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Sunday, February 22, 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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Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

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.

In a first, Indian small arms maker to bid for UK Project Grayburn to replace British Army’s SA80 rifles

Bengaluru-based SSS Defence has made public its bid for a major foreign military contract, targeting UK’s ambitious SA80 successor programme with its home-tested weapons.

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.