Land Encroachments
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Lucknow's Tunday Kababi embroiled in Waqf land row, maulvi accuses owner of encroaching on mosque
Uttar Pradesh | Jul 31, 2026, 10:46 PM ISTA controversy has erupted over Lucknow's iconic Tunday Kababi outlet after Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe Jawwad alleged that illegal construction was being carried out on Waqf-protected mosque land near the restaurant and urged the Uttar Pradesh government to investigate.
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UP govt launches major crackdown on illegal encroachments, shuts down 17 unauthorised madrasas
India | Apr 28, 2025, 09:18 AM ISTAs part of the anti-encroachment drive, strict action has also been taken against unauthorised religious establishments. In Bahraich district alone, action was taken against 89 illegal encroachments.
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Sambhal dargah faces probe over alleged financial irregularities, 'Waqf land' encroachment
Uttar Pradesh | Apr 13, 2025, 08:16 AM ISTAs per the complaint, the dargah of Dada Mouazmiya Shah, which is built on Waqf land at Janeta village panchayat of the Baniyakheda development block in Chandausi, was being illegally occupied by an individual named Shahid Mian.
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Land grabbers can't take refuge of law: SC orders removal of encroachment on forest land
India | Jun 07, 2021, 02:25 PM ISTThe top court, in a hearing conducted via video conferencing, directed that the Deputy Commissioner of Police of Faridabad will be responsible for providing police protection to the civic body officials in the demolition drive.
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Authorities obligated to ensure public land not encroached as 'place of worship': HC
India | Dec 22, 2020, 09:56 AM ISTAuthorities like the DDA are obligated to ensure that places of worship are not created on public land by unscrupulous persons through encroachment, the Delhi High Court has said.
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Ghaziabad Nagar Nigam frees over 26,000-metre land from encroachers
India | Oct 05, 2019, 07:19 AM ISTAn FIR under sections of IPC was lodged against Tyagi, Shamshudin and Umar for illegally occupying the government land, said Sudhir Sharma, city zone in-charge of the Nagar Nigam.
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Constable attacked by land encroachers succumbs to injuries
India | Oct 03, 2019, 10:11 PM ISTThe constable who was allegedly attacked by land encroachers at Kherauna village here died at the Lucknow trauma centre on Thursday.
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NDMC plans to free CP of encroachments
India | Sep 13, 2013, 07:22 AM ISTNew Delhi: To check encroachment by illegal vendors in Connaught Place, NDMC has decided to issue bar code identification licences for its teh bazari (street vending) allottees.“There are 47 authorised vendors but several others operate