Over 23 percent of land records in Karnataka still in names of deceased owners: Report
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has found that more than 23 percent of land ownership records in the state are still registered in the names of deceased individuals. This finding emerged as part of an ongoing campaign to link Aadhaar numbers with the Record of Rights, Tenancy and Crops (RTC) documents.
According to documents accessed by The New Indian Express, of the 4.2 crore landowners whose Aadhaar numbers are to be linked with their RTCs, the revenue department has so far completed the process for 2.25 crore owners. Among them, 52.40 lakh owners have been declared dead.
Tumakuru district recorded the highest number of such cases, with 5.61 lakh landowners listed as deceased. It is followed by Belagavi with 4.7 lakh owners, Mandya with 3.7 lakh, and Kodagu and Kolar with 2.8 lakh each, added TNIE.
After the death of a land owner, his/her land should be transferred to their legal heirs. In many cases, the land continues to be registered in the names of deceased individuals—often parents—preventing legal heirs from accessing entitlements such as compensation in case of natural disasters or securing loans from banks.
The government has initiated village adalats, where a designated officer from the revenue department will dispose of cases that are not in the court of law, added the report.
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Journalist Vaishna Roy faces online trolling over remarks on ‘operation sindoor’
New Delhi: Vaishna Roy, the editor of Frontline magazine under The Hindu group, is facing severe trolling on social media after she wrote on the naming of India’s recent counter-terror strike as “Operation Sindoor.”
Earlier this morning, under “Operation Sindoor,” Indian forces reportedly carried out strikes on nine terror camps—four inside Pakistan and five in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK). According to reports, over 80 terrorists were killed in response to the recent Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 tourists were killed by Pakistan-backed militants.
The name “Operation Sindoor” refers to the traditional vermilion mark worn by Hindu women as a symbol of marriage. Roy, in a post on X, wrote: “On principle, I object strongly to the label Operation Sindoor. It reeks of patriarchy, ownership of women, ‘honour’ killings, chastity, sacralising the institution of marriage, and similar Hindutva obsessions.”
Following this post, Roy was heavily trolled by several right-wing accounts online. In support of her, journalist Neha Dixit posted, “Agree with @vaishnaroy and in complete solidarity. Shame on the trolls.”
Another user, @SanjuktaChoudh5, wrote, “I stand with @vaishnaroy. She is perfectly right in what she has written. I too echo here.”
Senior journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta also came out in support, saying, “The editor of ‘Frontline’ Vaishna Roy is being viciously trolled by shameless Right Wing trolls for her Tweet – please spread it far and wide.”
Amid the controversy and trolling, Vaishna Roy has reportedly locked her X account.
