LAND ACQUISITION

Bombay High Court has rejected Godrej's plea against state govt's acquisition of its Vikhroli plot for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train project. Mirror Now's Shweta Verma reportsBombay HC dismisses Godrej plea against land acquisition for bullet tr...

The cost of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet train project is expected to escalate due to the delay in the land acquisition in Maharashtra, as per the Railway Minister.Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet train: Cost may escalate due to delay in land acquisition

Pirojsha Godrej, Executive Chairman, Godrej Properties, says actively looking for acquisition of land parcels.Q4 shaping upto be very good: Pirojsha Godrej, Godrej Properties

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that Justice Arun Mishra will not recuse from hearing a Constitution bench matter challenging provisions of the Land Acquisition Act. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice Mishra pronounced the order a...

Pandey, the Head Research at ICICIdirect.com believes cement as a segment should pick up, as the government has done a decent job of land acquisition that could lead to a pickup in orders and tenders.Bet on Ramco, Ultratech; avoid India Cement: Pank...

Petition filed in SC challenging constitutional validity of land acquisition law in Ayodhya near the disputed site.Plea filed in SC against Centre's move on undisputed land in Ayodhya

In a big twist in Haryana land scam, the Supreme Court set aside August 24, 2007 order of Bhupinder Singh Hooda-led Congress government to drop land acquisition proceedings against private builders in Manesar.Manesar land scam: SC sets aside Hooda g...

Peopled by the Dongria Kondh, a particularly vulnerable tribal group, Lakhapadar in southern Odisha's Rayagada district was one of 12 villages from the Niyamgiri region that were in the news in April, 2013 after the Supreme Court empowered their vil...

An ongoing protest against land acquisition for a power project in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas took a violent turn after clashes erupted between agitating villagers and police. Protesters in large number blocked the roads and staged a massive pr...

<br/>The Narendra Modi government has struck upon a 'divide-and-legislate' solution to the imbroglio over the land bill: nullify Opposition intransigence in the Rajya Sabha by giving states the option to go ahead and enact their own land laws.Proper...

Even as the government faces a united opposition over the Land Acquisition Act, it has refused to give in so far. The Congress, on the other hand, sees an opportunity to put the Modi government on the mat and has taken the dharna route to take the i...

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has begun the process of review of the contentious Land Acquisition Act. Jaitley met with officials of key infrastructure ministries to take their views on the various provisions of this Act. The government is keen to m...

Former union environment minister Jairam Ramesh in conversation with Sagarika says that high growth must be balanced with environmental sustainability. Talking of the land acquisition row, Ramesh is of the view that govt acquiring land for private f...

Accusing the Modi government of antipathy towards farmers, Social activist Anna Hazare launched a two-day agitation against the controversial land acquisition ordinance coinciding with the commencement of the Budget session of Parliament.Anna Hazare...

Although the government has included several amendments to the Land Bill to get its allies as well as smaller opposition parties on board, the move hasn't been successfull so far. The BJD and the TRS walked out while Shiv Sena abstained from voting....

The amendments relate to setting up of grievance reddressal mechanism for farmers whose land would be acquired and restricting land for industrial corridors. The move to introduce amendments is aimed at softening the opposition towards the Land Bill...

Ushering in big-ticket reforms, Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Cabinet approved the ordinance route for amendments to Land Acquisition Act. Announcing the decision, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said, ‘The changes in Land Acquisition Act have been...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets senior union ministers on land acquisition bill and asks to highlight Gujarat business model. He further asks ministers to focus on clearing the air on the misconceptions raised by opposition on land bill.Land Bill...