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  Govt set to make mandatory for builders to pay 12% interest for delayed projects

  October 30, 2016 8:03 IST

  Govt set to make mandatory for builders to pay 12% interest for delayed projects

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  Centre, states should reach understanding on Land Bill: Venkaiah Naidu

  Politics | May 05, 2016 17:47 IST

  New Delhi: The Centre and states should soon reach an understanding on the land aquisition law as otherwise “we are not able move forward or go backward”, Urban Development minister M Venkaiah Naidu said today.

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  Congress vows to continue fight on land bill in states

  Politics | September 21, 2015 7:48 IST

  New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday promised to continue its fight on the land bill issue in the state assemblies, as party leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Manmohan Singh targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi

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  Fight on land bill now in states, says Sonia Gandhi

  Politics | September 20, 2015 21:00 IST

  New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi today took on the Narendra Modi government at party's 'Kisan Mazdoor Samman' rally in national capital.Addressing the crowd, Sonia said that that the party has won the land bill

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  PM Narendra Modi to address 12th 'Mann Ki Baat' today

  India | September 20, 2015 10:33 IST

  PM Narendra Modi to address 12th 'Mann Ki Baat' todayNew Delhi:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi will share his thoughts with the nation during the 12th edition of his 'Mann Ki Baat' program, which will be

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  Venkaiah Naidu slams Congress over land Bill criticism

  Politics | September 19, 2015 15:57 IST

  Hyderabad: Slamming Congress for targeting the NDA government on the land Bill issue, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today said the opposition party should think of what it did when it was in power "before

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  Land Act bit draconian, state should frame own laws Arvind Panagariya

  India | September 11, 2015 20:34 IST

  New Delhi: NITI Aayog vice-chairman Arvind Panagariya has advised states to follow Tamil Nadu model for framing land acqisition laws as per their needs, while terming the existing 2013 Act as a bit "bit draconian"."Tamil

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  The Land Ordinance “ 4 obvious answers

  Politics | September 01, 2015 16:23 IST

  The Ordinance to amend ‘The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013' has lapsed on 31st August, 2015.  The Bill to replace the Ordinance is pending for consideration

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  NDA government dedicated to poor, farmers: Amit Shah

  Politics | August 31, 2015 6:56 IST

  New Delhi: Hailing the Centre's decision to bring 13 laws under the Land Acquisition Act, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) called it a "pro-farmer" measure and insisted that its government will work to get the

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  Land bill: NDA may favour withdrawal of contentious amendments

  India | August 30, 2015 11:55 IST

  New Delhi: Apparently keen to shed the "anti-farmer" tag ahead of assembly polls in Bihar, the NDA government is likely to favour withdrawal of all major contentious amendments in the land acquisition act of 2013

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  Land bill not to come before Parliament before Winter Session

  Politics | August 10, 2015 16:48 IST

  New Delhi: The contentious land acquisition bill will not come to Parliament before the Winter Session, with the Joint Committee of Parliament examining the measure today deciding to seek more time to finalise its report

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  Sonia Gandhi accuses Modi government of diluting tribal land rights

  Politics | August 09, 2015 21:35 IST

  New Delhi:  Opening another front to attack the Narendra Modi government, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Sunday accused it of diluting tribal land rights and reducing budgetary allocations for health care and other developmental programmes

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  Govt planning to bring land bill with changes in Lok Sabha next week

  Politics | August 07, 2015 18:40 IST

  New Delhi: After a climbdown, government plans to bring the much talked about land acquisition bill in the Lok Sabha for consideration and passage next week.The Joint Committee of Parliament was today granted extension till

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  Rahul Gandhi on land bill: Government ran off after 'threatening and shouting'

  Politics | August 04, 2015 18:16 IST

  New Delhi: Taking a swipe at government over its U-turn on land bill, Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said it "ran off" after "threatening" and shouting" in the face of resistance by Congress and vowed that

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  Move to drop amendmends on land bill mockery of parliamentary democracy: Sitaram Yechury

  Politics | August 04, 2015 18:05 IST

  New Delhi: Terming the Narendra Modi government's move to drop amendments in the land bill as "mockery of parliamentary democracy", CPI(M) today questioned the need for bringing the three ordinances by the Centre."If you are

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  Govt signs peace accord with NSCN-IM, 180 killed in floods: Top 5 News Headlines

  India | August 03, 2015 21:41 IST

  Government signs landmark peace accord with NSCN (IM), PM calls it 'historic'New Delhi: With an aim of ending insurgency in Nagaland, the government on Monday signed a peace accord with key Naga outfit The Nationalist

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  Land Bill: BJP takes U-turn on key provisions, to bring back consent clause

  Politics | August 03, 2015 19:55 IST

  New Delhi: In a climbdown, BJP has agreed to bring back the key provisions of UPA's land law including the ones on consent clause and social impact assessment and drop controversial amendments brought by the

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  Land bill: Parliament panel gets 4 more days to submit report

  Politics | August 03, 2015 14:35 IST

  New Delhi: The Joint Committee of Parliament examining the land acquisition bill today got an extension of four more days to submit its report on the controversial legislation. At a recent meeting of the Committee, it was decided to seek

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  Congress, Trinamool, CPI-M for withdrawal of NDA's Land Bill

  Politics | July 28, 2015 22:12 IST

  New Delhi:  The Congress, Trinamool Congress and CPI-M on Tuesday pitched for withdrawal of the NDA's land bill in a meeting called at the residence of NCP chief Sharad Pawar."A meeting was convened at Pawar's

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  Land bill: Govt's hopes hinged on Parliamentary panel

  Politics | July 26, 2015 12:41 IST

  New Delhi: Alleging "political opportunism" behind Rahul Gandhi's tirade against the land bill, Government today hinged hopes on a "consensus" in the Joint Committee of Parliament for passage of the contentious measure and claimed Congress