Prices of LED lamps and luminaires have almost halved in the past 6-9 months, thanks to a fall in global prices of their chips and local output by Philips. Light-emitting diode (LED) lamps
Farmers from in and around Navelim constituency have been fighting a sustained battle to protect their fields from acquisition. Guilherme Almeida spoke to social activist Sidharth Karapurkar on the ongoing movement and reactions to compensate farmers at market rates. The farmers of Navelim constituency have come under one banner to protect the land of their ancestors from acquisition.
Farmers of villages not covered by SC verdict threaten to move court, developers offer revised prices
With nervousness and panic gripping Noida Extension and other villages threatening to move court for higher compensation for their acquired land, builders have decided to hold direct negotiations with the farmers.
The talks started after the Supreme Court upheld the Allahabad High Court verd
NOIDA: One of the richest habitats of the country's National Bird, the peacock, has met a sad end. Projects of over 25 small and big private builders have collectively wreaked havoc on the environmental heritage in Noida Extension.
LUCKNOW: A PIL has been filed in the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court seeking quashing of land acquisition and plot allotment to dubious companies in Noida.
The PIL is likely to come up for hearing on July 14. The PIL has been filed by Nawab Singh Nagar, a former MLA of Dadri assembly constituency of Gautam Buddh Nagar through his counsel Anurag Kumar Singh.
JAIPUR: The Jaipur Development Authority's (JDA) dream to launch its biggest housing scheme at Ninder fall flats as the authorities are facing problems in acquiring land, a majority of whom are private land owners. In December 2010, the JDA had proposed this scheme on 1,100 bighas of land at Ninder on Sikar Road for which the authority had to acquire 900 bighas from the private owners.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld an Allahabad High Court order quashing the Uttar Pradesh notification to acquire 156 hectares of land for construction of residential apartments by private builders in the Greater Noida Extension area of Gautam Budh Nagar district. It ordered the return of the land to villagers.
Sahberi village ruling to hit sentiment in Noida Extension, where projects worth Rs 40,000 crore are being executed.
The Supreme Court today dismissed the appeal of the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) against an Allahabad High Court order quashing acquisition of 156 hectares (390 acres) land in Greater Noida
The Supreme Court judgement, annulling acquisition of 156.9 hectare land in Shahberi village and ordering the Greater Noida Industrial Development Author-ity(GNOIDA) to hand it back to farmers, is likely to cause reverberations far beyond the ground zero at Shahberi village.
For, not less than 750 hectare land has been acquired and handed over to the builders in the same manner which the apex c
