Security heightened in the violence-hit area of Haldwani, Uttarakhand, after violence broke out in Banbhoolpura, Haldwani, on Thursday, following an anti-encroachment drive.
Four people died and over 100 police personnel were injured after violence erupted in Haldwani's Banbhoolpura area on Thursday during an anti-encroachment drive, a senior official said.
Four companies of paramilitary forces were rushed to Haldwani in Nainital district after violence erupted on Thursday in Banbhoolpura during an anti-encroachment drive.
The district administration and forest department conducted an eviction drive against the illegal encroachers in Assam's Goalpara district on Wednesday.
A team led by the Revenue Department Udhampur along with the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) and a local police team reached the Gole market on Thursday and started the drive.
A person was killed while 174 others have been detained after clashes erupted in Gujarat's Junagadh district on Friday night when a civic body served a notice to a Mosque to present documents, police said.
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to stay the demolition drive to remove encroachment in the Tughlakabad area in South Delhi, however, it agreed to hear the matter tomorrow.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Kashmir Province Vice President Er. Nazir Ahmed Yatoo has been on an indefinite hunger strike against the anti-encroachment drive for the last few days.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma lauded the government's effort to clear the encroachment from the Burhachapori wildlife sanctuary and said that the move bore fruit "almost instantaneously" as an elephant visited the evicted areas on Thursday evening.