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Sunday, March 15, 2026
TopicRoshni Act

Topic: Roshni Act

J&K anti-encroachment drive triggers fear & panic, ‘razes livelihoods’ in Valley

Till now, 1.87 lakh acres of land freed as part of drive in UT, say reports. Despite L-G & J&K administration assurances, small business establishments & shops are being razed.

This is what triggered J&K U-turn on high court scrapping Roshni Act

J&K administration last week asked the HC to review its ruling that scrapped the Roshni Act, under which encroachments on state land were regularised.

UP must stop enforcement of ‘love jihad’ law. Criminalising such marriages is unacceptable

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J&K govt wants court to modify Roshni Act order, says can’t make common people suffer

Administration tells J&K High Court that a distinction must be made between common people and the influential ones who have benefited from the Roshni Act.

CBI books senior Congress leader in Roshni land Act case, former minister alleges witch hunt

Allegation against Congress leader Taj Mohiuddin is that he used the now-scrapped Roshni Act to illegally acquire land owned by forest dept in collusion with revenue dept officials.

ABP News on ‘vaccine tourism’ to US, Times Now on chargesheet against Umar Khalid

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Abdullahs not on Roshni lists, but named for ‘illegal occupation’ of other govt land in J&K

According to a list issued by Jammu divisional commissioner’s office, Farooq and Omar Abdullah are in possession of roughly one acre of govt land in Bahur village of Sunjwan region in Jammu.

Haseeb Drabu, NC, Congress leaders ‘gained’ from controversial Roshni land act — J&K govt

The J&K administration had last month cancelled all land transfers under the controversial Roshni Act following a high court order.

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US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

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