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  Jammu and Kashmir permits change of land use from agricultural to non-agricultural purposes

  India | December 17, 2021 13:08 IST

  The Administrative Council, which met here under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, approved the regulations framed by the board of revenue for conversion of agricultural land for non-agricultural purposes

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  Telangana woman forest official, other staff booked for abetment to suicide

  India | July 09, 2019 15:52 IST

  A woman Forest Range Officer in Telangana has been booked for abetment to suicide after a boy complained to police that his father tried to kill himself after forest officials entered their agricultural land, police said.

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  Dodgy Data: Farmer suicides drop 67% in 6 years

  India | July 22, 2015 12:00 IST

  With 25 farmers in Karnataka committing suicide in June, it appears evident that rural India is in distress–the long-term cause, a growth rate of almost zero (0.2%), and the immediate cause, crop failures caused by

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  SEBI bars Skylark from raising money from public

  December 16, 2014 10:18 IST

  Mumbai: Cracking down on an illicit fund raising scheme related to agricultural land, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has barred Skylark Land Developers and Infrastructure India and its directors from mobilising money

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  Modi's Kanpur rally: HC dismisses petition against use of Dalits' land

  Politics | October 18, 2013 14:54 IST

  Allahabad:  In a major relief to BJP, the Allahabad HC has dismissed a petition that challenged the grant of agricultural land owned by Dalits for narendra Modi's rally tomorrow.A vacation bench comprising Justices S K

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  Do not acquire agricultural land: BJP

  Politics | August 29, 2013 17:36 IST

  New Delhi: The government should not acquire agricultural and irrigated land as it can lead to food shortage, said BJP President Rajnath Singh Thursday.Initiating the debate in the Lok Sabha on the land acquisition bill,

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  Noida Extension Land Acquisition: SC Slams State Govt

  India | July 06, 2011 8:58 IST

  New Delhi, Jul 5: The Supreme Court today slammed the authorities for taking advantage of the “colonial law” on land acquisition to divest farmers of their prime agricultural land benefitting the rich and paying “pittiance”