquisition movement at Nandigram in Purba Medinipur district on this day in 2007.In her message...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 14 The Kerala government has decided to acquire 230 acres of land, at a cost of approximately Rs 810 crore, for development activities related to the Vizhinjam International seaport.The decision was taken in a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan...

New Delhi, March 13 Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday criticized the Left parties and the Congress, saying they are hindering development works for the progress of Kerala, and asserted that the central government has increased the budget by eight times to improve the rail network...

Bengaluru, March 13 – The Karnataka government intends to establish an airport in Ballari that will benefit regions such as Ballari, Hosapete, the UNESCO heritage site of Hampi, Anegondi, Sandur, Koppal, Kurugodu, and Siruguppa, Infrastructure Development Minister M.B. Patil said on Friday.In...

Ranchi/Deoghar, March 13 – Continuing its crackdown on corruption, the Jharkhand Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested two employees of the District Land Acquisition Office in Deoghar on Friday for allegedly accepting a bribe from a beneficiary.The accused, identified as Niranjan and Nunu Dev...