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Mumbai to Issue QR-Code IDs to Nearly 100,000 Hawkers as Interim Protection

City officials say the cards will give eligible hawkers formal recognition pending formation of the required Town Vending Committees.

Mamata Condemns Kolkata Evictions and Backs Hawker Protests

Howrah Station Approaches Cleared in Overnight Anti-Encroachment Drive

West Hollywood Hot Dog Cart Fight Prompts Sheriff’s Probe

Mumbai Starts Counting Town Vending Committee Votes After High Court Go-Ahead

Bombay HC Gives Maharashtra Final Chance To Present Time-Bound Hawker Scheme

Bombay High Court Orders Citywide ID Checks of Mumbai Hawkers, Ends Stay on Street Vendors Act

Mumbai Police Book Two Hawkers Over Alleged Assault on BMC Staff at Santacruz Station

Two Arrested in Charminar Pushcart Extortion Racket

BMC Chief Orders Crackdown After Kandivali Eviction Drive Attack

Mexico City Police Detain Two in Historic Center Vendor Extortion Case

NYC Council Overrides Adams Vetoes to Enact Street Vendor Reforms

Peru’s Urban Informality Crisis Becomes a 2026 Campaign Test

Centre Reviews PM SVANidhi Rollout, Sets Month-Long Drive to Speed Loans to Street Vendors

Rio’s Operação Verão Seizes 401 Liquor Bottles and Fines 31 in Weekend Beach Sweep

Mumbai Police Launch Manhunt After Viral Video Spurs Hawker Assault Arrest

Meghalaya Completes First Phase of Khyndailad Street Vendor Relocation

Shillong Extends Hawker Relocation Deadline to July 22 After Protests

Kolkata unveils mobile vendor plan as hawkers relocate from New Market pavements

Delhi Vendors Protest Late-Night Demolitions as MCD Begins Survey for Vending Committees