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Bengaluru demolition drive: 233 shops removed near KR Market after High Court order
August 06, 2026 2:22 pm
The drive went ahead despite protests from displaced vendors who claimed decades of presence and demanded proper rehabilitation under the Street Vendors Act.
Nasir Nagar demolition | 'Model state image at stake’: Gujarat HC asks why Surat civic chief remains in post
July 31, 2026 4:35 am
Says transferring the officer during pendency of inquiry can avoid unnecessary embarrassment to both State and probe panel.
Abhishek Banerjee’s office demolished for ‘violations’, TMC plans to move HC
July 19, 2026 5:57 am
Three bulldozers were deployed to raze Abhishek Banerjee’s office, a five‑storey building in Amtala in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district.
Amid US indictment, gangster Rohit Godara’s Bikaner home demolished by ‘unknown persons’
July 15, 2026 3:01 am
Police say local residents claimed to have ‘no knowledge’ of how and when the action was carried out
AMC U-turn: ‘Experts say Subhash Bridge reconstruction, not repair, best option’
June 24, 2026 10:39 pm
Municipal Commissioner Banchhanidhi Pani says AMC is working at all levels to complete the reconstruction of bridge as soon as possible
Demolished, but not rehabilitated: 100 Garib Nagar families stare at a monsoon amid rubble
June 23, 2026 8:43 pm
Even if approvals are cleared in the coming days, rehabilitation is unlikely before late July, meaning residents will spend at least part of the monsoon in damaged homes despite having been declared eligible for rehabilitation years ago.
Lucknow fire: Demolition order issued against building in 2016, later withdrawn
June 23, 2026 7:06 am
Officials said the property, MS/102/D in Sector D of the Aliganj Scheme, was originally allotted to Vijay Kumar under the LDA's hire-purchase scheme through a lottery on July 11, 1980.
Second day of drive: Clashes break out at Bandra demolition drive as two mosques razed
May 21, 2026 1:05 am
Trouble began when residents gathered to oppose the demolition of the first mosque in the area.
100 homes razed in Mumbai's Darukhana as Port Authority clears ‘encroachments’
May 12, 2026 10:08 pm
MbPA officials said clearance drives against other alleged encroachments in the area would continue.
Politicians write in support of Darukhana residents, demolitions to restart on Tuesday
May 11, 2026 8:49 pm
MbPA officials said all the encroachments in the area were to be cleared off, with other settlements also on the list.
DEMOLITION VIDEOS
Locals set police vehicle ablaze during anti-encroachment drive
January 27, 2016 5:29 am
Vaishali, Jan 27 (ANI): Locals set police vehicle on fire in protest during an anti-encroachment drive in Bihar’s Vaishali distrcit. Agitated locals doused the police vehicle into flames over a row on demolition of a temple. The mob also thrashed the police authorities. Police intervened to take control of the situation but it things got out of hand.
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