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The issue surfaced after RTI activist Keshav Dev Sharma filed an RTI with the Municipal Corporation of Aligarh about Jama Masjid. In response, the Municipal Corporation stated that the 300-year-old Jama Masjid in Upperkot was built on public property.

The locals in Uttarakhand held a protest outside a Mazar (tomb) on a public road in Dehradun after a street vendor had allegedly occupied the Mazar to build illegal structures

After the Indian Armed Forces and Indian Railways, the Waqf is third largest owner of properties in India.

As per reports, the apex court rejected the CPM's plea, stating that none of the affected parties has been a part of the petition and it is purely political in nature.

Gothandaraman, a native of Selayur in Chennai, had given his 8,063 sq. ft property on Strahan’s Road in Otteri to a pastor named John Venkateshan.

While the BJP-ruled MCD has been trying to rid the city of illegal encroachments, AAP has been actively hindering its efforts.

NDMC mayor surveyed areas under his jurisdiction for encroachments, blamed AAP for rehabilitating illegal Rohingyas and Bangladeshis.

According to sources, the illegal structure was demolished on Wednesday itself last week after authorities were made aware of the encroachment.

The devotees said that they wanted to remove the extra structures voluntarily so that no one should point fingers at them.

As NDMC continued demolition in Jahngirpuri evev after Supreme Court stay order, Brinda Karat reached the location to stop it