Demolition drive
- India
Varanasi businessman sets self, shop ablaze during demolition drive
Tensions escalated in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi after a large-scale demolition drive in the famous Dalmandi area on Monday, February 9, triggering a man to allegedly pour petrol on himself and set his…
- Delhi
Turkman Gate violence: Can’t pick up bystanders, HC to Delhi police
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday, February 6, said bystanders cannot be “picked up” for being part of the mob that indulged in stone pelting during a demolition exercise near…
- Delhi
Turkman Gate violence: Court reserves bail for five, two sent to judicial custody
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday, January 13, reserved the bail order for five men allegedly involved in a stone-pelting incident near the Faiz-e-Elahi mosque in the Turkman Gate area for…
- India
Turkman Gate violence: 400 truckloads of debris cleared from demolition site
New Delhi: Three days after a court-ordered anti-encroachment drive triggered clashes and stone pelting near the Faiz-e-Elahi mosque at Turkman Gate, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi has cleared the site after removing…
- India
Turkman Gate violence: 3 more held, 16 arrested so far
New Delhi: Delhi Police has arrested three more persons accused in the Turkman Gate stone-pelting incident, taking the total number of arrests in the case to 16, an official said on Saturday,…
- India
Friday prayers offered amid tight security in Delhi after demolition drive
New Delhi: Friday prayers were offered in Turkman Gate area amid heavy police deployment, drone surveillance and barricading, even as locals urged authorities to restore normal business activities, saying prolonged restrictions were…
- Hyderabad
Video: GHMC conducts demolition drive in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has conducted a demolition drive against illegal constructions. On Monday, officials targeted unauthorized structures in the Attapur Ambience Fort area. Police contingent was deployed The…
- India
SC halts Assam’s Golaghat eviction drive; relief for 2,000 families after HC refusal
The Supreme Court, on Friday, August 22, ordered status quo on the large-scale demolition and eviction drive in Assam’s Golaghat district. A bench Justices PS Narasimha and Atul S Chandurkar passed the…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad witnesses demolition drive to clear encroachments on Friday
Hyderabad: Hyderabad witnessed a demolition drive on Friday as authorities took action against illegal encroachments. The Hyderabad Disaster Management and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) carried out the operation at IDL drain and…
- Hyderabad
Video: HYDRAA launches demolition drive in Hyderabad’s Jubilee Hills
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Disaster Response and Assets Protection Agency (HYDRAA) has launched a major demolition drive on Road number 41 in Jubilee Hills on Friday, May 23, to clear illegal constructions along…
- Kashmir
Houses razed, hundreds detained in Kashmir post Pahalgam massacre
Srinagar: Authorities in Kashmir have launched a massive crackdown on terrorists and their sympathisers in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack, razing homes of the ultras, raiding their safe havens and…
- India
Demolition notice to slumdwellers against natural justice: Uttarakhand HC
Nainital: Uttarakhand High Court has stayed the razing of homes of slumdwellers in the Vikas Nagar area of Dehradun, saying the demolition notices contravened the principles of natural justice. Hearing a PIL…
- Mumbai
After Kunal Kamra’s show, The Habitat faces demolition drive
Mumbai: Mumbai’s Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has launched a demolition drive at The Habitat Studio, located at the Unicontinental Hotel in Khar, on Monday, March 24, citing violations of civic rules. The…
- India
Mosque, locality in Rajasthan get demolition notice after assault, blackmail accusations
Rajasthan’s Vijay Nagar municipal authorities, on February 20 and 21, served a notice to families of 10 Muslims, accused in an alleged sexual assault case, demanding property ownership documents, failing which their…
- Hyderabad
Video: Hyderabad’s Madanapet sees demolition drive against encroachments
Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) on Thursday conducted a demolition drive against encroachments in Madanapet. During the drive, slight tension was also witnessed. Demolition drive to clear encroachments in Hyderabad’s…
