The need for land and the struggle to retain it is becoming a major faultline in India.
Section: Analysis | Monday, August 8, 2011 10:45 IST
The agitation by farmers in Uttar Pradesh against forced acquisition of their land at throwaway prices for the Yamuna Expressway from Noida to Agra follows clashes over land for the same expressway last year.
Section: Mumbai | Tuesday, May 17, 2011 16:08 IST
It is not surprising that politicians of all persuasions jumped into the fray to score points against the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh.
Section: Analysis | Tuesday, May 17, 2011 8:33 IST
The agitation by farmers in UP against forced acquisition of their land at throwaway prices for the Yamuna Expressway from Noida to Agra follows clashes over land for the same expressway last year.
Section: Analysis | Tuesday, May 17, 2011 3:57 IST
The Pune-based businessman is thought to be the kingpin in a racket in which $8 billion was transferred to the Zurich based UBS Bank. This was, as expected, denied by the Swiss bank.
Section: India | Monday, April 11, 2011 3:00 IST
The Afghan government has been looking for someone to mine them and had sought international bids last year.
Section: India | Wednesday, February 2, 2011 0:26 IST
A cursory look at the proposed nuclear power project at Jaitapur on the Konkan coast, south of Ratnagiri, one is confronted by unnerving facts.
Section: Analysis | Monday, December 20, 2010 2:00 IST
The country is planning massive investment of $1,200 billion over the next decade in all kinds of infrastructure. Many of these avenues will offer scope for kickbacks. Time to take pre-emptive action.
Section: Analysis | Wednesday, November 24, 2010 3:50 IST
Industry’s rapacious appetite for cheap land is at the root of many of our conflicts that pit development against the rights of the poor. We need to find ways to reverse this trend.
Section: Analysis | Friday, September 3, 2010 2:33 IST
Large internet and telecom companies challenge the notion of a nation state. This is why governments would like to control them.
Section: Analysis | Saturday, August 14, 2010 3:14 IST
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