Articles for Encroachment

PMC chief orders inquiry into private builder’s encroachment on reserved land
3 days, 13 hours ago

PMC chief orders inquiry into private builder’s encroachment on reserved land

Hindustan Times  

Pune municipal commissioner Rajendra Bhosale, on Monday, directed the administration to conduct an inquiry and take immediate action after a private builder allegedly encroached on land reserved for a maternity home and two gardens. Congress leader Mohan Joshi, along with Prashant Surase and other leaders, raised the issue with the municipal commissioner and submitted supporting documents. The corporation reserved 1,502 …

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Prime Bandra plot under encroachment; Rlys promise action
6 days, 10 hours ago

Prime Bandra plot under encroachment; Rlys promise action

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: An 11-acre plot near Bandra railway station which is owned jointly by Western Railways and Rail Land Development Authority has been encroached upon by slum tenements and dumping of garbage and debris. Though there is no immediate plan to monetise the plot, valued at over ₹6,000 crore a decade ago, the encroachments will be removed as the land will …

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HYDRAA removes illegal road encroachment in Masab Lake
1 week ago

HYDRAA removes illegal road encroachment in Masab Lake

The Hindu  

Responding to a complaint by legislator Malreddy Ranga Reddy in the Telangana Legislative Assembly, the Hyderabad Disaster Response & Asset Protection Agency has initiated the removal of an illegally laid 60-foot road inside the Masab Lake, spread across 700 acres, at Turkayamjal village in Hayatnagar mandal of Rangareddy district, on Thursday. Huge boulders were brought in and large quantities of …

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Karanataka High Court adjourns hearing on contempt plea on Kethaganahalli land encroachment case
1 week, 1 day ago

Karanataka High Court adjourns hearing on contempt plea on Kethaganahalli land encroachment case

The Hindu  

The High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday adjourned till April 3 further hearing on a contempt of court petition, which said the State government failed to adhere to an undertaking given to the court in 2020 to implement Lokayukta’s recommendations to hold an inquiry into the correctness of claims over grant of lands, situated in Kethaganahalli village of Bidadi hobli …

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Karnataka government reclaims land ‘encroached’ by HDK
1 week, 2 days ago

Karnataka government reclaims land ‘encroached’ by HDK

Hindustan Times  

The state revenue department on Tuesday initiated measures to clear the encroachment of government land allegedly by Union minister HD Kumaraswamy in Ramanagara district, with the development coming a day after the state’s high court issued stern warnings to officials over delay in implementing the court’s earlier eviction orders. As part of the eviction operation, led by Ramanagara deputy commissioner …

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Land encroachment by Kumaraswamy: Karnataka government begins eviction drive in Ramanagara
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1 week, 3 days ago

Land encroachment by Kumaraswamy: Karnataka government begins eviction drive in Ramanagara

Hindustan Times  

The Karnataka Revenue Department on Tuesday launched an operation to clear encroachments on 14 acres of government land in Ramanagara district, allegedly occupied by the family of Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy. Acting on the directives of the Karnataka High Court, authorities initiated the eviction drive with the assistance of district officials and police personnel, news agency PTI reported. In January …

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SC directs Rajasthan govt to demolish wetland encroachments in Ajmer
1 week, 3 days ago

SC directs Rajasthan govt to demolish wetland encroachments in Ajmer

Hindustan Times  

Abraham Thomas The Supreme Court of India The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Rajasthan government to demolish encroachments on a wetland forming part of a park near Anasagar lake in Ajmer within six months and observed that destruction of wetlands is invitation to disaster. Under any cost, wetlands have to be protected.” The court was hearing an appeal filed …

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Officials clear encroached land near HD Kumaraswamy's farmhouse after court rap
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1 week, 3 days ago

Officials clear encroached land near HD Kumaraswamy's farmhouse after court rap

India Today  

A day after the Karnataka High Court questioned the delay in executing eviction orders in a land encroachment case involving Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy, authorities launched an encroachment clearance operation near his farmhouse in Ramanagara district. Ramanagara Deputy Commissioner Yashwant V Gurukar and Additional SP Suresh oversaw the operation as the Revenue Department, in coordination with survey officials, began reclaiming …

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Scheduled Caste residents appeal to Collector to save land from ‘encroachment’
1 week, 4 days ago

Scheduled Caste residents appeal to Collector to save land from ‘encroachment’

The Hindu  

A group of residents from Paappaiahpuram under Paalaamadai village panchayat near here submitted a petition to District Collector R. Sukumar on Monday protesting the alleged move to encroach upon the land reportedly belonging to Adi Dravida Education Welfare Society. Heavy vehicles In his petition, district secretary of Hindu Munnani N. Manikanda Mahadevan said the operation of heavy vehicles via ‘Katchi …

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J&K Govt Says State Land Worth Rs 18,000 Crore Under Encroachment
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2 weeks, 1 day ago

J&K Govt Says State Land Worth Rs 18,000 Crore Under Encroachment

ABP News  

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday said state land valued at over Rs 18,000 crore is under illegal encroachment in the union territory, with eviction processes initiated to reclaim it. Several members, including BJP members Narinder Singh Raina, Rajiv Jasrotia, and R S Pathania, posed supplementary questions seeking fixing of the timeframe for removing extensive encroachments on state …

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A.P. govt. reclaims 12.51 acres allotted to Hayagreeva in Vizag; warning boards against encroachment put up
2 weeks, 1 day ago

A.P. govt. reclaims 12.51 acres allotted to Hayagreeva in Vizag; warning boards against encroachment put up

The Hindu  

The Visakhapatnam district administration has taken possession of the land property at Survey No. 92/3 at Yendada under Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation limits, in response to the latest memo issued by the Revenue Department of Andhra Pradesh, directing cancellation of the allotment of 12.51 acres of land to the Hayagreeva Farms & Developers. Jana Sena Party corporator at GVMC Peethala …

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Iconic 'Black Lives Matter' mural removed post Donald Trump's encroachment threats
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Iconic 'Black Lives Matter' mural removed post Donald Trump's encroachment threats

Hindustan Times  

Construction crews began removing the large painting of the words "Black Lives Matter" on a street one block from the White House on Monday as Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser struggled to fend off threats of encroachment from both US President Donald Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress, VOA News reported. Workers put traffic barriers in place as they start the work …

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INTERVIEW| Multi-pronged approach needed to manage man-animal conflict, says Meenakshi Negi
2 weeks, 4 days ago

INTERVIEW| Multi-pronged approach needed to manage man-animal conflict, says Meenakshi Negi

New Indian Express  

How is ISRO’s technology helping forest department? Karnataka is a blessed land where sandalwood trees grow like weeds. We need not geo-tag all sandalwood trees in Karnataka, as the state government deregulated sandalwood trees, relaxing felling permission. Many solutions were discussed in areas like Belur and Sakleshpur, including selling land to the government to create wildlife corridors that connect fragmented …

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Prohibitory orders imposed in Peerumade sites to prevent encroachment
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Prohibitory orders imposed in Peerumade sites to prevent encroachment

The Hindu  

The Idukki district administration has imposed Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita on five survey number areas in the Peerumade taluk to prevent illegal construction and land encroachments. According to officials, District Collector V. Vigneshwari issued prohibitory orders preventing the assembly of people across survey number 441 of Manjumala village, 534 of Peerumade village, and survey numbers 724, …

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Why are Hindus in Delhi's Seelampur (Brahmpuri) putting up 'house for sale' posters? The Al-Mateen Masjid, encroachment and more
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3 weeks ago

Why are Hindus in Delhi's Seelampur (Brahmpuri) putting up 'house for sale' posters? The Al-Mateen Masjid, encroachment and more

Op India  

The area of Seelampur, or Brahmpuri in North-East Delhi, is in the headlines again, and for the wrong reasons, again. The Hindus in the area remember the 2020 anti-Hindu riots in Delhi, where the same Seelampur area saw massive violence and there were even reports of bullets being fired from the Al-Mateen mosque. Mosque expansion and ‘house for sale’ posters …

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Why are Hindus in Delhi's Seelampur (Brahmpuri) putting up 'house for sale' posters? The Al-Matin Masjid, encroachment and more
3 weeks ago

Why are Hindus in Delhi's Seelampur (Brahmpuri) putting up 'house for sale' posters? The Al-Matin Masjid, encroachment and more

Op India  

The area of Seelampur, or Brahmpuri in North-East Delhi, is in the headlines again, and for the wrong reasons, again. The Hindus in the area remember the 2020 anti-Hindu riots in Delhi, where the same Seelampur area saw massive violence and there were even reports of bullets being fired from the Al-Matin mosque. Mosque expansion and ‘house for sale’ posters …

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NCSC seeks report on encroachment of 915 acres of land assigned to SCs
3 weeks, 6 days ago

NCSC seeks report on encroachment of 915 acres of land assigned to SCs

The Hindu  

The National Commission for Scheduled Castes has asked the Erode district Collector to submit an action-taken report on allegations of encroachment on 915 acres of agricultural land assigned to landless Scheduled Caste people in the district. The move follows a petition submitted by Vadivel Raman, founding president of Samuga Neethi Makkal Katchi, to the Commission’s director, S. Ravivarman, in Chennai …

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Washington Post reporter accuses Jeff Bezos of ‘massive encroachment,’ threatens to quit if…
1 month ago

Washington Post reporter accuses Jeff Bezos of ‘massive encroachment,’ threatens to quit if…

Hindustan Times  

The Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos yesterday announced a policy change to the newspaper's opinion pages in a move that has clearly not gone down well with many staff members. Massive encroachment Washington Post chief economics reporter Jeff Stein called it a “massive encroachment” on Bezos’ part and said he would resign if the billionaire tried to interfere with the …

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Washington Post Opinion Editor quits as Jeff Bezos sets goals for 'new chapter'
1 month ago

Washington Post Opinion Editor quits as Jeff Bezos sets goals for 'new chapter'

India Today  

Jeff Bezos, owner of The Washington Post, popularly known as WaPo, announced a "significant shift" in the newspaper’s opinion section on Wednesday, prompting the departure of editorial page editor David Shipley. "Massive encroachment by Jeff Bezos into The Washington Post’s opinion section today - makes clear dissenting views will not be published or tolerated there. During Donald Trump's first term, …

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HYDRAA receives complaint about encroachment of Indira Park
1 month ago

HYDRAA receives complaint about encroachment of Indira Park

The Hindu  

Encroachments in the Indira Park came to fore at the Prajavani programme conducted by the Hyderabad Disaster Response & Asset Protection Agency on Monday, when a group of morning walkers approached it with complaints. The 76-acre Indira Park contains some extent of land donated by Pingali Venkata Rama Reddy, the last Deputy Prime Minister of the Hyderabad State, and social …

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Karnataka BJP leader files illegal land encroachment case against Sam Pitroda
1 month ago

Karnataka BJP leader files illegal land encroachment case against Sam Pitroda

India Today  

Karnataka BJP leader NR Ramesh filed a complaint against Congress leader Sam Pitroda, accusing him of illegally occupying 12.35 acres of reserve forest land in Yelahanka, Bengaluru, since 1991. The complaint, submitted to the Enforcement Directorate and Lokayukta, accused Pitroda of misusing the land, originally leased for medicinal research, by failing to renew the lease after 2011 and allegedly profiting …

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Across China: Scientists reveal relationship between shrub encroachment, herbal plant diseases
1 month, 1 week ago

Across China: Scientists reveal relationship between shrub encroachment, herbal plant diseases

China Daily  

LANZHOU -- A Chinese research team has uncovered a pivotal regulatory role played by climatic factors in the relationship between shrub encroachment and herbal plant diseases. In a study covering grassland ecosystems spanning more than 4,000 kilometers within China, the research team from Lanzhou University, located in Northwest China, investigated shrub encroachment into grasslands under varying temperature and precipitation conditions, …

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Massive encroachment of Valapattanam riverbank sparks environmental concerns
1 month, 1 week ago

Massive encroachment of Valapattanam riverbank sparks environmental concerns

The Hindu  

Environmentalists have raised serious concerns over the large-scale encroachment along the banks of the Valapattanam river near Kattampally bridge in Chirakkal grama panchayat in Kannur. It is reportedly aimed at constructing a road through Poramboke land, which may cause severe environmental degradation in the ecologically sensitive area. The Kattampally wetland, which falls under Coastal Regulation Zone -1 and is designated …

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Bengaluru residents allege 'massive' encroachment of Hulimavu lake, urge immediate action
1 month, 1 week ago

Bengaluru residents allege 'massive' encroachment of Hulimavu lake, urge immediate action

Hindustan Times  

Bengaluru residents have raised concerns over alleged large-scale encroachment of Hulimavu Lake, claiming that rapid real estate development has drastically altered the once-thriving water body. A video shared on X by ‘Namma Karnataka Weather’ handle claims encroachment by residential complexes "A video shared on X by ‘Namma Karnataka Weather’ claims encroachment by residential complexes and road construction upon the lake’s …

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