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Hawkers Have Taken Over Mumbai's Streets, No Room For Pedestrians: Bombay High Court
Unauthorized hawkers have virtually taken over every street in the city leaving no place for pedestrians, the Bombay High Court has observed, asking why ordinary citizens should not get the treatment that only "VVIPs" seem to get.
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Ensure Mumbai Footpaths Are "Walkable", Clear Hawker Encroachments: Court
The Bombay High Court on Monday asked the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to ensure that the footpaths in the city are "actually walkable" for pedestrians and directed it to remove encroachments by unlicensed hawkers.
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Civic Official Loses 3 Fingers After Angry Hawker Attacks Her Near Mumbai
The Thane municipal official was overseeing a drive to clear out illegal hawkers when an angry vegetable vendor attacked her with a knife, severing three digits of her hand. Attempts are now on to re-attach the fingers.
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Case Filed Against Mumbai Millionaire Hawker Accused Of Extortion
The GRP in Mumbai has invoked the stringent MCOCA against a millionaire hawker accused of extortion, his wife and six other associates, and attached many of his properties, a police official said on Sunday.
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Man Arrested For Harassing Journalist In Mumbai: Report
A 27-year-old hawker from Bandra in Mumbai was arrested on Saturday for allegedly making video calls and sending obscene messages to a journalist, the Malabar Hill police said.
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World's Cheapest Michelin-Star Meal Now In India, Only For This Weekend
Singapore-based Chan Hon Meng, better known as Hawker Chan, will bring his signature dish to Indian cities of Delhi, Hyderabad and Mumbai, at a major food carnival 'Zomaland' by Zomato.
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Mumbai Cop Abducted, Assaulted For Objecting To Wife's Harassment: Police
A sub-inspector was kidnapped and attacked by a group of hawkers after he objected to their remarks targeted at his wife, police said on Tuesday.
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Mumbai Congress Office Vandalised As MNS-Nirupam Feud Worsens
The feud between the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and Mumbai Congress unit chief Sanjay Nirupam over the hawkers issue today took a violent turn after MNS workers allegedly vandalised the MRCC office in Mumbai.
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Mumbai Civic Body Workers Allegedly Steal Seized Items. Video Is Viral
Ever since the Elphinstone Road stampede tragedy two months ago, Mumbai's civic body, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation or BMC, has begun acting against illegal hawkers, often conducting eviction drives and confiscating the goods that these hawkers are selling. But now a video that has gone viral and it could turn out to be an embarrassment fo...
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MNS, Congress Workers Clash In Mumbai's Dadar Over Hawkers' Eviction
Workers of the Congress party and the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) clashed at Dadar today morning over the issue of hawkers' eviction, police said. The clash broke out after the MNS workers disrupted the Feriwala Samman Morcha (Hawkers' Felicitation March) organised by the city unit of the Congress in support of the hawkers, police said
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BJP Leaders Meet Devendra Fadnavis, Seek Action Against MNS For Beating Up Hawkers
A day after the Congress demanded action against MNS workers for thrashing and forcibly evicting illegal hawkers from suburban railway stations, a delegation of BJP leaders today met Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for a similar demand.
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36 MNS Workers Arrested For Trying To Forcefully Evict Hawkers
Thirty-six activists of the Raj Thackeray led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) were today arrested by police for allegedly beating up and driving away hawkers from near the railway stations in Mumbai and Thane.
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Congress, NCP Claim Maharashtra Government Colluded With MNS For Evicting Hawkers
The Congress and the NCP slammed the MNS for forcibly evicting illegal hawkers from a railway bridge and claimed that Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is "hand-in-gloves" with the Raj Thackeray-led party.
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Railways Evict Illegal Hawkers From Stations, Foot Overbridges
In a bid to prevent incidents like the Elphinstone station stampede that claimed 23 lives, the railway administration has undertaken a drive to evict illegal hawkers from the entry and exit points of the station as well as from the foot overbridges to ease commuter movement.
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On Video, BJP Lawmaker Assaults Hawkers, Abuses Policemen In Mumbai
In an incident that has gone viral on the social media, BJP legislator Ameet Satam is seen physically assaulting local hawkers and verbally abusing police officials present there.
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Hawkers Have Taken Over Mumbai's Streets, No Room For Pedestrians: Bombay High Court
Unauthorized hawkers have virtually taken over every street in the city leaving no place for pedestrians, the Bombay High Court has observed, asking why ordinary citizens should not get the treatment that only "VVIPs" seem to get.
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Ensure Mumbai Footpaths Are "Walkable", Clear Hawker Encroachments: Court
The Bombay High Court on Monday asked the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to ensure that the footpaths in the city are "actually walkable" for pedestrians and directed it to remove encroachments by unlicensed hawkers.
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Civic Official Loses 3 Fingers After Angry Hawker Attacks Her Near Mumbai
The Thane municipal official was overseeing a drive to clear out illegal hawkers when an angry vegetable vendor attacked her with a knife, severing three digits of her hand. Attempts are now on to re-attach the fingers.
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Case Filed Against Mumbai Millionaire Hawker Accused Of Extortion
The GRP in Mumbai has invoked the stringent MCOCA against a millionaire hawker accused of extortion, his wife and six other associates, and attached many of his properties, a police official said on Sunday.
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Man Arrested For Harassing Journalist In Mumbai: Report
A 27-year-old hawker from Bandra in Mumbai was arrested on Saturday for allegedly making video calls and sending obscene messages to a journalist, the Malabar Hill police said.
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World's Cheapest Michelin-Star Meal Now In India, Only For This Weekend
Singapore-based Chan Hon Meng, better known as Hawker Chan, will bring his signature dish to Indian cities of Delhi, Hyderabad and Mumbai, at a major food carnival 'Zomaland' by Zomato.
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Mumbai Cop Abducted, Assaulted For Objecting To Wife's Harassment: Police
A sub-inspector was kidnapped and attacked by a group of hawkers after he objected to their remarks targeted at his wife, police said on Tuesday.
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Mumbai Congress Office Vandalised As MNS-Nirupam Feud Worsens
The feud between the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and Mumbai Congress unit chief Sanjay Nirupam over the hawkers issue today took a violent turn after MNS workers allegedly vandalised the MRCC office in Mumbai.
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Mumbai Civic Body Workers Allegedly Steal Seized Items. Video Is Viral
Ever since the Elphinstone Road stampede tragedy two months ago, Mumbai's civic body, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation or BMC, has begun acting against illegal hawkers, often conducting eviction drives and confiscating the goods that these hawkers are selling. But now a video that has gone viral and it could turn out to be an embarrassment fo...
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MNS, Congress Workers Clash In Mumbai's Dadar Over Hawkers' Eviction
Workers of the Congress party and the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) clashed at Dadar today morning over the issue of hawkers' eviction, police said. The clash broke out after the MNS workers disrupted the Feriwala Samman Morcha (Hawkers' Felicitation March) organised by the city unit of the Congress in support of the hawkers, police said
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BJP Leaders Meet Devendra Fadnavis, Seek Action Against MNS For Beating Up Hawkers
A day after the Congress demanded action against MNS workers for thrashing and forcibly evicting illegal hawkers from suburban railway stations, a delegation of BJP leaders today met Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for a similar demand.
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36 MNS Workers Arrested For Trying To Forcefully Evict Hawkers
Thirty-six activists of the Raj Thackeray led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) were today arrested by police for allegedly beating up and driving away hawkers from near the railway stations in Mumbai and Thane.
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Congress, NCP Claim Maharashtra Government Colluded With MNS For Evicting Hawkers
The Congress and the NCP slammed the MNS for forcibly evicting illegal hawkers from a railway bridge and claimed that Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is "hand-in-gloves" with the Raj Thackeray-led party.
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Railways Evict Illegal Hawkers From Stations, Foot Overbridges
In a bid to prevent incidents like the Elphinstone station stampede that claimed 23 lives, the railway administration has undertaken a drive to evict illegal hawkers from the entry and exit points of the station as well as from the foot overbridges to ease commuter movement.
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On Video, BJP Lawmaker Assaults Hawkers, Abuses Policemen In Mumbai
In an incident that has gone viral on the social media, BJP legislator Ameet Satam is seen physically assaulting local hawkers and verbally abusing police officials present there.
