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67 unauthorised hawkers evicted from Mumbai's Colaba Causeway
November 05, 2025 4:04 pm
The eviction drive comes in the wake of complaints from the traffic department that the space in Colaba road carriageway has reduced due to the presence of hawkers.
Mumbai: Nine BJP workers booked for ‘abusing, assaulting’ Muslim hawkers in Dadar
April 27, 2025 3:47 am
Tendulkar, speaking to a news channel, claimed that they had demanded action against Bangladeshi nationals who were staying in India using fake documents
Despite stay on resolution, ‘Left Madhi with unsold goods’: Vendors who were not allowed stalls for Kanifnath Yatra
March 17, 2025 7:48 am
The resolution was invalidated by the BDO Shivaji Kamble, citing bogus votes and a lack of quorum
Not one street in Mumbai spared of illegal hawkers: Bombay HC to BMC, state
November 13, 2024 8:35 am
The court said that the BMC and state police cannot keep passing the buck or blame each other to keep streets free of illegal hawkers.
'Illegal hawkers' livelihoods lost amid BMC crackdown, what's the way forward?
August 26, 2024 1:41 pm
The BMC also announced plans to hold elections to induct hawkers into the Town Vending Committee on Aug 29. Nayonika Bose examines the measures being taken by the BMC to address hawking and explores the broader implications of urban space regulation in Mumbai.
After HC pulls up BMC and police for unauthorized hawker menace, Mumbai police finds 3 beat marshalls at fault, transfers them to control room
July 27, 2024 10:41 am
It had also pulled up the police for failing to act against them and said roads are cleared only during the visits of the Prime Minister and other VVIPs.
'Collapse of machinery': Bombay High Court pulls up police, BMC for failing to curb unauthorised hawkers
July 22, 2024 6:00 pm
The Bombay High Court was hearing a suo motu plea it initiated last year after two shop owners from Borivali (East) complained that several unauthorised stalls had come up in front of their shops.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee suspends eviction drive for a month, asks to identify hawker zone
June 28, 2024 4:33 am
After the CM’s meeting on Monday where she called for an eviction drive, thousands of hawkers put forward demands, CM says ‘no right to make anyone unemployed’
Bombay HC seeks BMC response for solution to unlicenced hawker issue
February 14, 2024 7:37 am
Seeking BMC's response, the Bombay High Court posted the matter for further hearing to March 1.
Singapore food vendors launch first hawker center in New York
September 29, 2022 3:38 pm
Customer Julie Lee, on her third visit, raved about Hainan Jones' chicken over rice. "Everyone should give it a try. So much flavor, so tender," she said.
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