Illegal Encroachments

Three deaths at a popular civil services coaching centre's flooded basement, which was built allegedly in violation of rules, has nudged the authorities to crack down on alleged encroachments and illegal constructions.

The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to fence the flood plain of the Yamuna river after removing encroachments from there to ensure no illegal construction takes place in the future.

Police on Tuesday lodged a case of theft, criminal trespass and encroachment of public land against Congress Prahlad Gunjal in a case of alleged illegal mining, officials said.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday said a police station would come up on the land freed from encroachment in Haldwani's Banbhoolpura, where violence erupted last week after authorities razed an "illegally built" madrasa.

Forests are "Delhi's green lungs" and the only saviour from pollution and they should be "restored", the Delhi High Court said while expressing concern over unauthorised constructions, including encroachments in the name of religious structures.

He said, "I'll ask the people of Ramanagara to support me in fighting against such an idea of renaming or including Ramanagara in Bengaluru."

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea relating to the demolition drive to clear alleged illegal constructions near the Krishna Janmabhoomi in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura.

Authorities on Thursday bulldozed shops extensions allegedly illegally built by Samajwadi Party leader Roshanlal Verma here in Pratajpur area, an officer said.

The blame game between Delhi and Haryana governments continued over the floods in Delhi with Haryana Agriculture Minister Jai Parkash Dalal escalating the matter further claiming that illegal encroachments in the National Capital were

He said the state government has already appealed to encroachers to remove such structures on their own, or the administration will demolish them.

"We will demolish illegal mazars in Uttarakhand. This is a new Uttarakhand. No one should even think about encroaching on land here, let alone doing it," Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said in a tweet.

Thirteen people were injured in Madhya Pradesh's Burhanpur district after an anti-encroachment exercise by the forest department sparked a violent clash with illegal occupants of forest land.

Legendary athlete and Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president P T Usha on Saturday broke down before the media alleging that illegal constructions were being carried out at her academy campus in Kozhikode district.

Constructions linked to Congress, National Conference leaders removed; top police officers, families had also built on state land

Singer Lucky Ali on Sunday alleged that Bengaluru-based "land mafia" is encroaching on his farm in Karnataka and that they are "forcibly and illegally" entering his property, located in Kenchenahalli, Yelahanka.

Three deaths at a popular civil services coaching centre's flooded basement, which was built allegedly in violation of rules, has nudged the authorities to crack down on alleged encroachments and illegal constructions.

The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to fence the flood plain of the Yamuna river after removing encroachments from there to ensure no illegal construction takes place in the future.

Police on Tuesday lodged a case of theft, criminal trespass and encroachment of public land against Congress Prahlad Gunjal in a case of alleged illegal mining, officials said.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday said a police station would come up on the land freed from encroachment in Haldwani's Banbhoolpura, where violence erupted last week after authorities razed an "illegally built" madrasa.

Forests are "Delhi's green lungs" and the only saviour from pollution and they should be "restored", the Delhi High Court said while expressing concern over unauthorised constructions, including encroachments in the name of religious structures.

He said, "I'll ask the people of Ramanagara to support me in fighting against such an idea of renaming or including Ramanagara in Bengaluru."

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea relating to the demolition drive to clear alleged illegal constructions near the Krishna Janmabhoomi in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura.

Authorities on Thursday bulldozed shops extensions allegedly illegally built by Samajwadi Party leader Roshanlal Verma here in Pratajpur area, an officer said.

The blame game between Delhi and Haryana governments continued over the floods in Delhi with Haryana Agriculture Minister Jai Parkash Dalal escalating the matter further claiming that illegal encroachments in the National Capital were

He said the state government has already appealed to encroachers to remove such structures on their own, or the administration will demolish them.

"We will demolish illegal mazars in Uttarakhand. This is a new Uttarakhand. No one should even think about encroaching on land here, let alone doing it," Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said in a tweet.

Thirteen people were injured in Madhya Pradesh's Burhanpur district after an anti-encroachment exercise by the forest department sparked a violent clash with illegal occupants of forest land.

Legendary athlete and Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president P T Usha on Saturday broke down before the media alleging that illegal constructions were being carried out at her academy campus in Kozhikode district.

Constructions linked to Congress, National Conference leaders removed; top police officers, families had also built on state land

Singer Lucky Ali on Sunday alleged that Bengaluru-based "land mafia" is encroaching on his farm in Karnataka and that they are "forcibly and illegally" entering his property, located in Kenchenahalli, Yelahanka.