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'Rs 2,700 land sold to government for Rs 18 lakh?': Himachal CM responds
August 27, 2026 9:24 pm
Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu says Himachal Pradesh government paid family for constructing water tanks on land without taking their permission.
Leasehold lands: Maharashtra government orders overhaul of land records for all properties given on lease
June 21, 2026 12:43 pm
Leasehold land records in Maharashtra will be revised under a special drive aimed at protecting government property and improving record accuracy.
Plans afoot to kickstart Delhi govt's first General Pool Residential Accommodation project in Baharpur
September 17, 2025 2:38 am
Officials said the PWD plans to develop more than 100 high-end quarters, of which 96 will be Type-V, 26 Type-VI, and 10 Type-VII
Govt land registered as Waqf property, 11 booked for forgery: Bareilly police
April 20, 2025 1:27 am
No arrests have been made so far. Among the 11 accused are six members of the same family
In Kanpur, local TV journalist held for ‘bid to grab govt land’
July 29, 2024 8:25 pm
Lease of land concerned ended days ago, residents moved court that granted stay order preventing administration from vacating plot
Take strict action to open encroached government lands: Ahmedabad collector to officials
August 21, 2021 11:19 pm
The issue of pollution in Sabarmati river was also taken up during the meeting, for which Sagale reportedly also directed Gujarat Pollution Control Board officials to meet and form a working plan for the same within the next 15 days.
To expedite projects for public purpose & avoid land disputes, Haryana revises transfer of government land norms
March 04, 2021 9:54 am
Under the revised policy, transfer of government land between two government departments shall be free of cost.
Guna ‘encroacher’ externed from 6 MP districts
July 24, 2020 11:07 am
Last week, the administration issued a notice to Pardhi asking why he should not be externed.
Court dismisses plea to return government land
June 28, 2015 10:23 am
The court also noted that if a party suppresses material facts from it then the relief of injunction and declaration cannot be granted to that party.
AG audit finds flaws in lease of govt land
December 19, 2013 4:46 am
Breach of lease terms in 36 cases; in 19 cases leases were not renewed.
GOVERNMENT LAND PHOTOS
In Pictures: Mumbai civic body removes over 1,400 huts on govt plot in Mankhurd
April 09, 2026 8:08 pm
According to officials, for several years, the Bombay Soap Factory government land in Mankhurd had been occupied by illegal encroachment
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Shriya Pilgaonkar on Swara Bhaskar’s jauhar remark: Easy to judge context of another time
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Swara Bhaskar’s comments on the climactic jauhar sequence of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s 2018 blockbuster period war drama Padmaavat has reentered the discourse after the actor justified her objection to the archaic practice. Swara had claimed that as a woman, she felt “reduced to her vagina” while watching the climax, when Deepika Padukone’s character of Rani Padmini leads women into self-immolation.
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