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Farmers take oath to block Third Mumbai project as state pushes ahead

The resolution was adopted at a convention organised by the MMRDA KSC Navnagar Virodhi Samiti on Tuesday at the historic Chirner Jungle Satyagraha Hutatma Smarak. (Hindustan Times)
mumbai news
Published on Jun 10, 2026 11:59 pm IST

Cash aid, ₹25 lakh health cover, land rights: Kharge unveils Assam Congress manifesto

Addressing a public rally in Naoboicha, Kharge said that ₹50,000 will be given to women to start their own business ventures if Congress is voted to power. (ANI)
india news
Updated on Mar 29, 2026 09:00 pm IST

Farmers, tribals march to Mumbai to press for demands; govt invites delegation for talks

Farmers, tribals march to Mumbai to press for demands; govt invites delegation for talks
mumbai news
Updated on Jan 27, 2026 11:37 am IST

Jammu: PDP attacks CM Abdullah, asks him not to ‘hide behind’ lieutenant governor

Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah (HT File)
chandigarh news
Published on Nov 30, 2025 07:04 am IST

Northeast leaders announce new political party to ‘protect’ rights of indigenous people

Meghalaya chief minister Conrad K Sangma, TIPRA Motha founder Pradyot Manikya Debbarma, and former BJP spokesperson from Nagaland Mmhonlumo Kikon at the Constitution Club of India in New Delhi on Tuesday. (@SangmaConrad X)
india news
Published on Nov 05, 2025 06:18 am IST

Borderlands 4: Release date, time, where to play, editions and more

Borderlands 4 release date, time and more
us
Published on Sept 08, 2025 09:20 pm IST

Himachal revenue minister holds meeting with farmer and orchardist organisations

Himachal revenue minister Jagat SIngh Negi. (File)
chandigarh news
Published on Aug 01, 2025 08:18 am IST

100 years later, villagers in Mulshi satyagraha suffer on, says new book

100 years later, villagers in Mulshi satyagraha suffer on, says new book
mumbai news
Published on Mar 15, 2025 05:06 am IST

Dalits protest for land rights in Sangrur village

Dalit protesters in Be-Chirag village, Sangrur, renamed the area “Begumpura” to symbolise their fight for land rights. (Representational image)
chandigarh news
Published on Mar 02, 2025 06:32 am IST

Assam to denotify 3 proposed reserve forests, grant land rights to 20,000 people

Assam to denotify 3 Proposed Reserve Forests to give land rights to 20k people
india news
Published on Feb 01, 2025 09:21 am IST

Sukhbir promises land rights to farmers along riverine tracts

Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal addressed several gatherings in Jalalabad, Guruharsahai and Ferozepur, urging people to support party candidate Nardev Singh Mann.
chandigarh news
Updated on May 21, 2024 05:28 am IST

Missing in manifestos, campaigns: Land rights

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Issues of access to land, rights of communities, region-specific policies, use of land, etc, have marked the political economy of central India (REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE)
opinion
Published on May 16, 2024 11:51 pm IST

Addressing Tripura’s indigeneity concerns

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West Tripura: TIPRA founder Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma breaks his fast after a tripartite pact was signed among the Tipra Motha, the Tripura government and the Centre in presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday, in West Tripura district, Sunday, March 3, 2024. (PTI Photo)(PTI03_03_2024_000218A)
editorials
Published on Mar 04, 2024 09:25 pm IST

What do women farmers need in this budget?

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Indian women farmers place paddy saplings at one place before replanting in a field at Tiuri village, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Saturday, July 10, 2021. Agriculture is the main livelihood of more than 50 percent of India's population. Daily laborer who works in the fields earns approximately USD $1.8 a day. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
opinion
Updated on Jan 22, 2024 09:45 pm IST

In Karnataka, African-origin Siddi tribe has little hope from elections

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In Karnataka, the Siddis, who are around 50,000 in all, enjoy the status of a Scheduled Tribe. (HT photo)
india news
Updated on May 01, 2023 01:48 pm IST

Nothing new, have been Z+ protectee since 2015: Altaf Bukhari on security upgrade

Apni Party president Altaf Bukhari was given Z+ protectee by the Centre. (HT File)
chandigarh news
Updated on Apr 05, 2023 11:35 pm IST

After row over ordinance for industries, Assam govt says it’s only for MSMEs

The Assam Government has come under fire from the opposition, students and critics who say that the provisions can be misused in the absence of checks and balances.
india news
Published on Jul 02, 2020 10:58 pm IST

Assam ordinance on land conversion for industries raises concerns on threat to land rights of indigenous people

The All Assam Students Union (AASU), a potent political force in the state, said that the ordinance was anti-indigenous people
india news
Updated on Jul 01, 2020 04:19 pm IST

Second batch of ministers to visit J-K in April

Centre plans to send 40 ministers to Jammu & Kashmir in April for another outreach following the nullification of the Constitution’s Article 370
india news
Updated on Feb 21, 2020 03:03 am IST

‘Applying for citizenship will cost you everything’, Mamata warns Hindu migrants against CAA

Mamata Banerjee has assured Hindu migrants from Bangladesh that the state government, by providing land rights to residents of all refugee colonies, has ensured their Indian citizenship
kolkata news
Updated on Feb 05, 2020 10:23 am IST

Govt seeks to bring states on board for piped gas project

The government has roped in states to expedite projects worth about Rs 90,000 crore to directly supply piped natural gas to about 40 million households
india news
Updated on Jan 19, 2020 11:36 pm IST

Refugees in Bengal who came after ’71 war to get land rights

The West Bengal Cabinet on Monday decided to hand over land rights to those refugees, who came to the state for shelter after the 1971 Bangladesh War
kolkata news
Updated on Nov 26, 2019 02:59 am IST

J-K Governor orders probe into ‘land-grab’ cases

Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik has ordered a probe by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) into alleged instances of cornering high-value prime land in Jammu and Srinagar
india news
Updated on Sept 13, 2019 11:22 pm IST

Review: Strike a Blow To Change The World by Eknath Awad

Activists holding portraits of BR Ambedkar during a protest in Kolkata on April 4, 2018.
books
Updated on Mar 29, 2019 05:06 pm IST

Supreme Court orders eviction of 1.1 mn forest families

According to affidavits filed by the states in the Supreme Court, about 11,72,931 land ownership claims have been made .
india news
Updated on Feb 21, 2019 06:55 am IST

Farmers to march to Mumbai again to press for unfulfilled promises

The march will start on February 20 from Nashik and end in Mumbai’s iconic Azad Maidan on February 27.
india news
Published on Feb 20, 2019 02:38 pm IST

Maharashtra farmers protest march HIGHLIGHTS: Leaders call off movement after assurance by govt

protesting farmer during a march at Lalbaug byculla flyover in Mumbai.
mumbai news
Updated on Nov 22, 2018 10:19 pm IST

West Bengal Assembly passes Bill to give land rights to enclave dwellers

In Cooch Behar, 111 Indian enclaves, spread across 17,160 acres, became a part of Bangladesh territory and 51 Bangladesh enclaves, comprising 7,110 acres, joined India.
kolkata news
Published on Nov 19, 2018 07:29 pm IST

Empowered women farmers can help fight malnutrition

Agriculture in India is significantly dependent on women. Women make up about 33% of cultivators and about 47% of agricultural labourers in rural India.
analysis
Updated on Oct 04, 2018 12:58 pm IST

Commercial plantation gets nod in new forest draft policy

Forest areas that will be prioritised for industrial plantations will be those declared as “degraded” land.
india news
Published on Sept 20, 2018 11:10 pm IST
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