illegal construction

Bhubaneswar, April 6 Expressing dissatisfaction over the lack of meaningful action to stop illegal activities along the Mahanadi riverbed and floodplain in Cuttack, Odisha, the National Green Tribunal has constituted a joint committee to examine the matter and submit a report within 15 days...

Neemuch, April 2 – Tension gripped the Parda village under the Manasa police station area in Neemuch district, Madhya Pradesh, after an incident in which a 13-year-old girl was allegedly molested by a 55-year-old man.The accused, identified as Abdul Rahman, allegedly lured the minor girl to...

Neemuch (Madhya Pradesh), April 2 Police were forced to use batons and tear gas shells on Thursday to control a stone-throwing mob protesting against the molestation of an 11-year-old girl in Neemuch district, an official said.The girl was allegedly molested by a 55-year-old man in Paddan...

Jammu, April 2 The Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday said that a total of 233 illegal commercial and residential structures have been identified in Jammu city in the last 13 months.In response to a question from BJP MLA Vikram Randhawa in the assembly, the government said the violations...

Jammu, April 1 The Jammu and Kashmir government said on Wednesday that the Tourism Development Authorities had granted 807 building permits in the last three years, while also detecting 578 illegal constructions across the Union Territory.Responding to a question by PDP MLA Waheed-ur-Rehman...

Gurugram, March 30 Gurugram Police on Monday arrested a person for illegally setting up a slum with at least 150 huts on government land in Sector 53 and housing residents there, collecting money from them, officials said.An official from Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) filed a...

Kolkata, March 21 Since 2011, when the former minority-dominated Garden Reach assembly constituency on the southern outskirts of Kolkata was renamed Kolkata Port, voting has consistently favored the Trinamool Congress.In all three assembly elections since 2011, West Bengal Municipal Affairs &...

Kendrapara (Odisha), March 20 A joint operation by the Bhitarkanika National Park, the Revenue Department, and the police on Friday demolished unauthorized prawn ponds on the outskirts of the park in Kendrapara district, violating coastal regulation zone rules, an official said.Acres of...

Budaun (UP), March 17 The district administration in Budaun, Uttar Pradesh, demolished shops belonging to the prime accused in the murder of two Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) officials on Tuesday, citing that the establishments were built on government land.Later in the...

Budaun (UP), March 17 The district administration in Budaun, Uttar Pradesh, on Tuesday demolished shops belonging to the prime accused in the murder of two Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) officials, citing that the establishments were built on government land.On March 12, two...

New Delhi, May 17 The Municipal Corporation of Delhi told the Delhi High Court on Tuesday that it will not demolish any unauthorized construction in houses belonging to certain individuals allegedly involved in a clash in Uttam Nagar on the day of Holi that left a 26-year-old man dead without...

New Delhi, March 15 The Supreme Court has directed the Centre to submit a comprehensive report on illegal constructions along the banks and floodplains of the Ganga river and inform about the steps taken to remove encroachments.A bench comprising Justices JB Pardiwala and KV Viswanathan asked...

New Delhi, March 14 – The Supreme Court has sought a comprehensive status report on illegal constructions and encroachments along the banks and floodplains of the Ganga in multiple states, while issuing notices to several Ganga basin states to assist the apex court in addressing the issue.A...

New Delhi, March 13 – A Delhi court has directed the CBI to conduct further investigation into the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) regarding potential dereliction of duties or corrupt practices that led to the drowning of three civil services aspirants in an illegal coaching center in the...

In Gandhinagar, Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi outlined the state government's BHARAT Vision on Wednesday, focusing on strengthening internal security. The strategy is built on six key pillars.Speaking during a debate on the budgetary demands of the Home, Jail, Law, and Justice...

Durg, March 10 Authorities in the Durg district of Chhattisgarh carried out an anti-encroachment drive in the Samoda village on Tuesday, during which they demolished a shop that had been "illegally constructed" belonging to the brother of a suspended BJP leader, who has been arrested in...

Mumbai, March 10 A person acquires proceeds of crime if he takes a bribe, the Bombay High Court has said while refusing relief to a former senior official of the Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation arrested by the ED last year in a money laundering case.A bench of Chief Justice Shree...

New Delhi, March 9 The Delhi Police has arrested seven more people and apprehended another minor in connection with the killing of a 26-year-old man during a clash between two families on Holi in southwest Delhi's Uttam Nagar, an official said on Monday.With the latest arrests, the total...

New Delhi, March 8 The Delhi Police arrested another accused on Sunday in connection with the killing of a 26-year-old man during a clash between two families in southwest Delhi's Uttam Nagar on the night of the Holi festival, an official said.The police have so far arrested a total of seven...

New Delhi, March 8 The Municipal Corporation of Delhi carried out a demolition drive on Sunday, razing illegal portions of a house linked to one of the accused in the Uttam Nagar Holi clash case, in which a 26-year-old man was killed, police sources said.Heavy police and paramilitary...