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Friday, September 5, 2025
TopicWaqf board

Topic: Waqf board

Supreme Court reserves interim orders on pleas challenging Waqf Act

Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, representing the petitioner described the law as a 'complete departure from historical legal and constitutional principles'.

ED books five, raids nine locations in Gujarat in Waqf money laundering case

The accused allegedly claimed to be trustees of two Waqf properties, entered into 'fraud' lease agreements, extorted rents from tenants, and submitted false affidavits to the Waqf Board.

‘Even Parliament could’ve been claimed as Waqf property’: Kiren Rijiju defends amendment bill in LS

Bill was tabled in Parliament Wednesday. It seeks to streamline management of properties & address loopholes in Waqf Act. Critics dub it as an attempt to curb Waqf Board's autonomy.

AIMIM’s Owaisi says Waqf Bill ‘will lead to social instability’ & Muslim community has rejected it

Participating in the debate on the President’s Address, Asaduddin Owaisi says implementation of the Waqf Bill would take India back to the 1980s and early 1990s.

Waqf board JPC’s Oppn members seek time to submit report, say many stakeholders yet to give their views

AAP MP Sanjay Singh said Speaker Om Birla assured that the time limit for submitting the report would be extended.

Time to make changes in ‘land grabber’ Waqf Board, says Amit Shah at Jharkhand rally

Shah also accused the JMM-led coalition of making infiltrators its vote bank, claiming ‘trainloads of illegal immigrants’ would be sent back to Bangladesh if BJP came to power.

Glass shards and white powder—TV news had two mysteries on air this week

Times Now ran footage of the 9/11 attack on New York in 2001. What possible connection could it have to a small hole-in-the-wall attack in Delhi?

‘How to get Muslims to become BJP members after Waqf Bill?’ Minority Morcha complains to Kiren Rijiju

At a meeting attended by Minority Affairs Minister Rijiju, Minority Morcha leaders raised concerns about the bill, noting it could lead to tough questions during BJP's membership drive.

What’s the 8-yr-old Delhi Waqf Board case in which AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan has been arrested by ED

Okhla MLA was arrested after being questioned for 6 hrs. In January, ED had filed a chargesheet over alleged irregularities in recruitment in Delhi Waqf Board under his chairmanship.

At 1st JPC meet on Waqf Bill, all oppn parties object to inclusion of non-Muslims in waqf boards

BJP ally JD(U) said it is consulting with Muslim community which has expressed reservations over some aspects of Bill, and that it will discuss these at next meeting, it is learnt.

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HAL team to visit US this month for talks on joint production of GE 414 engines

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