Advocate Umesh Chandra Sharma also represents activist Preet Sirohi who had approached HC against 'encroachments' near Faiz-e-Illahi Mosque in Turkman Gate area.
Anti-encroachment drive by MCD came hours after Delhi HC's order. Mosque near Turkman Gate was among the locations visited by Red Fort bomber Umar Nabi hours before 10 November blast.
BJP claims the locals in Bengaluru’s Kogilu who lost homes in a recent demolition are 'illegal migrants from Bangladesh'. They shouldn't be rehabilitated, according to the party.
Shastri Nagar market grew and thrived in Meerut for over three decades until a Supreme Court order brought in the bulldozers. Some call it illegal, others call it ‘organic’.
One of the biggest anti-encroachment drives in Aravalli history started in June. With it, a major slice of Delhi-NCR’s famous farmhouse culture is being dismantled. And there is more to come.
SC, while imposing fine on UP govt, remarked on the Prayagraj demolitions: ‘These cases shock our conscience…There is something called right to shelter, something called due process.'
Architects & residents in Chandigarh are angered by the demolition of a wall to expand parking space for the high court, & have accused officials of disregarding Nek Chand’s iconic creation.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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