Bahraich communal violence: Demolition notices strike fear in shopkeepers, many vacate

Bahraich communal violence: Demolition notices strike fear in shopkeepers, many vacate

Locals vacate their shops after public works department (PWD) pasted notices on the properties of several people asking them to remove any illegal construction and warning of action, in violence-hit Maharajganj area of Bahraich, UP, Saturday, Oct 19, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Shopkeepers in Bahraich scrambled to salvage their goods on Saturday (October 19, … Read more

Bahraich victim’s wife demands ‘death’ to killers; PWD serves demolition notice to accused

Bahraich victim’s wife demands ‘death’ to killers; PWD serves demolition notice to accused

Police personnel with several persons arrested in connection with the recent killing of a youth at Maharajganj area during communal violence, at a police station in Bahraich district, on October 18, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI The wife of the man shot dead in Bahraich on Friday (October 18, 2024) said she will get justice … Read more

Chief Minsiter Yogi Adityanath allays ‘demolition’ fears of residents in Lucknow

Chief Minsiter Yogi Adityanath allays ‘demolition’ fears of residents in Lucknow

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath | Photo Credit: ANI Emphasising that there cannot be any justification for putting red marks on houses in areas adjoining Kukrail river revival project, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on July 16 assured residents that those involved in such an act will be held accountable. Mr. Adityanath met … Read more

Right-wing activists enter FTII, attack students over banner decrying Babri Masjid demolition

Right-wing activists enter FTII, attack students over banner decrying Babri Masjid demolition

Right-wing activists entered the campus of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune on Tuesday and allegedly assaulted students over a banner condemning the 1992 demolition of the Babri Masjid, police said. President of the FTII Students Association (FSA) Mankap Nokwoham was among those who were attacked, the association claimed. The banner … Read more

When home is along a railway track and the bulldozer may come  

When home is along a railway track and the bulldozer may come  

Crushed between the State and the Indian Railways, nearly one-third of the people living in Haldwani along the tracks face an eviction threat — their homes are in danger of being razed, and the future of their schools, banks, and hospitals is in peril Atiq Shah, 65, stands before the tree that Chirag Ali Shah … Read more