Mumbai anti-encroachment drive: Western Railway clears Rs 600 crore land, violence erupts in BandraWestern Railway is conducting a massive anti-encroachment drive in Garib Nagar, Mumbai. Hundreds of structures are being demolished to recl...
21 May, 2026, 05.55 PM IST
Anti-encroachment drive in Mumbai's Bandra slum turns violent; locals hurl stones, police lathi-chargeA demolition drive in Mumbai's Bandra slum turned violent. Authorities razed an illegal religious structure. Local residents protested, lea...
20 May, 2026, 09.03 PM IST
Demolition drive conducted near Howrah railway station in West Bengal amid heavy securityWest Bengal authorities conducted a heavily secured demolition drive near Howrah Railway Station to remove alleged illegal encroachments. T...
18 May, 2026, 06.54 PM IST
Assam Exit Poll Results 2026: Can Himanta Biswa Sarma lead BJP to another win?Assam Exit Poll Results 2026: Exit polls predict a second consecutive term for Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and the BJP-led NDA in As...
29 Apr, 2026, 11.05 PM IST
West Bengal elections: Dum Dum Uttar at crossroads, poised between governance, grievance and a heavyweight TMC nomineeWest Bengal Assembly Elections 2026: Dum Dum Uttar constituency is no longer a guaranteed win for the TMC. Senior minister Chandrima Bhatta...
26 Apr, 2026, 01.21 PM IST
VHP writes to President Murmu for stricter laws on religious conversion, 'love jihad'The Vishwa Hindu Parishad has taken a step towards influencing national policy by submitting a memorandum to the President of India. Their ...
18 Apr, 2026, 05.55 PM IST
Around 1,068 hectares of railway land is under encroachment: Railway MinisterIndian Railways faces encroachment on 1,068 hectares, a mere 0.21% of its vast landholdings. Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw highlighted technolo...
27 Mar, 2026, 03.40 PM IST
Out of 4.99 lakh hectares of railways land, 1068 hectare under encroachment: Ashwini VaishnawWith a vast portfolio of approximately 500,000 hectares, Indian Railways faces the challenge of over 1,000 hectares being illegally occupie...
12 Dec, 2025, 05.16 PM IST
Notice to mosques on encroachments: Railways says routine procedure, Waqf Board terms it 'surprising'The Indian Railways has issued notices to two mosques in Delhi to remove encroachments within 15 days, as structures on railway land pose p...
22 Jul, 2023, 07.33 PM IST
Supreme Court stays HC's order to remove encroachments from railway land in HaldwaniIt issued a notice to Uttarakhand government and India Railways on the pleas challenging Uttarakhand High Court’s decision ordering the Sta...
05 Jan, 2023, 03.24 PM IST
814 hectares of rail land under encroachment across country: Railway ministerThe Supreme Court, in its order dated August 31 issued in the context of piling up of the waste/garbage beside the railway tracks in Delhi,...
16 Sep, 2020, 07.33 PM IST
More than 8000 acres of vacant rail land to grow farm productsThe vacant railway land is given on license to railway employees working in Group 'C' and 'D' category under Grow More Food (GMF) scheme, s...
22 Dec, 2016, 06.38 PM IST
Over 206 hectares of Northern Railway land under encroachment: GovtTotal 206.37 hectares of land is under encroachment in Northern Railway including Jammu and Kashmir as on March this year, Minister of Stat...
07 Dec, 2016, 04.40 PM IST
CAG raps railways over lack of land management cellsRailways owned 4.59 lakh hectares of land up to March 2014, out of which, 0.46 lakh hectares were vacant and 930.75 hectares under encroach...
20 Dec, 2015, 04.48 PM IST
Demolition row: Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu says encroachments were hazardRailway Minister Suresh Prabhu today told Lok Sabha that encroachments were a "safety hazard" which have been impeding development.
14 Dec, 2015, 04.15 PM IST
- Railways found lacking in maintaining land records
Despite facing encroachment problem, railways was found to be lacking in maintaining land records, a parliamentary committee has found.
09 May, 2010, 04.21 PM IST
- Western Railway to grow vegetables to prevent encroachment
In a bid to prevent encroachment of its lands, Western Railway will grow vegetables along rail tracks.
16 Dec, 2007, 12.49 PM IST