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TopicWaqf board

Topic: Waqf board

Encroachments, need for regular surveys of properties — what waqf boards discussed with Smriti Irani

At three-hour interaction, they also requested for special funds from the central government to protect their vacant land parcels by constructing schools, hospitals etc.

Mann accuses Amarinder of allotting prime waqf land to Mukhtar Ansari’s sons when he was Punjab CM

This comes days after CM announced decision to 'recover Rs 55 lakh', spent on 'keeping Ansari in a Punjab jail', from former CM & his jails minister Sukhjinder Randhawa.

Waqf boards are India’s big urban landlords. But whose interest are they serving?

Waqf boards are the third largest landowners in India, after Armed Forces and Railways. But India's Muslim community is still struggling for basic needs.

Piran Kaliyar ‘trafficking hub’ row: Uttarakhand waqf board chief says ‘I stand by what I said’

BJP leader Shadab Shams says opposition trying to divert his statement which was targeted at hotels and residential areas in Piran Kaliyar and not at the Kaliyar Sharif dargah.

Want UP-style madrasa surveys, mosque CCTVs in police control, says new Uttarakhand Waqf Board head

Shadaab Shams, who was elected unopposed to the position last week, said the board also plans to introduce mainstream education in madrasas through subjects like maths and science. 

Delhi L-G grants CBI sanction to prosecute AAP MLA Amantullah Khan in Waqf Board case

Khan, who is also the chairman of Delhi Waqf Board, is being prosecuted by the probe agency in a case of 'illegal' appointments registered against him in 2016.

Muslims have to constantly offer ‘proof of patriotism’. Delhi riots just amplified the extent

In an essay in 'Citizenship: Context and Challenges', Fatima Khan details the experience of covering the Delhi riots 2020 and its impact on Muslims in the city.

Delhi HC grants Centre two weeks to reply on plea seeking reopening of Nizamuddin Markaz

The Markaz had been locked since 31 March last year following Tablighi Jamaat congregation amid Covid lockdown. The court has now listed the matter for hearing on 16 September.

Viral posts claim Dilip Kumar donated his wealth to Waqf Board. It’s not true

Hours after Dilip Kumar's death, several social media users said the late actor donated his wealth to the Waqf Board, instead of giving it to an NGO or old age home.

No loudspeakers in Karnataka mosques, dargahs from 10pm to 6am — state Waqf Board order

The order, dated 9 March', said increasing the ambient noise level around these structures has 'deleterious effects on human health and the psychological well-being of people'.

On Camera

Nur Jahan to Chand Bibi—Indian women in sports have been erased from history

Dice have been found dating to the Bronze Age in various Harappan sites in present-day northwest India and throughout Pakistan. And it’s very possible that some had female owners.

Vodafone Idea AGR case, explained: SC breather to cash-strapped telco & what it means for industry

Telecom industry keeping close tabs on the case. Government is single largest shareholder in Vodafone Idea, at 49 percent.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.