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  Supreme Court accepts Centre's stand, disposes of pleas on land ordinance

  India | September 24, 2015 17:12 IST

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court today considered Centre's submission that it has not re-promulgated the Land Acquisition Ordinance and disposed of two PILs challenging the re-promulgation exercise.A bench headed by Justice J S Khehar took

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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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  Nitish, Lalu & Sonia take on PM Modi; Govt to lapse land-ordinance: Top 5 News Headlines

  India | August 30, 2015 22:09 IST

  In Bihar, Nitish, Lalu and Sonia take on Narendra ModiPatna: Sharing a stage for the first time, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, RJD leader Lalu Prasad and Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Sunday denounced Prime

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  Decision on land ordinance in 2 days: Arun Jaitley

  Politics | August 30, 2015 6:46 IST

  New Delhi: Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday kept up suspense on whether controversial land acquisition ordinance will be repromulgated, saying a decision will be taken in the next 48 hours."Wait for next 48 hours

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  CPI urges President not to sign land ordinance

  Politics | July 24, 2015 14:41 IST

  Puducherry: Amid a raging debate on the controversial land bill, CPI today urged President Pranab Mukherjee to raise legal objections and refrain from signing the Ordinance in case the BJP government seeks to re-promulgate it

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  Left parties hit out at govt for re-promulgating Land Ordinance

  Politics | May 31, 2015 14:10 IST

  New Delhi: Left parties today strongly condemned the re-promulgation of the controversial land acquisition Ordinance and demanded that it should be kept in abeyance till the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) submits its report and Parliament

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  President gives assent to re-promulgation of Land Ordinance

  Politics | May 31, 2015 21:36 IST

  New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee has given nod to re-promulgation of the controversial Land Ordinance, which could not be converted into law during the recently concluded Budget Session of Parliament, for the third time.The Union

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  PM Modi to address 8th edition of 'Mann Ki Baat' today, 5 other major events of the day

  India | May 31, 2015 10:30 IST

  PM Modi to share his thoughts on 'Mann Ki Baat' todayNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today address the nation in the eighth edition of the 'Mann Ki Baat' programme on All India Radio

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  NDA Cabinet approves re-promulgation of land Ordinance

  Politics | May 30, 2015 17:42 IST

  New Delhi: Government today decided to re-promulgate the controversial land Ordinance, saying it is necessary for maintaining continuity and providing a framework to compensate people whose land is acquired.Once approved by President Pranab Mukherjee, the

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  Centre to re-promulgate Land Ordinance for third time

  Politics | May 30, 2015 12:18 IST

  New Delhi: The Central government has decided to re-promulgate the contentious Land Ordinance for the third time.The decision was taken at a Cabinet meet presided over by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.The Right to Fair Compensation

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  Government tables land bill in Lok Sabha

  Politics | April 20, 2015 12:35 IST

  New Delhi: Parliamentary Affairs Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy today tabled land bill in Lok Sabha amid protest by opposition parties including Congress.The land acquisition ordinance was promulgated by President Pranab Mukherjee on April 3. The

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  Land ordinance to be tabled tomorrow as Lok Sabha resumes

  Politics | April 19, 2015 19:56 IST

  New Delhi: The controversial land bill issue is expected to generate much heat in Lok Sabha on Monday with the government deciding to table the new land ordinance on the very first day of the

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  Supreme Court seeks Centre's response on plea against Land Ordinance

  India | April 13, 2015 20:41 IST

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought the government's response on a plea of farmers' organisations challenging the legality of the fresh promulgation of the Land Acquisition Ordinance.A bench of Justices J S Khehar

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  SC to hear PIL challenging re-promulgation of Ordinance on Land Acquisition

  India | April 13, 2015 8:52 IST

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court will today hear a petition filed by farmers' bodies challenging the re-promulgation of contentious Ordinance on Land Acquisition.The plea seeks a directive to the Centre to quash the Ordinance as

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  Farmers move SC against promulgation of ordinance on land

  India | April 09, 2015 23:21 IST

  New Delhi: Several farmers' organisations today approached the Supreme Court challenging the re-promulgated land ordinance as “unconstitutional” and ultra vires of the Constitution and terming it as “colourful exercise of power” by the executive usurping

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  Budget session of Rajya Sabha cut short for Land Ordinance

  India | March 29, 2015 0:02 IST

  New Delhi: The Budget session of Rajya Sabha was cut short on Saturday with the House being prorogued to pave the way for re-promulgation of the controversial Land Acquisition Ordinance.A statement from the Rajya Sabha

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  Rajya Sabha to be prorogued for re-issue of land ordinance

  Politics | March 27, 2015 22:58 IST

  New Delhi: Ending suspense, Government today decided to prorogue the current session of Rajya Sabha so that it can re-issue the controversial land ordinance even as the Opposition mounted a fresh attack on the measure.The

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  Government decides not to reissue ordinance on land acquisition

  Politics | March 25, 2015 9:06 IST

  New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government has decided to go slow on the contentious Land Acquisition Bill with letting the ordinance lapse in normal course on April 5. This was the outcome of yesterday's BJP

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  Now Amnesty International criticises Modi govt over land ordinance

  India | February 25, 2015 12:11 IST

  London: Human rights group Amnesty International on Wednesday criticised the Narendra Modi-led government, saying under the new regime India had witnessed a rise in communal violence and its Land Acquisition Ordinance has put thousands of