Chetan Saini jumped from roof of his house in Moradabad, hours after the administration’s bulldozer action cleared over 100 shops. Traders allege no prior notice was given.
BJP's Ballia V-P Surendra Singh led protest against demolition. SDM says administration wants to keep land free, says it belongs to Railways, which gave it to PWD.
Global media also takes note of how decades of caste discrimination has resulted in higher levels of child stunting rates in India & SC’s outlaw of ‘bulldozer justice’.
In Episode 1553 of #CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at the SC judgment on 'bulldozer justice' practice and a report on educational strategies of India & China.
Top court says no demolition without a 15-day prior notice, which should detail the nature of unauthorised construction; it also said high-handedness of officers won't be tolerated.
In 2019, 80% of Manoj Tibrewal’s ancestral home was demolished. NHRC directed Rs 5L compensation, FIR, but nothing happened. Now SC has ordered govt to pay him Rs 25L compensation.
The court was acting on a petition challenging demolitions in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri following communal clashes in 2022, and stayed all demolitions without court’s approval until 1 October.
The solutions to Kolkata’s problems are civic infrastructure, jobs, education, and housing, not merely hawker-free pavements. Mamata is learning the wrong lessons from TMC’s history.
CSE, one of India’s oldest bourses, is edging towards a voluntary exit. It could never recover from market manipulation scam that caused a payment crisis at exchange back in 2001.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.
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