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Indian Olympic Association president PT Usha alleges encroachment and illegal construction at her academy in Kerala, harassment by local authorities

OpIndia Staff - 4 February, 2023

Former Olympic track and field athlete PT Usha alleged that illegal encroachment and construction have been taking place on the land allotted to her Usha School of Athletics in Balussery, Kerala

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Tamil Nadu: Waqf Board usurps 57 acres of Hindu farmer’s land, DMK misclassifying land ownership led to this, says Hindu Munnani

OpIndia Staff - 1 February, 2023

Hindu farmers in Tamil Nadu lost 57 acres of land overnight to the Waqf Board

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SC asks J&K govt to not demolish houses of beneficiaries under the ‘illegal’ Roshni Act, refuses to stay the order on removal of encroachments

OpIndia Staff - 20 January, 2023

The SC was hearing a plea seeking to stay the JK administration's order to remove encroachments from govt lands

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Assam: Massive eviction drive in Lakhimpur to free 450 hectares of forest land, Congress MLA Sherman Ali detained for protesting

ANI - 10 January, 2023

Police had also detained suspended Congress MLA Sherman Ali who staged a protest against the eviction.

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OpIndia Exclusive: Streets named as per ‘Line Number’ after ‘Railway Lines’, the inside story of encroachments in Haldwani

राहुल पाण्डेय - 5 January, 2023

As the usual suspects have jumped in to defend illegal encroachment, t the Supreme Court will hear petition against anti-encroachment drive in Haldwani January 5

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Ex-Uttarakhand CM and Congress leader Harish Rawat sits on ‘hour long fast’ to support Haldwani encroachers

ANI - 4 January, 2023

In Haldwani, a large number of people are protesting on the streets after the order of the High Court to remove the encroachment from the railway land.

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Haldwani protests by Muslim encroachers get support from Amnesty India, accused of receiving illegal foreign funding

Anurag - 4 January, 2023

Amnesty India comes in support of Muslim encroachers from Railway land Haldwani

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Haldwani ‘protests’ by encroachers a social media drama, markets working as usual, Owaisi-Zubair types want to make it Shaheen Bagh 2

राहुल पाण्डेय - 4 January, 2023

Haldwani ground report, where things are business as usual contrary to what is portrayed in the social media.

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TMC remodels ancestral home of Rabindranath Tagore into party office, gets rapped by Calcutta High Court. Here is what we know so far

Dibakar Dutta - 11 November, 2022

The Calcutta High Court directed the administration of Rabindra Bharati University and the West Bengal government to protect the heritage building from being tampered.

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