Ahmedabad, July 19 (IANS) Authorities on Sunday demolished the illegally constructed structures at the firecracker factory in Ahmedabad where an explosion killed nine people, as police expanded their action against unauthorised firecracker manufacturing units across the city. In an official statement, Gujarat Police said the demolition was carried out at the site of Saturday’s explosion in Vastral village under the jurisdiction of Ramol Police Station.”The action was undertaken under the guidanc…
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Sambhal (Uttar Pradesh), July 14 (IANS) Acting on a court directive, the district administration on Tuesday carried out the demolition of an allegedly illegal mosque and Eidgah ‘constructed on government land’ in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district. The demolition was undertaken in the Asmoli police station area amid heavy security deployment. Officials said the 25-foot-tall minaret of the Eidgah was brought down first, while the demolition of the remaining structure continued through the afternoon…
Kolkata, June 28 (IANS) The railway authorities have conducted a significant eviction operation at the Park Circus station area in Kolkata, clearing illegal shops from land owned by the Indian Railways.Earlier this month, the authorities issued notifications to the proprietors of these shops and local vendors, instructing them to vacate their shops from the station premises and the surrounding lands in the Sealdah South Section of Eastern Railway. However, due to their noncompliance, a bulldozer…
Lucknow, Feb 17 (IANS) Congress leaders and workers on Tuesday marched towards the Uttar Pradesh Assembly to stage a ‘Vidhan Sabha Gherao’, protesting what they described as the weakening of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and the non-payment of wages to workers.The protesters were met with heavy barricading put up by security personnel around the Assembly premises, as authorities sought to prevent them from advancing further.The Congress party has intensifie…