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Topic: encroachments

9 bulldozers, ‘just following orders’: Eyewitness account of Jahangirpuri demolition drive

iWitness — the story behind the story of ThePrint journalists’ experiences on assignment.

‘No one listened’: Jahangirpuri residents cry after bulldozers raze ‘illegal’ shops & structures

Demolition went on for a while after SC ordered status quo. Move came day after Delhi BJP chief wrote to mayor urging bulldozing of ‘encroachments’ by ‘rioters’.

Assam defends eviction drive in Barpeta, says ‘met no resistance, rehabilitation effort on’

37 families from Bengali Muslim community, who allegedly encroached upon 40 bighas of land, evicted as part of Saturday’s drive. Land said to belong to monastic institution. 

Sensitive Aravallis, ‘land mafia’, illegal village — the complicated story behind razing Khori

The Municipal Corporation of Faridabad is razing thousands of homes in Khori Gaon following a 7 June Supreme Court order that followed an 11-year legal battle.

SC refuses to stay order for removal of encroachments in Faridabad’s Aravali forest area

On 7 June, SC had directed Haryana govt & Faridabad municipal corporation to remove all encroachments, saying land grabbers cannot take refuge of rule of law and talk of fairness.

SC orders eviction of nearly 10,000 illegal constructions in Haryana’s Aravali forest area

Asserting that land grabbers can't take refuge of law, the apex court directed Haryana and the Faridabad municipal corporation to ensure eviction within 6 weeks.

J&K names over 63,000 ‘encroachers’ of forest land, say they’re occupying 15,000 hectares

This year alone, the authorities have retrieved more than 550 hectares of forest land out of the illegally occupied 15,000 hectares, according to J&K administration officials.

How a group of gritty women in Bhopal’s Misrod village freed a cemetery from encroachers

Farida Bano, Munnabrr Jehan and a few other women in Bhopal's Misrod village led a two-year-long fight to free a cemetery that was illegally occupied by local land mafia.

Haryana, UP, Maharashtra saw highest encroachments on defence land in last 3 yrs, says govt

Defence officials say such encroachments are a major security threat and have continued to increase over the years due to rapid urbanisation.

Modi govt will count hawkers in job data but must improve their Ease of Doing Business too

Street vendors are micro-entrepreneurs with aspirations. But they continue to be evicted by cops and municipalities, while courts do little to help them.

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Bads of Bollywood can’t get more brazenly nepo. The joke’s on us

After watching the most discussed series on Netflix, I was planning to write an asterisk-heavy column. As a tribute to the asterisks in its...

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

India takes a relook at Russian Su-57, but not for its stealth. Here’s why

India exited the Indo-Russian FGFA programme in 2018. But now it might procure at least 2 squadrons of Su-57 aircraft from Russia and evaluate Russian proposal to manufacture them in India.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.