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Monday, August 11, 2025
TopicLand Dispute

Topic: Land Dispute

MP leads in land record digitisation for second year in a row, Bihar shows most improvement

NCAER’s Land Records and Services Index 2020-21 shows MP, West Bengal, Odisha, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu as the top five states in land digitisation efforts.

Armenia-backed forces attack military airport in Azerbaijan’s second-largest city

The breakaway enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh said it attacked the military airport in Ganca in retaliation for Azerbaijan’s bombing in its largest city.

Armenian forces hit 2 Azerbaijan choppers as fierce fighting erupts over disputed land

The conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh has flared repeatedly since Armenians took control of the territory from Azerbaijan in a war after the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.

Story of UP’s Sonbhadra which saw a massacre in July: Distance, poverty & a resource curse

ThePrint spent time to bring you this deep-dive into such an out-of-sight, out-of-mind-zone.

Sonbhadra massacre: Priyanka Gandhi detained on her way to meet victims of UP shootout

At least 10 people were killed Thursday in a shootout that ensued after a row over a land dispute in Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh.

Ayodhya mediation unlikely to make any headway, says litigant, moves Supreme Court

Gopal Singh Visharad, first litigant in Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute case, says suggestions made during mediations political in nature.

India has to attack causes of land litigation. Modi’s Ease of Doing Business depends on it

If policies are based on insufficient evidence, this may lead to wastage of India’s already low state capacity.

Indian courts clogged with land disputes because laws keep conflicting each other

Impartial and efficient management of land is necessary not just for India’s economic development, but also for its political and social stability.

Time for India to do away with agricultural land ceiling laws

1960s-era provisions that allow a state to take over 66 per cent of farmers’ land for a project should not have any place in India’s rule book today.

Supreme Court to hear Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case on 26 February

Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi along with other members will hear the land dispute of Ayodhya that is to be partitioned in three parties.

On Camera

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

‘Next war may come sooner than expected, will require whole-of-nation approach’—Army chief

Gen Dwivedi framed Op Sindoor not just as retaliation to Pahalgam, but as demonstration of India’s capability to fight multi-domain conflicts with integration between services & agencies.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.