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Monday, February 23, 2026
TopicLand acquisition

Topic: land acquisition

PM Modi rebranding is due. He should begin with land acquisition and farm laws

PM Modi looks determined to follow up on his Red Fort speech on reforms, but he is still looking diffident when it concerns farmers.

Why MP CM’s dream ‘spiritual city’ project in Ujjain is facing an RSS-affiliate’s resistance

Bharatiya Kisan Sangh to take its grievances to RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat at Sangh’s All-India coordination meet in Jodhpur this weekend, where Nadda, BL Santhosh will also be present.

India’s land acquisition disputes have a way out. Both Japan and Gujarat have used it

India’s archaic land laws fuel delays, cost overruns and gridlock in everything from highways to housing. Something has to give.

SC orders fresh SIT probe into Noida officials–‘farmers’ nexus in inflated compensation case

SC also restrained NOIDA from approving fresh projects in area sans prior Environmental Impact Assessment & approval of court’s green bench that monitors eco-fragile zone projects.

Punjab govt withdraws land pooling policy. Here’s what it said & why HC stayed its implementation

The AAP-led state government notified the Land Pooling Policy 2025 on 14 May this year, aiming to acquire fertile land for 'proposed development work'.

ED raids Panvel BJP leader over ‘illegal’ land transfer, pocketing Rs 42 cr compensation from NHAI

Money laundering case stems from FIR filed by Navi Mumbai Police in September following complaint from Raigarh’s Range Forest Officer against JM Mhatre & another accused.

Punjab’s most ambitious land acquisition exercise yet faces Oppn resistance, SAD promises agitation

The state housing department plans to acquire 24,311 acres in southern Ludhiana for urban estate development and has been authorised to begin the land acquisition process.

What’s the Gurugram land deal case in which ED has summoned Robert Vadra

The case for which Robert Vadra appeared before officers at the ED headquarters in New Delhi Tuesday concerns a 3.5-acre land acquired in Gurugram, Haryana.

Slew of amendments to National Highways Act on cards as Centre looks to acquire land faster, cut costs

Government is currently saddled with 600 hectares of land acquired for building highways, now lying idle as projects have become unviable, officials say.

Uttarakhand bans outsiders from buying agricultural & horticultural land in 11 of state’s 13 districts

The draft law has also capped size of land for residential purposes at 250 sq metres per family. Proposed legislation to be tabled in ongoing Budget Session of the Assembly.

On Camera

Life in Delhi isn’t easy for Northeast Indians. Racism is always round the corner

Racism is a problem for privileged mainlanders only when it's meted out to them abroad. In their own backyard, it's normalised as 'I was just kidding. Chill yaar'.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Post-elections, Bangladesh Army shuffles top military & intel posts, defence adviser in India recalled

Orders issued by Army Headquarters reassign key operational commanders and senior intelligence officials, including the head of DGFI, the country’s premier military intelligence agency.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.