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Tuesday, December 9, 2025
TopicLand laws

Topic: land laws

Will restricting land sales protect Uttarakhand farmers? It can trap them

While the new law prioritises land conservation and local interests, it may slow down economic growth and investment.

Insiders, outsiders, and land—Uttarakhand closes off while J&K opens up

What constitutes ‘land,’ who is an ‘outsider,’ and who can grant exemptions have long been contested. These questions have played out in many states, the latest being Uttarakhand.

U’khand panel to back laws to discourage non-natives from buying land in hill areas, say sources

Sources said draft report also recommends curtailing rights of DMs to allocate land, capping land size for industrial purposes in select areas of Uttarakhand, and doing away with the 2018 amendment.

Dream of buying land in Uttarakhand’s hills? State to bring in Himachal-like law against it

Uttarakhand is looking to bring a new, tougher law that could prohibit non-domiciles from buying land in the state's hill areas.

‘Want to develop Lakshadweep like Maldives’ — Administrator Praful Patel defends draft land law

Lakshadweep officials said public outcry that the administration will grab people’s land under new regulations and undertake rampant commercial development is 'ill-founded'.

CBI registers 3 cases in J&K for ‘land grab’, senior IAS officer among others under scanner

The senior IAS officer, now a secretary at the Centre, and another officer in the electricity department of Jammu and Kashmir are under the scanner for criminal conspiracy.

Gupkar Alliance rejects govt claim that farm land won’t be transferred to people outside UT

PAGD rejects the statement of official spokesman on 26 October MHA order as a bizarre attempt to distort facts, weave lies and mislead people, the 7-party alliance said.

Protection under new land orders same as Himachal and Uttarakhand laws, J&K govt says

Rohit Kansal, Principal Secretary (Information), said the new laws are modern and progressive even while affording adequate protection against alienation of land to outsiders.

On Camera

From Binodini to Mitin—Bengali cinema scripting its comeback this Christmas

As Park Street now anticipates the Christmas lights, Bangla cinema eyes a harmony. Colliding heritage, devotion and some detective grit, the year-ender comes with a rediscovery.

Niti Aayog CEO has a message for power stakeholders. Buckle up for surge to feed EVs, data centres

Clean energy is “no longer the sideshow, it is the show”, BVR Subrahmanyam told the Odisha summit, warning India to lead the global shift or risk others’ tech dominance.

India looks to Oman for spare parts to keep its fleet of Jaguars flying

India is now the only country still operating the Jaguar, long retired by its original users, France in 2005 and the UK in 2007, and secondary operators like Oman, Nigeria and Ecuador.

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.