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TopicWaqf Act

Topic: Waqf Act

3 months past deadline, India’s waqf mapping is only at 44%. Umeed portal is ‘stressing’ out staff

New Delhi: In the final days before the 6 December, 2025 deadline for mandatory upload of waqf properties on Umeed Central Portal, the Punjab...

Inside Bhai Preet Singh’s anti-mosque campaign in Delhi. Courts, clashes, claims

Meet the activist operating outside party politics, using social media tips and court petitions to challenge mosques and dargahs across Delhi.

Interim order a ‘relief’, but Muslim outfits want SC to strike down Waqf (Amendment) Act

While interim order has sparked hope among some, others like All India Muslim Personal Law Board & Jamaat-e-Islami Hind have decided to continue movement against Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025.

SC refuses to stay provision abolishing ‘waqf-by-user’, says abolition not arbitrary prima facie

If legislature finds that 'waqf by user' has led to massive encroachments & seeks to delete the provision, such an amendment cannot be considered arbitrary, SC says.

SubscriberWrites: Op Sindoor & Waqf Act, 2024 – Unanswered Questions and Controversies

Amid controversies, Operation Sindoor and the Waqf Act raise critical questions—issues of national interest deserve clarity, not political diversion.

Waqf not essential practice in Islam, waqf-by-user not a fundamental right—SG Tushar Mehta in SC

Making opening argument on behalf of Centre, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta tells SC that state waqf boards discharge secular functions, unlike Hindu endowment boards.

Acquisition of waqf assets by legislative diktat—Sibal’s opening arguments for petitioners in SC

CJI Gavai told petitioners challenging Waqf Act amendments that, for interim relief, they must make out ‘very strong, glaring case; otherwise, presumption of constitutionality will be there’.

SC cites judicial restraint, high threshold for invoking contempt as it rejects plea against Nishikant

Dubey last month launched broadside against SC while it was hearing pleas against Waqf Act. SC said the statements were aimed at scandalising and lowering court's authority.

Waqf bodies ‘advisory’ in nature, unfounded to draw parallels with temple boards, Centre tells SC

Legislative design of new law will ensure that no person is denied access to courts & that decisions are made within bounds of fairness & legality, it adds.

Removal of ‘waqf by user’ isn’t just about land—it erases memory, practice, and pluralism

The Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025 puts at stake not just Muslim property rights but the very idea of how India manages its religious diversity.

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Buddha comes home to Ladakh exposition: Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

The Government of India recognises Ladakh as one of the most important living centres of Buddhist culture in the world. We are committed to safeguarding its unique cultural traditions.

Lesson for India from the West: AI is hollowing out white-collar jobs & birthing a new middle-class elite

Post-2022 as AI has spread in developed economies, it is leading to another round of polarisation—the middle class jobs are being lost in offices rather than in factories.

Fourth S-400 sets sail for India, to arrive by mid-May; likely to be deployed along Pakistan border

The fifth S-400 air defence system is undergoing various stages of production trials, and will be delivered by November-December this year, it is learnt.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.