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.
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.
While Mandla district administration maintains demolition notices were served to families in Eidgah mohalla of Bhainswahi village, villagers deny claim they were warned in advance.
Why should the US care? Because in the end, as its wrangle with Britain this week should have reminded them, America still needs bases, friendly ports, & overfly rights.
Multiple companies have invoked the principle of ‘force majeure’, which lets a party off the hook in case of unforeseen ‘acts of God’, to avoid penalties.
IRIS Lavan was in the region for the International Fleet Review held last month and ‘sought urgent docking in Kochi citing technical issues,’ it is learnt.
Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.
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