Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
The agitation over Government move to acquire agricultural land for setting up townships near Yamuna Expressway is all set to gain momentum after farmers in western Uttar Pradesh put Mayawati government on notice. Farmers of Aligarh have decided to go on an indefinite hunger strike from Monday to demand compensation …
Amendments to the Land Acquisition Act, which took centrestage post-Nandigram agitation, are again under the spotlight due to recent protests by Uttar Pradesh farmers. While Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi
NEW DELHI, 25 AUG: As agitating farmers in Uttar Pradesh observed a state-wide bandh and prepared to gherao Parliament tomorrow, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today assured Congress leader Mr Rahul Gandhi that the pending Land Acquisition Amendment Bill will be brought in the next session of Parliament. Dr Singh gave …
Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi took UP farmers’ issue with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday and urged him to step in. The Prime Minister has assured Rahul that the much-delayed Land Acquisition Amendment Bill will be brought in the next session of Parliament. Singh gave the assurance to Rahul …
Following the protest against land acquisition in Aligarh, political parties in the state don’t want to be seen away from the farmers, but rival leaders don’t wish to be seen together on the issue either. So it’s RLD vs SP vs Congress vs BJP vs BSP even as they support …
Forms two-tier committee for quick disposal of land acquisition-related issues LUCKNOW: With the agitating farmers in Aligarh, Mathura and Agra districts refusing to relent, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Wednesday announced formation of a two-tier committee for quick disposal of land acquisition-related issues. While the committee at the division …
IN THE backfoot ever since the use of force against farmers seeking higher compensation for land being acquired for the Ya muna Expressway in the Aligarh-Mathura belt, the Mayawati government on Tu esday offered to increase the land compensation rate. But the proposal led to sharp divisions among the protesters …
New Delhi: The debate on Aligarh violence in Lok Sabha turned into an overwhelming demand for introduction of the long-pending legislations: Relief and Rehabilitation Bill and Land Acquisition Amendment Bill, which have been designed to deal with farmers
LAND acquisition protests in Uttar Pradesh refused to die down even though the government claimed to have resolved the issue during the wee hours of Tuesday. The protests over the Yamuna Expressway, being built by the JP group, which started on Saturday and has since claimed four lives in Aligarh …
Pranab Mukherjee NEW DELHI: In deference to the near unanimity among political parties against forcible land acquisition, the Centre on Tuesday assured the Lok Sabha that the interest of farmers would be protected and a comprehensive legislation formulated. Responding to the 55-minute discussion on the issue of the farmers' agitation …
Lucknow: On the backfoot ever since the use of force against farmers seeking higher compensation for land being acquired for the Yamuna Expressway in the Aligarh-Mathura belt, the Mayawati government on Tuesday offered to increase the land compensation rate. But the proposal led to sharp divisions among the protesters who …
Jikarpur (UP): A smooth twohour drive in future for Delhiites to Agra via the under-construction Yamuna Expressway, has become a battle for livelihood for 10,000-odd farmers of six villages in Aligarh. They have been agitating for the past 20 days
Aligarh/Lucknow: Three persons, including a PAC jawan, were killed and nine injured in a village near Aligarh when farmers, demanding higher compensation for land acquired for a township, fought pitched battles with the police who opened fire to restore calm.The violence broke out on Saturday night in Jikarpur village when …
LUCKNOW: Putting an end to the controversy relating to land acquired for construction of Yamuna Expressway, additional cabinet secretary Netram, after talks with farmers of Aligarh district, has reached an understanding that farmers will be compensated at the rate of Rs 425 per sqm and ex-gratia at the rate of …
LUCKNOW: A team of experts from the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) visited Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) on Thursday and laid to rest the raging controversy over a feared radioactive leak in the campus and the adjacent residential colonies in the town. Rumours about radioactive material stored in the physics …
