Buying Land In Jammu And Kashmir

As many as 185 people from outside Jammu and Kashmir have bought land in the Union Territory in the last three years, Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.

The centre and the J&K administration held a real estate summit in Jammu (the first of its kind) to encourage people from across the country to buy a second home, in Jammu and Kashmir, after the laws were changed to allow outsiders to buy land.

A first-of-its-kind real estate summit in Jammu organised by the centre and the J&K administration to encourage people from across the country to buy land, or a second home, in Jammu and Kashmir, has drawn sharp political reactions in the erstwhile s

National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Thursday said many states especially in the northeast have special laws relating to land ownership whereby people from other parts of the country cannot buy land there, and questioned why Jammu and Kashmir could not have similar laws.

Urban land and immovable property in Jammu and Kashmir can now be purchased by residents of any state, with the Centre notifying a new law to integrate the Union territory with the rest of the country. Earlier, only residents of Jammu and Kashmir were allowed to purchase land in the state.

Several top elected politicians in the former state of Jammu and Kashmir, including a Chief Minister, could land in prison on account of corruption, which enabled them to buy homes and stakes in hotels across the world, Goa Governor Satya Pal Malik said on Tuesday.

A BJP lawmaker explaining the merits of the centre's move to end special status to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 offered this appalling point - that party workers could now marry fair women from Kashmir.

The end of Article 370 means people from other states can now buy land in Jammu and Kashmir and the Right to Information law will be applicable there from now. In a decision with huge implications, the government today announced the scrapping of the Article that granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir, which was key to its accession to India in...

As many as 185 people from outside Jammu and Kashmir have bought land in the Union Territory in the last three years, Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.

The centre and the J&K administration held a real estate summit in Jammu (the first of its kind) to encourage people from across the country to buy a second home, in Jammu and Kashmir, after the laws were changed to allow outsiders to buy land.

A first-of-its-kind real estate summit in Jammu organised by the centre and the J&K administration to encourage people from across the country to buy land, or a second home, in Jammu and Kashmir, has drawn sharp political reactions in the erstwhile s

National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Thursday said many states especially in the northeast have special laws relating to land ownership whereby people from other parts of the country cannot buy land there, and questioned why Jammu and Kashmir could not have similar laws.

Urban land and immovable property in Jammu and Kashmir can now be purchased by residents of any state, with the Centre notifying a new law to integrate the Union territory with the rest of the country. Earlier, only residents of Jammu and Kashmir were allowed to purchase land in the state.

Several top elected politicians in the former state of Jammu and Kashmir, including a Chief Minister, could land in prison on account of corruption, which enabled them to buy homes and stakes in hotels across the world, Goa Governor Satya Pal Malik said on Tuesday.

A BJP lawmaker explaining the merits of the centre's move to end special status to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 offered this appalling point - that party workers could now marry fair women from Kashmir.

The end of Article 370 means people from other states can now buy land in Jammu and Kashmir and the Right to Information law will be applicable there from now. In a decision with huge implications, the government today announced the scrapping of the Article that granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir, which was key to its accession to India in...