Government is currently saddled with 600 hectares of land acquired for building highways, now lying idle as projects have become unviable, officials say.
From showing inflated number of trees to leaking information about land acquisition, accused used all tactics to extract as much as compensation that could be drawn from govt.
Houses of Punjab excise commissioner Varun Roojam, Firozepur deputy commissioner Rajesh Dhiman & alleged kingpin Bhupinder Singh were among those searched. Dhiman was detained.
According to FIR, Jasmeen Kaur, other accused illegally bought land to be acquired by govt, in order to get compensation much higher than original cost. IAS Rajesh Dhiman denies allegations.
The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.
India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.
Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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