Hyderabad: Besides the 400-odd dilapidated buildings in the core areas of the twin cities, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has identified another 183 which might collapse at any moment. The Andhra Pradesh Lokayukta had in its order last month directed the civic body to see to it that action as mandated under the GHMC Act with regard to old buildings is taken and submit a report to it on...
01:12 PM, Jul 18, 2012
New Delhi: It's "absurd and laughable" to suggest that PV Narasimha Rao was indifferent to the December 6, 1992 demolition of Ayodhya's Babri Masjid and sequestered himself in his prayer room, a key aide to the then prime minister says of the events of the fateful day, whose repercussions are still being felt. "It is absurd and laughable. They cannot target anybody else, as only this (hitting at Rao) will...
06:11 PM, Jul 11, 2012
Hyderabad: Dismissing criticism of former prime minister PV Narasimha Rao over the Ayodhya issue, two top officials who worked closely with him on Sunday said he tried his best to prevent demolition of Babri mosque and to ensure rule of law. Recalling the sequence of events on December 6, 1992 when Ayodhya structure was demolished, PVRK Prasad, Media Advisor to the then prime minister Rao, said it is "absurd" to...
11:19 PM, Jul 08, 2012
New Delhi: Yet another book has levelled an allegation that P V Narasimha Rao had connived at the demolition of Babri Masjid claiming that the late Prime Minister had sat in a puja when the kar sevaks began pulling it down and rose only when it was over. The charge relating to the demolition on December 6, 1992 has been made by eminent journalist Kuldip Nayar in his soon-to-be released...
05:59 PM, Jul 05, 2012
New Delhi: The CBI has told the Supreme Court that the trial of BJP leader LK Advani in the Ayodhya demolition case has to be carried on without dropping the conspiracy charge against him as the razing down of the medieval monument was part of a "single larger conspiracy". The agency, in its recent affidavit, opposed the separation of trial of eight accused leaders - Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Uma...
11:14 PM, May 07, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will be hearing a Central Bureau of Investigation petition seeking restoration of conspiracy charges aganist senior BJP leader LK Advani, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray and others in the Babri Masjid demolition case on July 25. The apex court had on March 4, 2011 issued notice to 21 people including LK Advani, Bal Thackeray, Kalyan Singh, Uma Bharti, Satish Pradhan, CR Bansal, MM Joshi, Vinay...
12:42 PM, May 04, 2012
New Delhi: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has apparently not complied with the directives of Central Information Commission (CIC) to make public its detailed report on the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi site in Ayodhya. Chief Information Commissioner Satyananda Mishra had directed the ASI to either disclose its report of the disputed site or in case, the disclosure has been prohibited by the Allahabad High Court through its order, the copy...
11:17 AM, Apr 08, 2012
CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has directed the CMDA to demolish within two weeks, a building housing a private hospital in Kilpauk. The construction (of the hospital building) was an unauthorised and illegal one in all respects, a division bench comprising Justice Elipe Dharma Rao and Justice D Hariparanthaman observed on Friday. Originally, the CMDA granted planning permission for construction of a hotel in the plot on Poonamallee High Road...
10:12 AM, Dec 11, 2011
Bhopal: The Centre is contemplating demolition of the now defunct Union Carbide factory in Bhopal due to mercury contamination, Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Wednesday. "Though the state government and NGOs wants to preserve a part (of the factory) from where the gas leaked as monument, the Centre and the Group of Ministers (GoMs) on Bhopal gas tragedy want to raze the building of the Union Carbide Factory...
06:07 PM, May 25, 2011
Mumbai: Social activist Medha Patkar is on a hunger strike in Mumbai to protest against demolition of slums in the mega city. Patkar launched her indefinite hunger strike on May 20 and it entered its sixth day on Wednesday. Patkar is on fast in Golibar in the Khar-Santacruz area of Mumbai where 140 acres of land has been handed to a private builder, will affect 26,000 slum dwellers. She claims ...
01:15 PM, May 25, 2011
New Delhi: Expelled BJP leader Uma Bharti on Monday demanded building a country-wide consensus for construction of a magnificent temple at Ayodhya in wake of the Supreme Court order and said the matter should be settled outside court. "From the beginning, we have been demanding that a consensus be built across the country for a magnificent temple in Ayodhya. There is no clash of faith in Ayodhya. There should not...
07:54 PM, May 09, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Allahabad High Court's verdict on Ram Janmbhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute. Here is a timeline of events 1949: Muslims allege that Hindus placed idols of Lord Ram inside the mosque leading to civil suits by both parties. The government proclaims the premises a disputed area and locks the gates. 1984: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad spearheads a movement to 'liberate' the birth-place of...
12:58 PM, May 09, 2011
Activists of Raj thackeray's MNS demolishing shacks and hutments in Ghatkopar suburb. ...
06:12 PM, Apr 17, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday issued notices to senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi along with Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray and 18 others in the Babri Masjid demolition case. The notice was issued on a CBI petition seeking prosecution of 21 BJP and saffron leaders on the charges of criminal conspiracy to demolish the Babri Masjid. The CBI had moved the...
12:42 PM, Mar 04, 2011
New Delhi: Brihan Mumbai Corporation's (BMC) decision to demolish churches crosses across the city has angered the Christians. Churches and crosses define Bandra, the quaint western suburb of Mumbai, with a predominantly Christian community. The BMC sticking demolition notices on these revered symbols, not just in this suburb, but across the entire city, has left the community fuming. "I have never seen people so angry before. How can the civic...
07:48 AM, Mar 03, 2011
Mumbai: After courts and the MoEF pulled up the civic authorities over violations like Adarsh, the civic body has now resumed their demolition drive as a damage control measure. Dramatic scenes were witnessed during the demolition of a residential area in Khar in Mumbai last week. The new civic chief has issued guidelines to survey close to 2000 under construction projects and demolish the structures if any irregularities were found....
11:46 AM, Jan 24, 2011
Lucknow: Condemning the demolition of a mosque in Delhi by the Delhi Development Authority, Samajwadi Party on Saturday said the matter could have been sorted out through negotiations and asked Centre and state government to rebuild the structure. "The demolition on the Noor Masjid in the dead of night on the directives of the Chief Minister of Delhi has increased a sense of insecurity among Muslims and had the Delhi...
03:39 PM, Jan 15, 2011
Ramnathi: Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Friday said it would launch "final democratic struggle" for construction of Ram temple at Ayodhya if Centre did not hand over the entire complex for the temple construction. "We demand that entire complex at Ayodhya be handed over for the construction of Ram Temple and not just a small portion," VHP's International President Ashok Singhal said. Singhal was speaking at inauguration of the meeting of...
03:59 PM, Jan 07, 2011
New Delhi: A large number of police and paramilitary personnel have been deployed in the twin cities of Ayodhya, Faizabad and other parts of Uttar Pradesh ahead of Monday's 18th anniversary of the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya. Security has also been tightened in other states as Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Gujarat. In Bhubaneswar, Maoists have called for December 6 to be observed as Black Day. They are demanding...
09:34 AM, Dec 06, 2010
New Delhi: After days of deliberations the Congress finally explained its position on the Ayodhya dispute after the Allahabad High Court verdict. The party says it will support reconciliation but will not initiate it. And keeping in mind its minority vote bank, the party also added that the demolition of the Babri Masjid cannot be condoned and that the guilty must be punished. This on a day when the Sunni...
08:15 PM, Oct 05, 2010
