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Two separate shooting incidents in Bihar’s Nalanda district, stemming from land disputes, have left one man dead and another critically injured. An earthmover operator was fatally shot on Saturday evening, followed by an attack on a property dealer during his morning walk on Sunday. Police are investigating both incidents, with preliminary findings pointing towards land…
Panaji: The town and country planning (TCP) department has approved 11 zone change proposals, converting over 79,000sqm of land into settlement zones across Bardez and Pernem talukas under Section 39A of the Town and Country Planning Act. The approvals followed scrutiny by the TCP board and clearance by the state govt after considering public objections.A…
Patna: A 68-year-old man, Surendra Sahni, was brutally beaten to death over a mere 10-inch land dispute in Samastipur district’s Jorapura Ward 6 area on Saturday. The incident occurred when the victim went to collect grass in the fields. The family alleged that the accused had earlier clashed with them over the land dispute, and…
These property laws serve bigger purposes including: Cultural preservation: Protecting indigenous traditions and tribal identityEnvironmental protection: Preventing fragile ecosystems from overdevelopmentIn northeastern states, land is more than an asset and is connected to community identity. It’s more a part of their heritage. While India offers immense real estate opportunities, some parts of the country remain…
The history of the first plant on Earth is not as simple as the identification of a particular species of plants, but it is a long history of evolution that started in the water and changed the planet over time. According to scientists, the earliest ancestors of plants were not trees or flowers, but microscopic…
The Indian Embassy in Tehran has issued a strict advisory urging Indian nationals in Iran not to attempt crossing any of the country’s land borders without prior and explicit coordination with embassy officials. The warning comes as authorities seek to prevent travellers from facing immigration or logistical complications while leaving the country, as per the…
A newly identified dinosaur fossil from Brazil is offering fresh clues about how ancient animals once moved across continents that are today separated by vast oceans. The remains belong to a previously unknown species of giant long-necked dinosaur that lived around 120 million years ago during the Early Cretaceous period. What makes the discovery particularly…
Panaji: The directorate of enforcement (ED), Goa, on Friday provisionally attached three immovable properties with a total market value of Rs 6.3 crore in connection with an alleged money laundering investigation against Estevan D’Souza and others in a land grab case. With the present attachment, the total value of properties attached in the case stands…
NEW DELHI: ED on Wednesday attached 31 land assets worth more than Rs 582 crore associated with Anil Ambani and his Reliance Home Finance Limited and Reliance Commercial Finance Limited.These properties are located across 13 states and the attachments are the result of searches on Reliance Power on March 6. The total attachment against Ambani…
GUWAHATI: PM Modi will launch the distribution of land deeds to thousands of tea workers in poll-bound Assam on March 13, giving them a stake in plantations where they have lived and worked for two centuries since British planters brought them from villages of Chotanagpur division, Bihar and Bengal.Nearly 3.5 lakh families across 825 tea…
