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Bulldozer Action In Ghaziabad, Illegal Madrasa On Government Land Razed
Hundreds of police personnel and PAC (Pradeshik Armed Constabulary) jawans were stationed across the area to ensure law and order during the operation.
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Opinion: Telangana's Land Reform A Disaster For The Dispossessed
Land reforms are intended to improve the situation of the poor, but in Telangana, this has not been the case with the government's digital land records updating programme, known as the Dharani portal.
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Karnataka Amends Land Law, Removes Restrictions On Buying Farm Land
The Karnataka government on Tuesday passed the controversial Land Reforms (Amendment) Act in the Legislative Council with support from the Janata Dal Secular, which had earlier opposed the amendments
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Karnataka Passes Land Reforms Amendment Amid Strong Opposition From Congress
The Karnataka Legislative Assembly today passed amendments to the land reforms act that liberalised farmland ownership, despite the Congress strongly opposing it, with some party members tearing copies of the bill, and staging a walkout calling it a "black law".
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Cases Registered Under Land Reforms Act To Be Withdrawn: Lt Governor
Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal on Wednesday directed officials to withdraw cases registered under section 81 of the Land Reforms Act concerning unauthorised colonies.
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Curfew in Manipur as Churachandpur Protests Intensify. Eight Dead.
Indefinite curfew has been declared in the whole of Manipur after three more people died in the protests over the three new state laws flared up again this morning. Altogether, eight people have died in the protests and eight people have been injured.
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Government to Take Back All Major Amendments in 2013 UPA Land Bill: Sources
The government has reportedly decided to withdraw virtually all the changes it had made to an existing law on how to acquire farm land for industry after it failed completely at being able to push through the centerpiece of its economic reform agenda. It will now be upto individual states to pass their own laws for business-friendly land reforms.
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'Zero Landless' in Kerala? Not Anytime Soon.
Seventy-year-old Sharadhaamma works as a domestic help and lives with her employees. Her husband juggles his stay between relatives. They don't have any land or a home to call their own.
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Reforms Absolutely Necessary in Land, Labour and Taxation: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
Promising a globally compatible business climate in India, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said reforms have become "absolutely necessary" in the areas of land, labour and taxes to attract investors.
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For Bullet Trains, Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu has Wife-Mother Analogy
While discussing one year of the Modi government, senior minister Suresh Prabhu has admitted to NDTV that the backlash to the land reforms was the result of poor public communication of the benefits of the new rules to acquire farmland.
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'PM Modi Paying Back Industrialists Who Helped Him,' Says Rahul Gandhi at Farmers' Rally
Rahul Gandhi addressed a large farmers' rally on Sunday, attempting to focus rural anger towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi's policies, in the first public appearance in months for the Congress vice-president, recently back from a 57-day sabbatical abroad.
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Rahul Gandhi to Return by April 19 for Congress Rally Against Land Ordinance
Rahul Gandhi will be back in Delhi to address a rally that his Congress party is planning on April 19 to protest against the government's planned land reforms, said party leader Digivjaya Singh today.
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In Strongly-Worded Letter, Sonia Gandhi Says Opposition to Land Reforms is 'Not Anti-National'
Congress President Sonia Gandhi has written a strongly-worded letter to the government, rejecting the allegations that her party is being "anti-national and anti-farmer" by opposing the land reforms proposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Government's Bills Face Great Wall of Rajya Sabha
On Tuesday, when the Lok Sabha passed the controversial land bill, the Congress and some other opposition parties were not present in the House. They had walked out, signalling to the government that they are united in their resolve to not let its key reforms pass the Rajya Sabha test.
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Allies Shiv Sena, Akali Dal Come On Board After Government Proposes Changes in Land Bill
The government's move to make nine amendments in its Land Acquisition Bill has won it the support of key allies Shiv Sena and the Akali Dal, which had so far been non-committal on whether they would vote in favour of its land reforms in the Lok Sabha today.
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Bulldozer Action In Ghaziabad, Illegal Madrasa On Government Land Razed
Hundreds of police personnel and PAC (Pradeshik Armed Constabulary) jawans were stationed across the area to ensure law and order during the operation.
-
Opinion: Telangana's Land Reform A Disaster For The Dispossessed
Land reforms are intended to improve the situation of the poor, but in Telangana, this has not been the case with the government's digital land records updating programme, known as the Dharani portal.
-
Karnataka Amends Land Law, Removes Restrictions On Buying Farm Land
The Karnataka government on Tuesday passed the controversial Land Reforms (Amendment) Act in the Legislative Council with support from the Janata Dal Secular, which had earlier opposed the amendments
-
Karnataka Passes Land Reforms Amendment Amid Strong Opposition From Congress
The Karnataka Legislative Assembly today passed amendments to the land reforms act that liberalised farmland ownership, despite the Congress strongly opposing it, with some party members tearing copies of the bill, and staging a walkout calling it a "black law".
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Cases Registered Under Land Reforms Act To Be Withdrawn: Lt Governor
Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal on Wednesday directed officials to withdraw cases registered under section 81 of the Land Reforms Act concerning unauthorised colonies.
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Curfew in Manipur as Churachandpur Protests Intensify. Eight Dead.
Indefinite curfew has been declared in the whole of Manipur after three more people died in the protests over the three new state laws flared up again this morning. Altogether, eight people have died in the protests and eight people have been injured.
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Government to Take Back All Major Amendments in 2013 UPA Land Bill: Sources
The government has reportedly decided to withdraw virtually all the changes it had made to an existing law on how to acquire farm land for industry after it failed completely at being able to push through the centerpiece of its economic reform agenda. It will now be upto individual states to pass their own laws for business-friendly land reforms.
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'Zero Landless' in Kerala? Not Anytime Soon.
Seventy-year-old Sharadhaamma works as a domestic help and lives with her employees. Her husband juggles his stay between relatives. They don't have any land or a home to call their own.
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Reforms Absolutely Necessary in Land, Labour and Taxation: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
Promising a globally compatible business climate in India, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said reforms have become "absolutely necessary" in the areas of land, labour and taxes to attract investors.
-
For Bullet Trains, Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu has Wife-Mother Analogy
While discussing one year of the Modi government, senior minister Suresh Prabhu has admitted to NDTV that the backlash to the land reforms was the result of poor public communication of the benefits of the new rules to acquire farmland.
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'PM Modi Paying Back Industrialists Who Helped Him,' Says Rahul Gandhi at Farmers' Rally
Rahul Gandhi addressed a large farmers' rally on Sunday, attempting to focus rural anger towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi's policies, in the first public appearance in months for the Congress vice-president, recently back from a 57-day sabbatical abroad.
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Rahul Gandhi to Return by April 19 for Congress Rally Against Land Ordinance
Rahul Gandhi will be back in Delhi to address a rally that his Congress party is planning on April 19 to protest against the government's planned land reforms, said party leader Digivjaya Singh today.
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In Strongly-Worded Letter, Sonia Gandhi Says Opposition to Land Reforms is 'Not Anti-National'
Congress President Sonia Gandhi has written a strongly-worded letter to the government, rejecting the allegations that her party is being "anti-national and anti-farmer" by opposing the land reforms proposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Government's Bills Face Great Wall of Rajya Sabha
On Tuesday, when the Lok Sabha passed the controversial land bill, the Congress and some other opposition parties were not present in the House. They had walked out, signalling to the government that they are united in their resolve to not let its key reforms pass the Rajya Sabha test.
-
Allies Shiv Sena, Akali Dal Come On Board After Government Proposes Changes in Land Bill
The government's move to make nine amendments in its Land Acquisition Bill has won it the support of key allies Shiv Sena and the Akali Dal, which had so far been non-committal on whether they would vote in favour of its land reforms in the Lok Sabha today.
