Union minister of social justice Ramdas Athawale described the demand for demolition of Aurangzeb’s tomb as “extreme” and urged the state govt to guard against a possible flare-up.“History cannot be altered by demolishing a tomb. For so many years, Aurangzeb’s tomb has been there, and now suddenly there is an extreme stand. (State) govt should…
Railways halts razing of unauthorised temples MUMBAI: Central Railway (CR) on Saturday stayed demolition of five unauthorised temples outside Dadar station amid escalating opposition from Sena UBT, later leading to protests from BJP members as well.Sena UBT criticised the demolition notices soon after they were issued on December 4. On Friday, party chief Uddhav Thackeray…
MUMBAI: Supreme Court stayed BMC’s demolition of an unauthorised construction in Vakola, a day after the municipality assured Bombay high court that the “offending” structure would be demolished within a week.Justices Vikram Nath and Prasanna Varale of SC took up the hearing on Thursday 3.55pm and noted that in a contempt petition, “some order was…