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Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson to co-author a book on the only Hawaiian mob boss

Dwayne Johnson is now collaborating with award-winning investigative journalist Nick Bilton on this ambitious project.
Updated on Apr 15, 2025 03:15 PM IST

Those in power nurturing land mafia: Akhilesh

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav. (HT file)
Updated on Apr 04, 2025 10:49 PM IST

RTI reveals over 16k kanals of JDA land under illegal occupation

JDA owns 68,992 kanals and 11 marlas of land, while in Samba district, it owns 11,983 kanals and 19 marlas. (iStock)
Published on Mar 09, 2025 06:32 AM IST

Anti-encroachment drive in panchayats: Punjab rural dept falls short of 2024 targets

As per sources, over 90,000 acres of panchayat land is still in possession of land mafia in the state.
Updated on Dec 29, 2024 06:26 AM IST

Greater Noida authority files FIRs against 18 builders for illegal construction

The Greater Noida authority has filed First Information Reports (FIR) against 18 developers who are building illegal housing projects in Tusyana village, leading to loss of revenue for the government. (Representational Photo)
Updated on Dec 27, 2024 07:04 AM IST

CM addresses 200 grievances at Janata Darbar

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Updated on Dec 23, 2024 05:30 AM IST

Noida sets aside 60 crore to improve civic amenities in urban villages

The authority on Thursday also took action against the land mafia in the city’s two villages -- Mohiyapur and Badoli -- along Noida-Greater Noida Expressway. (Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)
Updated on Dec 14, 2024 05:56 AM IST

Yogi Adityanath asks officials to reclaim encroached land, teach bullies a lesson

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath at Janata Darshan in Gorakhpur on Wednesday. (PTI PHOTO)
Updated on Dec 12, 2024 08:38 AM IST

Noida: Prime govt land worth 15 crore freed from encroachment

The free land (khasra number 430 of Sadarpur village) is located right in the heart of the city. (Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)
Updated on Jul 27, 2024 09:56 AM IST

Singer Lucky Ali alleges senior IAS officer of grabbing farm land in Bengaluru

Singer Lucky Ali alleges senior IAS officer of grabbing farm land in Bengaluru
Published on Jun 21, 2024 04:25 PM IST

ACB unearths major land scams in Jammu, 5 FIRs registered

The revenue records were also tempered with and land was sold to various persons, (HT File)
Updated on Jun 15, 2024 06:52 AM IST

Yeida frees 1.63 mln sq metres land from unauthorised people

Yeida has issued public notices and advertisements to warn the public against buying illegal plots to check the development of unauthorised neighbourhoods near the Jewar airport site. (Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)
Updated on Mar 25, 2024 05:50 AM IST

Drive against encroachment: Gorakhpur Corporation reclaims 2 acres from land sharks

For representation only (HT File Photo)
Updated on Nov 25, 2023 05:52 AM IST

Land of weak, poor should not be taken over by mafia: Yogi to officials

The UP CM also directed police to be tough in cases of love jihad, conversions and cow smuggling. (HT FILE)
Updated on Oct 05, 2023 05:18 AM IST

BJP submits memorandum to Bihar governor against Nitish govt

A BJP delegation, headed by the party’s Bihar state president Samrat Choudhary and leader of Opposition Vijay Kumar Sinha, met governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar at the Raj Bhawan on Sunday. (HT Photo)
Updated on Aug 14, 2023 04:54 PM IST

Govt mulls ‘bulldozer action’ on encroachments in cities, towns

Demolition of an illegal construction site underway in Lucknow (HT File)
Updated on Apr 30, 2023 06:21 PM IST

'UP govt has freed 67,000 acres of land from land mafia': CM Yogi Adityanath

The chief minister said the intention of his government is that the sports grounds should be located near the primary and upper primary schools.
Updated on Feb 23, 2021 10:30 PM IST

100 people injured in clash at Madhya Pradesh town, case registered: Police

Authorities suspect the role of the land mafia.
Updated on Aug 09, 2020 07:37 AM IST

SAD, AAP target govt on high power tariff, unemployment

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Published on Feb 25, 2020 11:22 PM IST

Widespread illegal structures in villages: Planning dept

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Updated on Dec 12, 2019 12:59 AM IST

Why are young bureaucrats struggling to complete their tenures in Kerala’s Devikulam

One of the IAS officers Sriram Venkataraman stirred protests in the area and even a public threat from controversial Kerala minister and local strongman, MM Mani.
Updated on Sep 28, 2019 09:40 AM IST

Allahabad HC stays Azam Khan’s arrest in 27 cases, issues notice to Jaya Prada

The Allahabad high court also issued notices to actor-turned-politician Jaya Prada and several farmers, asking them to file their reply in the case by the next date of hearing on October 24.
Updated on Sep 26, 2019 12:36 AM IST

BJP government has taken vendetta politics to new low: Akhilesh Yadav

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday slammed the state government for taking the politics of vendetta to a new low (ANI Photo)
Updated on Sep 14, 2019 08:34 AM IST

Malad mangroves turn parking lot for over 300 taxis

Environmentalists, who have alerted authorities about the encroachment, said that debris, mud and garbage have been dumped in the mangroves.
Updated on Sep 11, 2019 03:22 AM IST

Administration directs stamps department to initiate steps for curbing multiple registries of properties

The district administration said the ‘land mafia’ would register plots that had already been registered, in an attempt to dupe buyers.
Updated on Aug 17, 2019 02:29 AM IST

Azam Khan’s luxury resort in Uttar Pradesh faces allegations of land grabbing

On July 29, Azam Khan was declared land mafia following a series of cases registered against him in connection with the grabbing of government and agricultural land owned by poor farmers.
Published on Aug 16, 2019 12:16 PM IST

Azam’s name to be put up on govt’s anti-land mafia portal

Rampur district magistrate Ananjeya Kumar Singh said as many as 26 farmers had claimed that Khan and his men got the land for the Mohammad Ali Jauhar University through coercion
Published on Jul 16, 2019 06:47 PM IST

Azam Khan’s name to be put up on UP government’s anti-land mafia portal

Slapped with over two dozen cases, Samajwadi Party (SP) stalwart and MP, Azam Khan seems to be facing the most difficult time of his political career.
Updated on Jul 15, 2019 11:03 AM IST

Yogi Adityanath chooses Azamgarh to begin law and order review

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has chosen Azamgarh to begin holding review meetings to ‘tighten’ the screw on ‘lax’ official machinery. (Photo by Arijit Sen/Hindustan Times)
Updated on Jun 23, 2019 12:01 PM IST