land ownership

Mumbai, March 30 Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLC Eknath Khadse and his daughter were booked for allegedly cheating an elderly woman by promising a sugar factory ownership on her land and taking possession of it with the help of forged documents in Maharashtra's Jalgaon district, police said...

Prayagraj, March 29 The Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to file an affidavit stating whether it can seal a place of worship without any prior notice or without providing any opportunity for the property owners to be heard.A two-judge bench comprising Justice Atul...

Rangia (Assam), March 28 Union Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, on Saturday alleged that the Congress followed an "infiltration model" to create a vote bank and remain in power.Addressing an election rally here in support of former state BJP president...

Mumbai, March 27 In a major policy move, the Maharashtra government has decided to regularize residential encroachments up to 500 square feet that existed as of January 1, 2011, across the state, excluding the city of Mumbai and its suburban district, a minister said on Friday.Revenue Minister...

Chandigarh, March 23 Punjab Minister Harjot Singh Bains said on Monday that the government will soon grant ownership rights to shopkeepers, residents, and other occupants of surplus land in Nangal, Talwara, and adjoining townships, asserting that the land belongs to the state and not to the...

New Delhi, March 23 Rajya Sabha Congress MP Neeraj Dangi on Monday urged the government to implement the Land Pooling Policy on a mission mode and notify the Delhi Master Plan 2041 at the earliest, citing prolonged delays that have left thousands of landowners in distress.Raising the issue...

Aizawl, March 23 Rejecting allegations leveled by the opposition Congress over land purchases in his constituency, Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma said on Monday that the acquisitions were aimed at helping financially distressed people rather than personal gain.Speaking at a Zoram People's...

Kannur, March 19 – Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his wife, Kamala, together hold deposits exceeding Rs 1 crore, according to an affidavit submitted on Thursday along with his nomination papers for the Dharmadam Assembly constituency.Kerala will go to the polls on April 9 to elect 140 new...

Hyderabad, March 19 – Chief Minister, A. Revanth Reddy, said on Saturday that the "people's government" is committed to the welfare of the entire farming community in the Telangana State, making them "kings" by promoting agriculture as a lucrative source of livelihood.Participating in the ‘Sri...

Kochi, March 19 – In Kerala, agricultural issues consistently dominate political discourse, and this election is no exception. Farmers are raising concerns ranging from human-wildlife conflict in mountainous regions to paddy procurement issues in Palakkad and Kuttanad.Farmers say many of their...

Chennai, March 17 – The Madras High Court has granted an interim stay in a property dispute involving the late actress Sridevi, temporarily halting proceedings before a civil court in Chengalpattu.The order comes as a relief to Sridevi's family, who have challenged competing claims over a...

Guwahati, March 16 – Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Monday that the state government has provided land rights to lakhs of indigenous families through its flagship land settlement initiatives, asserting that the move fulfills the state government's commitment to protect "Jati...

New Delhi, March 15 – India’s Northeast region is witnessing a major strategic and economic transformation driven by large-scale connectivity and infrastructure initiatives undertaken in recent years, according to a report by India Narrative.The report, titled “Bridging the North East...

Special train brings tea workers to Guwahati for land title distributionAhead of the land title distribution program in Guwahati by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approximately 800 members of tea garden worker families were brought from Dibrugarh by a special train named "Chameli Express."The...

Bengaluru, March 12 – A discussion on compensation for deaths caused by wildlife took place in the Karnataka Assembly during the Question and Answer session on Thursday, with Congress MLA Puttarangasetty urging the government to provide financial relief to all victims of snakebites, regardless...

Shimla, March 11 Himachal Pradesh Minister Jagat Singh Negi accused former Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla of "unfairly" treating the tribal community living in the state's border areas by denying them approval in cases related to Nautor land.Addressing the media here, Negi said he met Shukla...

Gandhinagar, March 11 – The Gujarat government will implement a uniform and planned mechanism across the state to resolve pending applications related to errors in land measurements in villages where land was declared.The decision came following directions issued by Chief Minister Bhupendra...

Lucknow, March 10 The Allahabad High Court was informed on Tuesday that the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) would not undertake any construction work on land belonging to La Martiniere College for a proposed road or flyover project.Justices Alok Mathur and Amitabh Kumar Rai of the Lucknow...

Kohima, March 9 The issue of modernizing the 123-year-old Dimapur Railway Station and large-scale land encroachment dominated Question Hour on the third day of the ongoing Budget session of the Nagaland Assembly on Monday.Raising the issue, NPP MLA Nuklutoshi said the modernization project has...

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...