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Hry: Irrigation dept asks developer to pay ₹66 cr for encroaching land
1 week, 3 days ago

Hry: Irrigation dept asks developer to pay ₹66 cr for encroaching land

Hindustan Times  

Gurugram: The Haryana irrigation department has directed a developer to pay ₹66 crore for encroaching and developing two acres of land in Sector 67 of Gurugram, officials aware of the matter said. Irrigation department officials said that Ansal Properties and Infrastructure Ltd, which developed the Ansal Esencia project in Sector 67 carved out around 10 plots of 1000 sq. However, …

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Azure Power Accused of Land Grab for Solar Power Project in Assam | EXPLAINED
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Azure Power Accused of Land Grab for Solar Power Project in Assam | EXPLAINED

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 04, 2024 14:08 IST - 10 MINS READ In 2019, the descendants of an erstwhile zamindar family entered into an “agreement of sale” for 91 acres of land to Azure Power Forty Pvt Ltd in Mikir Bamuni Grant village in Assam’s Nagaon district to build a solar power plant. In 2019, the descendants of the zamindar family …

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‘Rooted in this land until death’: A Palestinian family’s olive harvest
2 weeks, 6 days ago

‘Rooted in this land until death’: A Palestinian family’s olive harvest

Al Jazeera  

Umm Safa, Occupied West Bank – Six-year-old Nasser Tanatra is scared of the rock-strewn hilltop where he used to play and pick flowers near his family home. Our house, our land, we are surrounded and strangled and attacked, and even to harvest our olives is a danger.” The annual olive harvest season in October and November is a time when …

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Nusrat F. Jafri's 'This Land We Call Home' defies every official definition of ‘Indiannness’
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Nusrat F. Jafri's 'This Land We Call Home' defies every official definition of ‘Indiannness’

Live Mint  

The work of memoir is to move from the personal to the particular, to make sense of anecdotes and experiences in a way that makes sense of the world. Nusrat Jafri’s This Land We Call Home attempts this not with her life alone but with the collective story of her family, going through transformations of faith, caste and class. “I …

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Interview| BJP wants to make Muslims second-class citizens: Dr Syed Naseer Hussain
1 month, 1 week ago

Interview| BJP wants to make Muslims second-class citizens: Dr Syed Naseer Hussain

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 13, 2024 09:23 IST - 13 MINS READ Syed Naseer Hussain is a second-term Rajya Sabha member from Karnataka belonging to the Congress party. Excerpts: Various State Waqf Boards together control 8.7 lakh properties spanning 9.4 lakh acres across the country. The government states that it wants to bring about greater transparency by digitalising information regarding properties …

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In 1835, John Batman attempted to make a treaty with Melbourne's Aboriginal owners. Here's what happened
1 month, 3 weeks ago

In 1835, John Batman attempted to make a treaty with Melbourne's Aboriginal owners. Here's what happened

ABC  

In 1835, a group of men led by a grazier from Tasmania, John Batman, met with Kulin leaders in an apparent attempt to lease – or purchase — an extraordinary area of land stretching from modern-day Melbourne to Geelong. The Kulin are an alliance of five distinct but strongly linked nations in the area of modern day Melbourne and surrounds, …

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‘Siddaramaiah was DyCM and CM when State government took decisions that resulted in allotment of 14 sites to wife’
3 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Siddaramaiah was DyCM and CM when State government took decisions that resulted in allotment of 14 sites to wife’

The Hindu  

Siddaramaiah was the Deputy Chief Minister or the Chief Minister during a majority of the government’s decisions, which ultimately culminated in the allotment of 14 sites by the Mysuru Urban Development Authority to his wife, it was argued before the High Court of Karnataka on Monday. Mr. Raghavan argued that Section 7 of the PC act also deals with instances …

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Residents of Serbia’s lithium-rich region vow to block EU-backed mining
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Residents of Serbia’s lithium-rich region vow to block EU-backed mining

Associated Press  

GORNJE NEDELJICE, Serbia — Zlatko Kokanović does not want a lithium mine in his backyard and he will do anything he can to stop it from opening. “This land is nobody’s property, it belongs to our children.” Exploration of the lithium and boron deposits in the Jadar valley has been done by multinational Rio Tinto mining company for 20 years. …

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Review: This Land We Call Home by Nusrat F Jafri
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Review: This Land We Call Home by Nusrat F Jafri

Hindustan Times  

Chronicling four generations of a family starting from the late 1800s to the 2010s against the backdrop of the birth and evolution of a nation, Nusrat F Jafri expertly blends narrative memoir with considerable research to deliver an exceptional work of creative nonfiction. In her narrative memoir, Nusrat F Jafri blends her family’s history with considerable research into politics, history …

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Selling a space base - ABC listen
8 months ago

Selling a space base - ABC listen

ABC  

Alex Barwick: All right, we're gonna try and climb a little bit higher. Alex Barwick : These gleaming white, giant domes, that look more like oversized golf balls erupting from the desert floor are what’s known locally as Pine Gap, or The Base. Alex Barwick : Alice Springs is still full of characters, people like Des and Helen, whose families …

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Journalist says a 'land grab' in Tanzania is forcing the Maasai off their land
8 months, 1 week ago

Journalist says a 'land grab' in Tanzania is forcing the Maasai off their land

NPR  

Journalist says a 'land grab' in Tanzania is forcing the Maasai off their land DAVE DAVIES, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. DAVIES: Let's begin with the Maasai - tell us about them, their way of life, you know, traditionally. DAVIES: This is FRESH AIR, and we're speaking with The Atlantic staff writer Stephanie McCrummen, who's written recently about the Maasai, …

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Railways may lease out land to real estate developers in Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Railways may lease out land to real estate developers in Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru

Hindustan Times  

India’s largest landowner, the Indian Railways, has identified 341.93 hectares of prime land across the country which will be given out to private developers on a 90-year-lease, and from which the railways hopes to generate ₹5000 crore. In Mumbai, the railways are looking to hive off 110.46 hectares at Grant Road, Tardeo, Parel, Bandra east and west, Carnac Bunder among …

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‘Where are you really from?’ A Latine landmark disrupts Pasadena Playhouse’s 100-year history
9 months, 1 week ago

‘Where are you really from?’ A Latine landmark disrupts Pasadena Playhouse’s 100-year history

LA Times  

The pillows are fluffed, the cocktails are mixed, the enchiladas are warming in the oven. In Gloria Calderón Kellett’s new play “One of the Good Ones,” this scenario leads to frank conversation, unfolding in real time, about unconscious biases, intergenerational expectations and who gets to claim Latino and American identity. “And even though it’s a one-act play, the second act …

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We must ‘rehumanise ourselves’: Palestinian artist Sliman Mansour
9 months, 4 weeks ago

We must ‘rehumanise ourselves’: Palestinian artist Sliman Mansour

Al Jazeera  

Prominent painter Sliman Mansour says that peace is possible when each one of us is considered a human being and ‘has the same rights’. That — in short — is the meaning of sumud.” And in the case of Mansour’s art, that fight is characterised by existence rather than violence. If I paint just a beautiful landscape or people working …

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Voices of the occupied West Bank: 'I'll keep speaking with love'
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Voices of the occupied West Bank: 'I'll keep speaking with love'

Al Jazeera  

“We’ve been here throughout history, Muslims, Jewish, or Christian… primary identity is Palestinian. “For me, religion is a way to contact God, while my right to exist in this land is my right as a Palestinian regardless of my religion. “But we don’t differentiate based on religion but rather on the basis of whether you believe in the right to …

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In the battle over identity, a centuries-old issue looms in Taiwan: hunting
10 months, 3 weeks ago

In the battle over identity, a centuries-old issue looms in Taiwan: hunting

NPR  

In the battle over identity, a centuries-old issue looms in Taiwan: hunting Enlarge this image toggle caption An Rong Xu for NPR An Rong Xu for NPR TAIWAN — Ciwang Teyra grew up in Hualien County, on the eastern edge of the island of Taiwan, where winding roads snake around the edge of mountains and the Pacific Ocean glistens down …

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Cate Blanchett sparks fresh row with locals in Cornwall's 'Hollywood-On-Sea' over plans to turn a field into car park and driveway for her sprawling £5million eco home
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Cate Blanchett sparks fresh row with locals in Cornwall's 'Hollywood-On-Sea' over plans to turn a field into car park and driveway for her sprawling £5million eco home

Daily Mail  

Cate Blanchett has sparked a fresh row with locals over plans to turn a field into a driveway and parking for her new £5million holiday home in Cornwall. Now Blanchett wants to turn part of an adjoining field currently being used as a construction compound, into a new access and parking area for the luxury pad at Mawgan Porth near …

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Delhi Chief Secretary accused in corruption case, CM Kejriwal seeks report from vigilance minister
1 year, 1 month ago

Delhi Chief Secretary accused in corruption case, CM Kejriwal seeks report from vigilance minister

India TV News  

Delhi Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar is once again making the headlines in connection with a corruption case. Notably, the son of Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar has connections in the company which has benefited from this compensation. AAP's accusation against Delhi Chief Secretary Earlier in August, a war of words had erupted between the AAP dispensation and the Lieutenant Governor's office …

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How to retrieve ‘public land’
1 year, 4 months ago

How to retrieve ‘public land’

The Hindu  

We bought a piece of land in Kumbakonam in 1990. It seems the land was meant for public use initially and my seller by exchanging some other land for public use, got this land for free. They say that they do not have any documents with them and that they cannot give permission to construct on this land in the …

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How do obtain land use permit Kumbakonam municipality legal eagle query answered
1 year, 5 months ago

How do obtain land use permit Kumbakonam municipality legal eagle query answered

The Hindu  

We bought a plot in Kumbakonam 32 years ago, and got approval for construction on the land from the Kumbakonam Municipal Corporation. It seems the land was meant for public use initially and my seller, by exchanging some other land for public use, got this land free from public use. We have got a reply under the Right to Information …

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Peter Hellyer, prolific writer who chronicled the UAE's rise over nearly five decades, dies at 75
1 year, 5 months ago

Peter Hellyer, prolific writer who chronicled the UAE's rise over nearly five decades, dies at 75

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Peter Hellyer, a U.K.-born writer …

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'Amritpal Singh addressed devotees before he 'surrendered' in Moga': Events unfolded before police crackdown
1 year, 8 months ago

'Amritpal Singh addressed devotees before he 'surrendered' in Moga': Events unfolded before police crackdown

India TV News  

Amritpal Singh arrested: Radical preacher Amritpal Singh was arrested in Punjab's Moga district on Sunday, according to police. Slain militant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale hailed from Rode village and Amritpal Singh was last year anointed the head of the 'Waris Punjab De' outfit at an event held in this village. Amritpal Singh had been on the run since March 18 when …

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'Will Never Let Them Take Our Land': In Tamil Nadu's Veppur, Waqf Board's Claim Puts Locals' Future On the Line
1 year, 10 months ago

'Will Never Let Them Take Our Land': In Tamil Nadu's Veppur, Waqf Board's Claim Puts Locals' Future On the Line

News 18  

Fifty-six-year-old Ramesh is distraught. Ramesh’s father and uncle had purchased 3.76 acres of land in Veppur village in Ranipet district in 1980. Two days later, the collector’s office issued a press statement that the land belongs to the Waqf Board. Those who lost their lands say they were asked to submit original documents of the land registered since the 1950s. …

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Want to solve climate change? This California farm kingdom holds a key
1 year, 11 months ago

Want to solve climate change? This California farm kingdom holds a key

LA Times  

The barren dirt is littered with petrified carrots, blackened and barely recognizable after four years baking in the Imperial Valley’s legendary heat. Clean energy advocates see Imperial as an ideal place for solar farms and battery projects that can help solve the American West’s energy and water crises. “Why are we being called selfish for wanting the same thing?” Jackeline …

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