As more houses and buildings develop cracks in Joshimath, the authorities will begin a demolition drive today to tear down unsafe houses and hotels.
Uttar Pradesh: The officials said the makeshift shops on Vikramaditya Marg were illegal and their owners were sent notices several times in the last six months asking them to remove the structures.
While the tonnes of debris would take 90 days to be disposed of, the dust would take up to a week to be cleaned out from the area, according to officials involved in the demolition.
Haldwani's Banbhoolpura railway land has been encroached upon by constructions, according to the Uttarakhand High Court.
Following the Supertech twin tower demolition, the PM 10 levels rose to 676 in Noida.
Only seven people were present inside the exclusion zone to trigger the button that set off over 3,700 kg of explosives in a series of blasts separated by microseconds. No human, vehicle or animal was allowed in that...
Bengaluru: As the authorities came with policemen and firefighters to tear down the building, the husband and wife poured petrol on their bodies and kept two more cans of petrol near them.
The level of noise at nearby places peaked at 101.2 decibels today during the Supertech twin tower's demolition as per data reports.
Noida Twin Tower Demolition: The nearly 100-metre-high structures – taller than Delhi's iconic Qutub Minar (73 metres) – were brought to the ground in...
Noida Twin Towers Demolition: Riyaz was among many other people who travelled to Noida from far-flung areas to watch the demolition of the structures despite...
Around 500 police and traffic personnel have been deployed in Noida ahead of the Supertech's twin towers demolition.
The former Enforcement Directorate officer-turned-politician Rajeshwar Singh suggested measures to mitigate the impact of dust and debris once the...
The nearly 100-metre tall Supertech towers, located in the Emerald Court's premises and have earned the title of being Noida's very own 'twin towers', are set...
Anti-slum-demolition activist Santosh Thorat, a slum dweller himself, has brought about computer and voter literacy, among other rehabilitation initiatives in...
Assam: The Jamatul madrasa in Moirabari, which was sealed after the recent arrest of Mufti Mustafa was bulldozed on Thursday, the police said.
The Babri mosque was demolished by karsevaks on December 6, 1992. After a long legal battle, the special CBI court on September 30, 2020, pronounced the...
The top court asked the parties to complete pleadings in the matter, and said it will hear the plea filed by the Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind against demolitions on...
The District Magistrate says by the time the high court order came, all encroachments had been removed from the 40-acre government land in Nepali Nagar in...
The Allahabad High Court, on Monday, postponed the hearing of a petition filed by the wife of the accused in Prayagraj violence.
Forest dwellers in the union territory wait for long delayed laws as new challenges threaten their traditional way of life.
How Mumbai has become the city of demolitions and redevelopment projects that never take off
Successive BJP and Congress governments have been accused of razing temples in Rajgarh, leading to a political slugfest between the parties
A 15-year-old Mumbai slum-dweller describes life after his house was razed during a demolition drive
The issue is not of ‘land jihad’ or Hindus versus Muslims, but between the tribal community with no power and influence and the administration that...
Judges calling slum dwellers ‘encroachers’ goes against constitutional human rights and indicates the sorry state of the poor
