Thousands of tribals residing in the core zones of India's tiger reserves have launched protests against the government's directive to accelerate their relocation from these areas. A tiger seen......
The Madras high court on Wednesday set aside an order of the previous All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam regime to convert late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's residence, 'Veda......
The Centre on Tuesday cleared the decks for people from across the country to buy land in Jammu and Kashmir by amending several laws, a move which mainstream political parties in the union......
Even as the government and the Opposition are mulling whether the monsoon session of Parliament should be extended by a week, it seems both Houses would need 20 working days to finish the scheduled......
IMAGE: Farmers protest at the DND Flyover in Noida on Saturday. Photograph: PTI Photo Hundreds of farmers, seeking enhanced compensation for their land acquired before 2013 in Uttar Pradesh,......
The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2012. The Bill will replace the existing Land Acquisition Act, 1894. State still holds......
The Union government acquired land for widening of an under-construction highway, overruling farmers objections in Rohtak, Haryana. On April 19, farmers working in their fields hurriedly returned......
Of the four key pillars that hold up the land Bill edifice, namely, compensation, resettlement and rehabilitation, social impact assessment and consent, it is the last one where all the controversy......
We need a new land bill because the present one suffers from various shortcomings, says Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh, below, left. The principle objective of the Bill is......
The government on Thursday introduced the much-awaited Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill and Resettlement and Rehabilitation (R&R) Bill, 2007 in the Lok Sabha a day before the winter session of......