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How ‘unauthorised’ constructions are taking over Delhi’s urban villages marked for DDA land pooling

Delhi Development Authority's land pooling policy remains a non-starter due to 2 criteria landowners struggle to meet — 70% landowner participation & 70% contiguous encroachment-free land.

J&K Chief Secy asks for review of ‘change of land use’ process, new guidelines by 25 December

Chief Secretary A.K. Mehta has tasked revenue department and board of revenue with the comprehensive evaluation of the process, and the formulation of detailed guidelines.

After 1857 rebellion, Delhi properties of ‘disloyal’ Indians were confiscated

In ‘The (Un)governable City’, Raghav Kishore writes about the transformation of Delhi into a cantonment in the aftermath of the Great Rebellion of 1857.

Anyone in India can now buy land in Jammu and Kashmir, but conditions apply

J&K political parties have called the central government’s notification unacceptable, saying it will hit 'poorer small land-holding' farmers in the union territory.

BJP & AAP know regularising Delhi colonies is smart policy, but it’s an incomplete plan

Seven in 10 Delhi residents live in informal settlements. And both the BJP and the AAP have promised regularisation of colonies ahead of the assembly election.

Asked Gujral, Kalyan Singh. Finally Sonia got women equal rights to agri land: Ex-IAS officer 

Former PM IK Gujral was shocked when I told him about plan to make women landowners. Being a Punjab MP, he didn't want to annoy the patriarchal Jats.

Modi & his top ministers are risk-averse, invest their money in gold, FDs and land

An analysis of ministers’ declarations shows most of them don’t invest in equities and mutual funds, except Amit Shah and Piyush Goyal.

J&K BJP wants checks on buying land in state, says it can’t be open to just anyone

State BJP leaders say they have already conveyed to the central leadership that they want land laws on domicile basis to protect the rights of locals.

100 mn hectares going to waste, govt to bring land & water schemes together to fix problem

India to host Conference of Parties to UN Convention to Combat Desertification in September where issues such as land degradation, drought will be discussed.

Modi’s economic advisor red-flags ‘illegal temple’ in elite IAS officers’ colony in Delhi

Seeking action, EAC-PM member Ratan Watal has said in his letter to Modi govt that the temple is sitting on state land worth Rs 20-30 crore.

On Camera

Though India pursued a different path, we admired Lenin, were influenced by his example: Nehru

On 22 June 1955, Jawaharlal Nehru addressed an audience in Moscow during his first visit to the Soviet Union as India’s PM.

South rising, west slipping: India’s export map is being redrawn, shows RBI data

Data shows re-alignment in India’s exports, with Tamil Nadu & Telangana posting strong growth in 2024-25 as traditional heavyweights Gujarat & Maharashtra see declines. Gujarat still leads, though.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.