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Friday, December 12, 2025
TopicUnauthorised buildings

Topic: unauthorised buildings

No trade, loan, water or power supply without completion certificate—SC’s guidelines on illegal buildings

Occupancy, investment & civic authority’s inaction don't legitimise unauthorised structures, the top court held, while issuing new rules & preventive measures to curb illegal construction.

SC lays down demolition guidelines to end ‘bulldozer justice’. Here’s what they say

Apex court invokes its special powers under Article 142, says necessary to 'allay fears in minds of citizens with regard to arbitrary exercise of power by officers' of the State.

Big hit with BJP, bulldozers now rolling in Gujarat & Uttarakhand, coming soon to Karnataka

Day after demolition drive in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri, Surat Municipal Corporation razed properties belonging to alleged gangster brothers Aarif & Sajju Kothari.

Centre to give ownership rights to Delhi’s unauthorised colonies

At least 40 lakh people will be benefited in the regularisation of unauthorised colonies in Delhi, a move that could give the BJP an edge in the assembly election next year.

Who’s afraid of the bulldozer

If top leadership in Congress and BJP merely listed their legislators who either own unauthorised properties or are in the business, they will know what the current ruckus is all about.

On Camera

IndiGo cancellations made TV news do the unexpected — question the Modi government

Republic TV was the harshest of them all: “The (civil aviation) minister has done a bad job,” said prime time anchor Arnab Goswami.

IndiGo’s profits dipped, most airlines sunk into losses last fiscal even as flier numbers soared

Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.