Land Acquisition

Amid the excitement over the arrival of Cheetahs in the Kuno National Park, villagers in surrounding areas of Madhya Pradesh's Sheopur district have a variety of concerns including the fear of land acquisition and the fear of the big cat itself.

A group of farmers protesting the acquisition of 1,810 acres of land in Haryana's Manesar region on Wednesday sought from the government "permission" for mass suicide, news agency PTI reported.

The deadline for the completion of the high speed rail route between Mumbai and Gujarat's Ahmedabad can be fixed only after assessment of delay in land acquisition in Maharashtra and COVID-19 impact, railway officials have said.

Land acquired by authorities after its possession and payment of compensation under the Land Acquisition Act vests with the State, free from all encumbrances, the Supreme Court has said.

Sunny Deol has bought the top-spec Land Rover Defender with the 5.0-litre V8 engine that's priced at Rs. 2.05 crore (ex-showroom).

Police have registered an FIR or police case against unidentified persons for allegedly submitting fake documents to receive a collective compensation of Rs 11.66 crore for land acquisition in Maharashtra's Thane district, the police said today.

Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a policy for use of land acquired under the Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition & Development) Act, 1957

A 66-year-old man died on Friday at a protest by farmers affected by the land acquisition for the new capital city of Chhattisgarh, officials said. The cause of the death of farmer Siyaram Patel, however, was not yet clear, they added.

Residents of Vadnagar in Gujarat's Mehsana district have challenged in the high court the state government's move to acquire their land for a buffer zone for preservation of some of the architectural structures found in the town.

Bollywood star, Arjun Kapoor recently gifted himself a brand-new Ducati Scrambler 1100 Pro that joins the Land Rover Defender and the Mercedes-Maybach GLS 600 in his garage.

A total of 438 projects in the infrastructure sector, worth more than Rs 150 crore have been affected by cost overruns totalling Rs 4.34 lakh crores

BSP chief Mayawati said the judiciary has also expressed displeasure towards the acquisition of land without proper compensation and rehabilitation for the airport project.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation for the Jewar airport in Noida, near Delhi, on Thursday -- barely 700 meters from a row of tents where farmers whose lands were acquired are living with their families.

The Supreme Court today set aside a judgment of the Bombay High Court which had annulled the acquisition of 203.86 hectares of land made in 2011 at a village in Bhandara district of Maharashtra for the Gosikhurd irrigation project.

Delhi government has issued a gazette notification for acquisition of two patches of privately owned land falling in the course of the 3.5-km Barapullah Phase-3 elevated corridor connecting Mayur Vihar-1 with Sarai Kale Khan and INA, officials said

Amid the excitement over the arrival of Cheetahs in the Kuno National Park, villagers in surrounding areas of Madhya Pradesh's Sheopur district have a variety of concerns including the fear of land acquisition and the fear of the big cat itself.

A group of farmers protesting the acquisition of 1,810 acres of land in Haryana's Manesar region on Wednesday sought from the government "permission" for mass suicide, news agency PTI reported.

The deadline for the completion of the high speed rail route between Mumbai and Gujarat's Ahmedabad can be fixed only after assessment of delay in land acquisition in Maharashtra and COVID-19 impact, railway officials have said.

Land acquired by authorities after its possession and payment of compensation under the Land Acquisition Act vests with the State, free from all encumbrances, the Supreme Court has said.

Sunny Deol has bought the top-spec Land Rover Defender with the 5.0-litre V8 engine that's priced at Rs. 2.05 crore (ex-showroom).

Police have registered an FIR or police case against unidentified persons for allegedly submitting fake documents to receive a collective compensation of Rs 11.66 crore for land acquisition in Maharashtra's Thane district, the police said today.

Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a policy for use of land acquired under the Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition & Development) Act, 1957

A 66-year-old man died on Friday at a protest by farmers affected by the land acquisition for the new capital city of Chhattisgarh, officials said. The cause of the death of farmer Siyaram Patel, however, was not yet clear, they added.

Residents of Vadnagar in Gujarat's Mehsana district have challenged in the high court the state government's move to acquire their land for a buffer zone for preservation of some of the architectural structures found in the town.

Bollywood star, Arjun Kapoor recently gifted himself a brand-new Ducati Scrambler 1100 Pro that joins the Land Rover Defender and the Mercedes-Maybach GLS 600 in his garage.

A total of 438 projects in the infrastructure sector, worth more than Rs 150 crore have been affected by cost overruns totalling Rs 4.34 lakh crores

BSP chief Mayawati said the judiciary has also expressed displeasure towards the acquisition of land without proper compensation and rehabilitation for the airport project.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation for the Jewar airport in Noida, near Delhi, on Thursday -- barely 700 meters from a row of tents where farmers whose lands were acquired are living with their families.

The Supreme Court today set aside a judgment of the Bombay High Court which had annulled the acquisition of 203.86 hectares of land made in 2011 at a village in Bhandara district of Maharashtra for the Gosikhurd irrigation project.

Delhi government has issued a gazette notification for acquisition of two patches of privately owned land falling in the course of the 3.5-km Barapullah Phase-3 elevated corridor connecting Mayur Vihar-1 with Sarai Kale Khan and INA, officials said