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In 1930, former Maine governor Percival Baxter began buying land around Mount Katahdin; 32 years later, he had donated about 201,000 acres and left millions to keep them wildPercival Baxter, a wealthy Mainer, dedicated his life to protecting Mount Katahdin. He spent his inheritance buying and donating land for c...- In the 1970s, Roxanne Quimby raised twins in a Maine cabin without electricity or running water; after building Burt’s Bees, her family donated 87,500 acres and $20 millionAn artist named Roxanne Quimby moved to Maine and lived simply in the woods. She co-founded Burt's Bees, which became a successful natural ...
- 'Miracle on the Hudson': Why American pilot Sully's river landing that saved 155 passengers on a US Airways flight is one of aviation's greatest feats'Miracle on the Hudson': US Airways Flight 1549 made an emergency landing on the Hudson River. Captain Chesley Sullenberger piloted the jet...
- France widens mass evacuation as wildfire flares near Atlantic resortsFrench authorities ordered more evacuations along the Atlantic coast as heat threatened firefighters. Thousands of residents and tourists w...
- Cable TV body withdraws challenge to TV ratings policyThe All India Digital Cable Federation withdrew its petition challenging the Centre's Television Ratings Policy. This action followed a Ker...
- In 1999, a farmer donated land for a children's park, now it's home to a $1 billion data center sparking a bitter community fightTaylor data center controversy: A ten-dollar land deal for a future park in Taylor, Texas, now faces a billion-dollar data center proposal....
- In 1992, Douglas Tompkins began buying Chilean wilderness; decades later, much of it became the 994,000-acre Pumalín National Park, larger than YosemiteDouglas Tompkins bought vast tracts of land in Chile for conservation. He created Pumalín National Park, a reserve larger than Yosemite. Lo...
- Coal India's Q1 capex rises by 16.64% to Rs 3,399 croreCoal India's capital expenditure rose sixteen point six four percent to three thousand three hundred ninety-nine crore rupees. Land acquisi...
- Karnataka's policy panel proposes overhaul of land registration to shift toward ownership validationDeputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara seeks reports on a land registration system overhaul. The proposed roadmap aims to verify ownership be...
- Dubai-Mumbai IndiGo flight diverted to Rajkot after cargo hold smoke alert; passengers evacuatedAn IndiGo flight from Dubai to Mumbai made an emergency landing in Rajkot. Smoke was detected in the cargo hold area, prompting the diversi...
- UNESCO adds France's D-Day landing beaches, Greece's Mount Olympus to World Heritage ListThe UNESCO committee, which meets in Busan through Wednesday, also inscribed the ancient Japanese capitals of Asuka and Fujiwara and South ...
- CAG flags Rs 12.86 crore loss in WBIDC's land deal with Flipkart in West BengalA CAG report revealed a Rs 12.86 crore loss for WBIDCL in land allocation, which occurred while allotting land to Flipkart's logistics arm,...
- AIADMK demands CBI probe over alleged Rs 100 crore Palani temple land scamAIADMK protested alleged fraudulent transfer of Palani temple land worth Rs 100 crore. Senior leader Dindigul C Sreenivasan led the demonst...
- US-based daughter goes to court against parents, seeking share in family land; Karnataka HC rejects her claim; here’s whyDaughter married and settled in USA lost partition case in HC for getting share in family lands in Bengaluru for this reason; Know more. Kn...
- Nephew allegedly demands share in 5.5-acre ancestral land or Rs 1.5 crore; uncle’s family files FIR against him; SC quashes criminal case for this reasonMan files FIR against people allegedly asking for partnership in 5.5 acre ancestral land or Rs 1.5 crore; SC cancels FIR and rules criminal...
- How a Pennsylvania couple turns struggling hog farm into $22 million fortuneRural American land values are rapidly increasing due to AI data center expansion. A Pennsylvania family sold their hog farm for over twent...
- SC nudges Centre to amend Highways Act, wants judicial officers deciding land compensation disputes, not bureaucratsThe Supreme Court urged the Centre to amend the National Highways Act. It wants judicially trained adjudicators for land compensation dispu...
- Karnataka HC dismisses PIL against 7,400-acre Bidadi township land acquisitionIn a recent ruling, the High Court dismissed a challenge against land acquisition for a Bengaluru township, reinforcing that it cannot inte...
- CB-CID officials raid multiple locations over fraudulent registration of Palani temple landsCrime Branch CID teams searched multiple Dindigul locations on Saturday. These searches relate to the alleged fraudulent registration of te...
- Govt explores linking land records with ULI for faster farm creditThe Department of Land Resources is exploring digital land record integration with ULI. This initiative aims to provide faster and secure i...
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