Kerala family wins Rs 2.5 lakh compensation after bank loses original Pattayam submitted for agricultural loanA Kerala family has been awarded Rs 2.5 lakh compensation after a public sector bank lost the original Pattayam (land title deed) submitted...
02 Jul, 2026, 07.04 AM IST
CM Shivakumar announces one more Karnataka Bhavan in Delhi for civil servant aspirantsKarnataka's Cabinet has greenlit significant developments, including a new Karnataka Bhavan in Delhi for competitive exam aspirants, costin...
20 Jun, 2026, 04.42 PM IST
Florida has moved more than 97,000 gopher tortoises since 2009, but the booming rescue industry may be hiding a harder question about whether these reptiles can actually survive the shuffleFlorida's gopher tortoise relocation program, designed to protect the species from development, faces scrutiny. While developers pay to mov...
18 Jun, 2026, 03.26 PM IST
KIADB to digitise land management process in 100 days, says minister PatilKarnataka's Industries Minister M B Patil announced a 100-day deadline for digitizing the entire land management and plot allotment process...
10 Jun, 2026, 07.22 PM IST
Nashik Kumbh Mela 2027: Maharashtra government approves Rs 2,267 crore to acquire 191.21 acres of landThe Maharashtra government has allocated Rs 2,267 crore toward acquiring land for the Sadhu Gram initiative. This area will be used for hos...
05 Jun, 2026, 05.22 PM IST
2025 landslide in Shimla Act of God, NHAI tells NGT, rejects compensation claimThe National Highways Authority of India has told the National Green Tribunal that it is not liable for compensation for agricultural land ...
22 May, 2026, 03.12 PM IST
SC says fair compensation can’t depend on financial burdenThe Supreme Court of India has ruled that financial burden cannot be a reason to deny fair compensation in land acquisition cases. The Nati...
26 Mar, 2026, 06.49 PM IST
Government to roll out biometric check for land compensation in highway projectsThe government is introducing Aadhaar biometric authentication for land acquisition compensation. This ensures payments go directly to land...
26 Mar, 2026, 03.50 PM IST
Cabinet clears 65-m wide road around Bengaluru, targets completion in two yearsBengaluru's State Cabinet has approved the 117-km Bengaluru Business Corridor project. This ambitious initiative will connect Tumakuru road...
16 Oct, 2025, 08.12 PM IST
Government cannot withhold acquisition compensation of years: Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court directed the Karnataka government to compensate landowners at current market value for land acquired in 1986. The court r...
05 Dec, 2024, 01.27 PM IST
Supreme Court settles 30-year Noida land compensation saga with uniform compensation of Rs 403 per sq ydSC has resolved a 30-year-old dispute over compensation rates for landowners near Noida's Sector 18 commercial area. Utilizing its powers u...
12 Jul, 2024, 12.58 PM IST
Supreme Court asks NHAI to pay higher compensation to Uttar Pradesh farmersThe top court also permitted the landowners/farmers to withdraw the compensation amount deposited with the concerned district court along w...
27 Oct, 2023, 10.51 PM IST
Litigations can’t hold up land acquisition: Supreme CourtA five-judge bench led by Justice Arun Mishra pronounced its judgement in the case which had earlier seen two contradictory judgements, in ...
07 Mar, 2020, 10.53 AM IST
New transferable development rights rules hit landowners hardIn July 2017, the BBMP issued a notification announcing the acquisition in four villages along the Iblur junction-Sarjapur Road for another...
26 Dec, 2017, 10.31 AM IST
Fair compensation for land acquired by government is farmer’s human right: Supreme CourtRight to property is now recognized as a constitutional right by Article 300A, which provides that "no person shall be deprived of his prop...
05 Dec, 2015, 12.50 PM IST
Andhra Pradesh government unveils land pooling for capitalA memorandum of understanding was signed between Andhra Pradesh and Singapore in the presence of the latter’s trade and commerce minister S...
09 Dec, 2014, 02.29 AM IST
- Land acquisition bill: States to decide who acquires land
Giving states leeway to decide on how land is acquired could quell criticism of subverting federal structure that has been often-levelled a...
28 Jul, 2011, 10.16 AM IST