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hawker news

Kurla, Ghatkopar lead illegal hawker hotspots

Suburban wards continue to bear the highest burden of illegal hawkers largely due to dense residential pockets, busy railway stations, market areas and expanding commercial activity.
Updated on Apr 03, 2026 01:40 pm IST

Trio held for kidnapping, killing hawker over financial dispute

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Published on Oct 12, 2025 06:48 am IST

Delhiwale: Raju’s biskut machine

Raju’s nankhatai cart has a large wood-fired stove/oven he calls ‘biskut machine’. (HT Photo)
Updated on Dec 06, 2024 05:04 am IST

Court acquits hawker of attempt to murder charge

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Updated on Nov 19, 2023 06:28 am IST

Teen, 7 MNS workers booked for beating up hawker

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Updated on Oct 04, 2023 09:56 am IST

Illegal hawkers on roads leave commuters, pedestrians in peril

Illegal hawkers on areas like Sinhagad Road, Satara Road, Katraj-Dehu bypass and Ahmednagar Road announce their sale on megaphones causing inconvenience to commuters and pedestrians. (HT)
Updated on Apr 14, 2023 01:58 am IST

Singapore's street food scene from hawker centers to food courts

Singapore's street food scene from hawker centers to food courts
Updated on Jan 08, 2023 06:07 pm IST

Delhiwale: A reluctant balloon hawker

It’s painful to be alone in an unfamiliar place, especially when you are unable to get a job you desire, Mr Kumar observes.
Published on Sept 22, 2021 12:53 am IST

Kalyan civic body starts allotting spaces to hawkers

The KDMC’s move comes after a massive eviction drive on October 31 at Kalyan and Dombivli station areas. The hawkers’ union had demanded allotting spaces.
Updated on Nov 14, 2019 06:36 am IST

Over 300 hawkers evicted from Delhi’s Jama Masjid area, alleges vendors’ association

The National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI) on Tuesday said around 300 vendors and hawkers have been removed from the Jama Masjid area of Old Delhi
Updated on Sept 17, 2019 10:20 pm IST

Hawkers’ hub in Ranchi to become no-vending zone

In Ranchi, vendors will not be allowed to put up stalls on 1.5-km stretch from Kutchery Chowk to Sarjana Chowk, known as hawkers’ hub. (Photo/ Sant Arora Hindustan Times)
Updated on Jul 01, 2019 08:41 am IST

Five years on, 17,000 hawkers still to get pitches in city

Five years on, 17,000 hawkers still to get pitches in city
Published on May 06, 2019 02:46 am IST

Pune Municipal Corporation takes action against 751 illegal hawkers in the city

Illegal hawkers are spotted outside garment shops on Tilak road. According to the guidelines issued by the Pune Municipal Corporation hawkers or small food stalls cannot be set up in the space outside established shops.
Updated on Jan 04, 2019 04:49 pm IST

Delhi govt to go easy on hawkers who don’t set up structures

Hawkers who are mobile and leave for the day after doing business will not be targeted as part of the Capital’s anti-encroachment drive, the government told the Supreme Court.
Updated on May 22, 2018 08:57 am IST

My City My Voice: Hawkers congest Malwadi chowk in Pune

No action from civic and police authorities has led to congestion on Warje-Malwadi road, owing to encroachment by hawkers.
Updated on May 13, 2018 03:09 pm IST

BMC evicts all hawkers to unclog Mumbai’s Hill Road ahead of monsoon

Officials of the Bandra (West) ward office said that the move is temporary and the stalls will finally be shifted to the new Pali market building.
Updated on Mar 31, 2018 12:37 am IST

2 dead, 1 severely injured after two groups of hawkers fight over space in Mumbai

The groups had previously been involved in multiple altercations with each other.
Updated on Mar 19, 2018 03:11 pm IST