The State Assembly passed the contentious Meghalaya Transfer of Land (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2004 to prevent transfer and alienation of property or land in the Sixth Scheduled areas by means of

Tribals are losing out to non-tribals in the fight for precious land in agency areas. Out of the 72,001 cases booked under the Andhra Pradesh Schedule Areas Land Transfer Regulation (LTR), a powerful

The families of two of India's best known authors, Arundhati Roy and Vikram Seth, have been issued notices by a local Madhya Pradesh court for allegedly encroaching on a tribal's land. Forest

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy's pet programmme Jalayagnam is likely to impose a heavy burden on farmers of Telangana and Rayalaseema regions in the form of increased water

The hour-long meeting between Salim Group chief Mr Benny Santoso and chief minister Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee merely managed to set a deadline for a final settlement by 30 July on projects the

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has decided to follow upgraded Bengal model for land reforms in Bihar. He has made his intention clear to the top bureaucrats in the state to set up a land reforms

The Himachal Cabinet gave its nod for signing the implementation agreement for the controversial Himalayan Ski village project which has been facing stiff opposition from the BJP and the local

Another Muthunga-like situation has developed in the Aralam Farm Land. Nearly a 1,000 Adivasi families, supported by various organizations including some extremist tribal outfits, have illegally

Government lands that ought to have been assigned to the tribals are not being assigned to them for want of survey of the lands in the Warangal district, Andhra Pradesh. This is because surveyors are