[ad_1] Rail users in the delta region have been seeking the implementation of the project by expediting the land acquisition process. | Photo Credit: R. Vengadesh The Thanjavur-Pattukottai new broad gauge line railway project, which has remained on paper for over a decade, has finally got a fillip as the Tamil Nadu government has accorded … Read more
[ad_1] Among the four corridors, Corridor-2 (Mallige), connecting Baiyyappanahalli and Chikkabanavara over 25.01 km, has made the most progress. | Photo Credit: File photo More than four years after the Bengaluru Suburban Rail Project (BSRP) received approval, only one of its four corridors has completed land acquisition, while another has acquired just 7.8 acres of … Read more
[ad_1] BJP leader N. Kiran Kumar Reddy addressing the media in Rajamahendravaram on Sunday. Former Chief Minister of unified Andhra Pradesh and BJP leader N. Kiran Kumar Reddy wants the Andhra Pradesh Government to resume talks with Odisha and Chhattisgarh and complete the land acquisition for the Polavaram irrigation project so as to increase its … Read more
[ad_1] Land rights activist Pranab Doley. | Photo Credit: File The Congress on Sunday (August 2, 2026) accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Assam of misusing the National Security Act (NSA) to detain land rights activist Pranab Doley after he was granted bail, alleging that the move was an attempt to suppress democratic … Read more
[ad_1] The Kalpetta Principal Sessions Court, Wayanad, on Friday (July 31, 2026) acquitted all the accused, including tribal leader M. Geethanandan, in the case related to the alleged murder of police constable K.V. Vinod during the Muthanga land agitation in 2003. However, Geethanandan was convicted in an attempt to murder case. The court observed that … Read more
[ad_1] Farmer and civil society organisations on Friday (June 26, 2026) demanded the cancellation of the allotment of two acres in the Noonepalle Market Yard for the construction of a Telugu Desam Party (TDP) office and called for the protection of the Regional Agricultural Research Station (RARS) in Nandyal from non-agricultural use. The demand was … Read more
[ad_1] The orchard behind Tushar Gawas’s village in Siridao grows peppers, cashews, and medicinal plants on a hill that was once considered too steep to build on. On January 26, however, the government reclassified the land as a settlement, paving the way for its construction. Gawas filed an objection against the motion, but the government … Read more
[ad_1] “Twenty-five years ago, the Brahmaputra took away our home,” said 38-year-old Safiur Rahman Mondol. “Now, the government has bulldozed it.” Over two decades ago, Mondol’s home on a char, the temporary sandbar islands of Assam which are regularly swallowed by the Brahmaputra, was washed away. The family landed up 10 km away at Churuabakra … Read more