Haldwani protest

This was, however, not the first time that tensions have flared in Haldwani, Uttarakhand. Radical Islamists have targeted this place earlier too

On Thursday the Uttarakhand High Court refused to grant relief to a PIL seeking stay of demolition of illegal madarsa and mosque in Haldwani

It is worth noting that this is not the first time that Haldwani has been engulfed in protests and violence over government action against illegal encroachments. In January last year, a massive protest had erupted in Haldwani over the issue of the removal of encroachment from the land owned by the Indian Railways.

Haldwani ground report in which Hindus describe the harassment and threats they face at the hands of the local Muslim majority.

The Haldwani encroachers said that the Maulana who is leading the protests against the eviction is an outsider

A minor child named Mohammad Sameer told OpIndia how one Imran Hafeez had coerced him and many other children to participate in the Haldwani 'protest.'

Journalists and activists have been caught tutoring the witnesses what to speak on camera, as seen in viral videos from Haldwani

A journalist who claimed to be with The Wire can be heard tutoring illegal encroachers at Haldwani who have been protesting against High Court order of their removal.

The apex court Thursday put a stay on the matter of the removal of encroachment from Indian Railways land in Haldwani, Uttarakhand

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