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.
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 level would be headed by the Divis
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 who decided not to withdraw the agitation despite the pleas of their leader, Rambabu
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 and Mathura moved to Agra on Tuesday.
