illegal encroachment

On Wednesday (14th February), the Bareilly Development Authority (BDA) conducted a demolition drive to clear illegal colonies in the area.

Uttarakhand Police released a list of the names of 25 arrested accused rioters namely Junaid, Mohammad Nizam, Mehboob alias Maku, Shahzad alias Kanakada etc.

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

Irked by the bulldozer action on the illegally constructed structure in Haldwani, which some labelled as a madarsa while others called it a namaz place, he threatened both PM Modi and Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami with violence

Despite knowing the fact that it was the police personnel and local civic authorities who fell prey to the wrath of the Muslim mob, Haldwani Congress MLA Sumit Hridayesh has shockingly gone on to blame the Uttarakhand authorities for the violence.

90 pe cent people involved in the encroachments on the BCCL land in the Sijua region of Jharkhand are Muslims.

In Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi district, a female government inspector slapped a teenage girl after a verbal dispute

Punjab and Haryana High Court stayed the Haryana government’s demolition drive on the illegal encroachments of rioters involved in Nuh violence

The police had identified the rioters and their houses using CCTV footage and videos on social media.

Local Hindu community in the Panhalgad town have complained that a Madarsa has been 'illegally' built on the fort of Pavangad