Mangaluru: 14 illegal houses demolished in Panemangaluru
Mangaluru: Working on the orders of Assistant Commissioner Ravichandra Nayak, the Taluk administration on Saturday early morning began the evacuation and demolition drive of the 14 illegal houses constructed in Hobali near Nethravathi River in Panemangaluru.
Revenue Department officials led by Tahsildar Rashmi, and Municipal officials led by Chief Officer Rekha Shetty initiated the drive of evacuating and demolishing 14 houses illegally constructed on two-acre land here. The drive was carried out under heavy police security.
The JCB were deployed for the drive to demolish the houses.
According to the reports the land is not eligible for habitation and is prone during the times of natural calamities and disasters. The authorities have reportedly been issuing notice to the illegal occupants since 2017 but had received no positive response from them. Earlier this month a final notice was issued to them which was also ignored by the residents, leading the officials to carry out drive to evacuate and demolish the houses.
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Gauhati HC issues notice to Assam CM in PILs alleging 'hate speech'
Guwahati (PTI): The Gauhati High Court on Thursday issued a notice to Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in connection with a bunch of PILs, accusing him of giving "hate speech" and making "communal comments" against the 'Miya' community.
Notices were also issued to the state government and the DGP in connection with three different petitions on the matter.
A division bench comprising Chief Justice Ashutosh Kumar and Justice Arun Dev Choudhury heard the three petitions.
The court fixed March 21 as the next date of hearing.
"The respondents have to reply to the notices before the next date. The court has not issued any other order," Advocate Santanu Borthakur, who assisted the counsels for one of the petitioners, told PTI.
One petition was filed by Assamese litterateur Hiren Gohain, former DGP Harekrishna Deka and senior journalist Paresh Malakar on February 24. The CPI and CPI(M) had also filed separate petitions on February 21, seeking to restrain the CM from making such comments.
The Supreme Court on February 16 refused to entertain petitions seeking action against Sarma over a viral video purportedly showing him taking aim and firing with a rifle at members of a particular community.
'Miya' is originally a pejorative term used for Bengali-speaking Muslims in Assam, and the non-Bengali-speaking people generally identify them as Bangladeshi immigrants. In recent years, activists from the community have started adopting the term as a gesture of defiance.
