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'Tell if you are serious': Allahabad High Court grills UP over agri land rights of unmarried, married, widowed daughters
January 16, 2026 5:04 pm
The bench voiced strong dissatisfaction with the Uttar Pradesh government’s handling of legal challenges regarding discriminatory succession laws for agricultural land in the state.
Labour unions across Punjab protest against arrest of senior leader
January 02, 2026 10:20 am
Members of PMU and ZPSC warned that if the labour leader is not released and the cases registered against journalists and the IT activist are not withdrawn, an intense agitation will be launched against the Punjab government.
Why Supreme Court allowed a review of its 2022 judgment on ‘shamlat deh’ land rights
May 19, 2024 1:24 pm
The Supreme Court has allowed for the review of its own 2022 judgment on ‘shamlat deh’ land, essentially land contributed to by multiple landowners to serve the “common purposes” of village’s people. Here is why
Odisha Cabinet passes proposals, including land rights for slum dwellers
January 01, 2022 3:19 am
In a major decision, the state Cabinet approved Jaga Mission for slumdwellers in five municipal corporations, including Berhampur, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Rourkela and Sambalpur.
Rajasthan government takes action, suspends tehsildar
August 25, 2021 7:40 am
Official had issued a press note asking people to get their sisters voluntarily give up parental agri land rights
Rajasthan official: Make Raksha Bandhan memorable, get sisters to relinquish land rights
August 23, 2021 6:52 pm
Women’s rights groups have slammed the letter as sexist, but the official insists that his appeal to the public has no patriarchal undertone
Pune: To reduce backlog of land rights cases, senior official proposes 2-round mediation plan
December 13, 2018 10:33 am
On paper, daughters have equal rights to their parent’s properties but in many cases, their brothers try to deny them those rights.
Gujarat CM distributes land rights papers to 7,000 tribals
September 22, 2014 3:30 am
The CM also launched a toll-free telephone helpline for the Valsad district for providing toilets.
Why are we alienating farmers?
August 20, 2010 3:37 am
We think that with the powers of the Land Acquisition Act gone,the re establishment of land rights should see the market taking over.
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Why Javed Akhtar is clashing with AR Rahman over Bollywood’s ‘communal’ shift
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Veteran poet, screenwriter and lyricist Javed Akhtar recently expressed his disagreement with longtime collaborator and music composer AR Rahman over the latter’s claims that the Hindi film industry has become more communal in the past eight years. Akhtar claimed that the film industry has always been religion-agnostic and has picked the best person for the job.
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