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Independent Jury Says Telangana Government Forcibly Acquired Farmers' Land
The jury alleged that officials accompanied by heavy police deployment were destroying standing crops and taking possession of lands without adequate notice.
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Ex-Cop, His Family Beat Farmer To Death Over Land Dispute In Rajasthan
The accused, a neighbouring retired ASI, wanted to possess the land and was pressuring the victim, Sushil to transfer it in his name.
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Fewer Jobs And Low Incomes For Farmers Who Give Up Their Lands
Mumbai: The farmers forced into giving up their land for industry face dwindling earnings and fewer job options, increasing the likelihood of more bloody conflicts as demand for scarce land rises, experts say. Increased mechanisation is taking away some manual labour, while a lack of training of farmers and farm workers for alternate jobs is leavi...
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Telangana Farmers Who Own Land Have No Proof. How That’s Changing
Kongaragidda, Telangana: Poorly educated and with few resources, Kanasari Veeraswami had no way of proving he was the lawful owner of a small plot of land left to him by his father in Telangana. Local government officials had told him the handwritten documents he had were not acceptable. For 10 years, he lived in fear of losing the four-acre small-...
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Protests In Jharkhand After 4 Die In Police Firing Over Land Acquisition
A village in Jharkhand remained cut-off on Tuesday after a clash between protesters and police claimed four lives over the weekend.
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After Singur, Farmers In Rajarhat Want Mamata Banerjee To Return Lands
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee kept her promise at Singur. On September 14, a month and a half after a Supreme Court order, her government started returning land, acquired forcibly by the previous regime for Tata's car factory, to farmers.
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Million Telangana Farmers Swap 'Plain Paper' For Legal Ownership
When Telangana announced a three-week window for free registration of land that had exchanged hands via handwritten notes on plain paper, the offer triggered more than a million applications.
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Rahul Gandhi to Address Rally in Tamil Nadu, Meet Farmers Tomorrow
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi is expected to discuss farmers' issues including the Land bill that has led to a raging debate between the NDA and opposition, during his one-day visit to the state tomorrow.
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Farmers to Get 5-Times Compensation for Land Acquisition: Maharashtra Government
The farmers in Dondaicha constituency in Dhule district will be the first beneficiaries of five times higher compensation for land acquisition following the new rate announced by the Maharashtra government.
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Time Running Out, Land Bill Could be Taken Up in Parliament Next Week, Sources Tell NDTV
The Budget session of Parliament ends in a little over two weeks and the Narendra Modi government is again running out of time to push its crucial land acquisition bill which makes it easier to acquire land for industrial and key infrastructural projects.
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Government Hits Back at Rahul Gandhi, Says Congress Looted Farmers for 10 Years
Hitting back at the Congress after Rahul Gandhi's barbs, the government today said the party was trying to bat for the farmers' interests after "looting" them for 10 years as it insisted that it was committed to provide relief to those in distress.
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'This Government is for the Poor,' Says PM Narendra Modi at Workshop for BJP Lawmakers
A day before Parliament reconvenes for what promises to be a scorching remainder of the Budget session, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at a workshop for BJP lawmakers, "From the day I became PM, I have been working for the poor." Some hours later, the Congress' Gandhis, Sonia and Rahul, accused him of being "anti-poor" and "anti-farmer."
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Sonia Gandhi Visits Raebareli, Amethi, Meets Farmers
Congress President Sonia Gandhi today arrived in her constituency Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh and to meet farmers who suffered losses due to unseasonal rain. With her son and party Vice President Rahul Gandhi still on leave of absence, Mrs Gandhi will also extend her visit to his constituency - Amethi.
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Opposition Misleading Farmers on Land Bill, Says PM Narendra Modi in 'Mann ki Baat'
Reaching out to farmers through his monthly radio programme 'Mann ki Baat', Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the Land Acquisition Bill is aimed at the welfare of farmers and villages.
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PM Narendra Modi to Reach Out to Farmers Through 'Mann ki Baat' Radio Programme Today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will reach out to farmers today through his monthly radio programme, 'Mann Ki Baat', for which he has sought suggestions and inputs from them.
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Independent Jury Says Telangana Government Forcibly Acquired Farmers' Land
The jury alleged that officials accompanied by heavy police deployment were destroying standing crops and taking possession of lands without adequate notice.
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Ex-Cop, His Family Beat Farmer To Death Over Land Dispute In Rajasthan
The accused, a neighbouring retired ASI, wanted to possess the land and was pressuring the victim, Sushil to transfer it in his name.
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Fewer Jobs And Low Incomes For Farmers Who Give Up Their Lands
Mumbai: The farmers forced into giving up their land for industry face dwindling earnings and fewer job options, increasing the likelihood of more bloody conflicts as demand for scarce land rises, experts say. Increased mechanisation is taking away some manual labour, while a lack of training of farmers and farm workers for alternate jobs is leavi...
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Telangana Farmers Who Own Land Have No Proof. How That’s Changing
Kongaragidda, Telangana: Poorly educated and with few resources, Kanasari Veeraswami had no way of proving he was the lawful owner of a small plot of land left to him by his father in Telangana. Local government officials had told him the handwritten documents he had were not acceptable. For 10 years, he lived in fear of losing the four-acre small-...
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Protests In Jharkhand After 4 Die In Police Firing Over Land Acquisition
A village in Jharkhand remained cut-off on Tuesday after a clash between protesters and police claimed four lives over the weekend.
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After Singur, Farmers In Rajarhat Want Mamata Banerjee To Return Lands
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee kept her promise at Singur. On September 14, a month and a half after a Supreme Court order, her government started returning land, acquired forcibly by the previous regime for Tata's car factory, to farmers.
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Million Telangana Farmers Swap 'Plain Paper' For Legal Ownership
When Telangana announced a three-week window for free registration of land that had exchanged hands via handwritten notes on plain paper, the offer triggered more than a million applications.
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Rahul Gandhi to Address Rally in Tamil Nadu, Meet Farmers Tomorrow
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi is expected to discuss farmers' issues including the Land bill that has led to a raging debate between the NDA and opposition, during his one-day visit to the state tomorrow.
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Farmers to Get 5-Times Compensation for Land Acquisition: Maharashtra Government
The farmers in Dondaicha constituency in Dhule district will be the first beneficiaries of five times higher compensation for land acquisition following the new rate announced by the Maharashtra government.
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Time Running Out, Land Bill Could be Taken Up in Parliament Next Week, Sources Tell NDTV
The Budget session of Parliament ends in a little over two weeks and the Narendra Modi government is again running out of time to push its crucial land acquisition bill which makes it easier to acquire land for industrial and key infrastructural projects.
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Government Hits Back at Rahul Gandhi, Says Congress Looted Farmers for 10 Years
Hitting back at the Congress after Rahul Gandhi's barbs, the government today said the party was trying to bat for the farmers' interests after "looting" them for 10 years as it insisted that it was committed to provide relief to those in distress.
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'This Government is for the Poor,' Says PM Narendra Modi at Workshop for BJP Lawmakers
A day before Parliament reconvenes for what promises to be a scorching remainder of the Budget session, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at a workshop for BJP lawmakers, "From the day I became PM, I have been working for the poor." Some hours later, the Congress' Gandhis, Sonia and Rahul, accused him of being "anti-poor" and "anti-farmer."
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Sonia Gandhi Visits Raebareli, Amethi, Meets Farmers
Congress President Sonia Gandhi today arrived in her constituency Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh and to meet farmers who suffered losses due to unseasonal rain. With her son and party Vice President Rahul Gandhi still on leave of absence, Mrs Gandhi will also extend her visit to his constituency - Amethi.
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Opposition Misleading Farmers on Land Bill, Says PM Narendra Modi in 'Mann ki Baat'
Reaching out to farmers through his monthly radio programme 'Mann ki Baat', Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the Land Acquisition Bill is aimed at the welfare of farmers and villages.
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PM Narendra Modi to Reach Out to Farmers Through 'Mann ki Baat' Radio Programme Today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will reach out to farmers today through his monthly radio programme, 'Mann Ki Baat', for which he has sought suggestions and inputs from them.
