Topic: Demolition drive
SC orders demotion of Deputy Collector for forcibly demolishing slum-dwellers’ huts in violation of HC order
The Supreme Court on Friday directed the demotion of a Deputy Collector in Andhra Pradesh for disobeying the High Court's orders and forcibly demolishing...
After ‘illegal Bangladeshi’ claims, 2000 jhuggis razed in Ahmedabad, thousands homeless, HC calls it ‘national security’ move
After the crackdown on migrants that the Gujarat government claimed were “illegal Bangladeshis,” the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) demolished parts of the slum area known as Chandola Talav na Chhapra on Tuesday.
“Even if my brother was involved in attack, what has our family got to do with it?”: Despite SC ruling, 7 houses demolished in...
At least seven residential houses have been demolished in parts of south Kashmir by authorities over the past two days in the aftermath of the Pahalgam militant attack after authorities alleged that the houses belong to militants.
India-Pak match: Muslim scrap dealer’s shop bulldozed over allegations of ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogan
Maharashtra’s Malvan Municipal Council administration on Monday demolished a Muslim man’s scrap shop, a day after locals accused him of raising the ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogan during the India vs Pakistan Champions Trophy match after Rohit Sharma lost his wicket.
Over 100 writers, translators protest ‘hypocrisy’ of JCB Literature Prize, citing complicity in bulldozer demolitions in India, Palestine
More than a hundred writers, translators and publishers have written an open letter condemning the “blatant hypocrisy” of JCB, the British bulldozer manufacturer, in “awarding a literary prize celebrating the diversity of Indian writers” while “uprooting of the lives of so many Indians from poorer and marginalised backgrounds - including Muslims, Dalits and others - not to mention its enforcement of occupation in Kashmir and Palestine.”
More than a thousand-year-old Dargah, mosque demolished in Gujarat; 150 protesters detained
In the early hours of September 28, authorities in Gujarat’s Gir Somnath district demolished a centuries-old mosque, dargah, and graveyard as part of an ongoing ‘anti-encroachment drive.’
