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  Taj Mahal should be handed over to Wakf Board: Azam Khan

  Politics | November 21, 2014 7:13 IST

  Rampur: Uttar Pradesh Minister and senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan has suggested that the Taj Mahal and the income generated through it should be handed over to the Wakf Board contending that the monument

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  Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan carrying live bullets, questioned at Delhi airport

  Politics | November 16, 2014 23:50 IST

  New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Urban Development Minister Azam Khan was today stopped by security officials at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) after he was found carrying four live rounds of bullets in his hand

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  Azam Khan says, Ayodhya issue 'almost dead'

  Politics | November 14, 2014 18:46 IST

  Lucknow:  Hitting out at BJP, UP minister Azam Khan today said the Ayodhya issue was “almost dead” as a “temple already exits there” and alleged that the saffron party wanted to keep it alive to

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  Leader should belong to people of all communities: Azam

  Politics | November 10, 2014 7:24 IST

  Kanpur: In a veiled attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan today said a leader should belong to people of all communities and treat every one as equal.“I am also a

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  UP: Six SP candidates, including wife of Azam Khan, file nomination for RS polls

  Politics | November 03, 2014 15:15 IST

  Lucknow: Tanzeem Fatima, wife of the powerful UP minister Azam Khan, was among 6 SP candidates who filed their nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha polls slated to be held later this month.All the six

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  Azam's wife turns down SP's Rajya Sabha offer

  Politics | October 31, 2014 18:12 IST

  Rampur: The wife of Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan today turned down the offer by Samjwadi Party to nominate her for the Rajya Sabha polls scheduled next month.The ruling party of Uttar Pradesh today announced

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  BJP dares Azam Khan to ban RSS in UP

  Politics | October 31, 2014 15:48 IST

  Lucknow: Days after Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan wrote a letter to Union Home Ministry against the RSS, BJP today dared him to ban the outfit in the state.  “It seems that Khan is losing

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  Azam asks Rajnath to take serious note of RSS' Hindu remark

  Politics | October 29, 2014 17:25 IST

  Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan today sent a letter to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh asking him to take a serious note of RSS' statement that all citizens of the country are Hindus, claiming

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  Azam Khan denies sting claim over Muzaffarnagar riots

  Politics | October 16, 2014 13:05 IST

  Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Urban Development Minister Azam Khan has denied having called up any official before the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots broke out, as accused by a television channel in a sting operation.Appearing before a committee

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  Hate speech relief for Azam, but HC raises office-of-profit query

  Politics | September 25, 2014 15:04 IST

  Lucknow: In a relief to senior Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan, the Allahabad High Court today refused to accept a prayer for issuing directions for the lodging of an FIR against him over an alleged

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  PM chose not to warn those spewing venom against Muslims: Azam

  Politics | September 21, 2014 17:22 IST

  Rampur (UP): Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan took a swipe at Narendra Modi over his statement praising Muslims, saying “while the Prime Minister acknowledged Muslims as patriots” he chose not to warn those “spewing venom”

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  Azam slams Sakshi Maharaj on madarssa issue, calls him "rapist"

  Politics | September 17, 2014 14:03 IST

  Barabanki: In an apparent attack on BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj for his statement that "madrassas were giving education of terrorism", Uttar Pradesh minister Mohd Azam Khan today said the statement has come from a person

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  'Love' and 'jihad' are 'paak lafz', shouldn't be misused: Azam

  Politics | September 09, 2014 19:35 IST

  Rampur (UP): Attacking BJP over the issue of ‘love jihad', senior Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan has said that both ‘love' and ‘jihad' are “paak lafz” (pure words) and should not be misused to vitiate

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  Azam intensifies attack on Shia cleric,calls him 'blackmailer'

  Politics | August 04, 2014 21:01 IST

  Lucknow: Apparently peeved at the postponement of Shia Central Waqf Board elections by the Uttar Pradesh government, Waqf Minister Mohd Azam Khan today intensified his attack on prominent cleric Maulana Kalbe Jawwad, terming him a

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  Shias in UP seek Azam Khan's removal

  Politics | July 31, 2014 11:20 IST

  Lucknow: The Shias here have asked Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav to clear ambiguities in Waqf Board appointments, allegedly been done at the behest of Urban Development and Wakf Minister Azam Khan.A meeting between Shia cleric

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  Shia cleric meets UP Governor, demands probe into cane-charge

  Politics | July 28, 2014 11:19 IST

  Lucknow: Prominent Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe Jawwad today met Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik and sought an inquiry into the use of force by the police on protesters, which allegedly left one person dead.  The

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  Azam blames RSS for UP clashes

  India | July 27, 2014 17:59 IST

  Rampur (UP): Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan today indirectly took aim at the Hindu outfit RSS for the clashes in the state, saying plans to “jeopardise” the peace in UP was being done in Nagpur,

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  Azam Khan blames RSS for UP clashes

  Politics | July 27, 2014 17:33 IST

  Rampur (UP): Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan today indirectly took aim at the Hindu outfit RSS for the clashes in the state, saying plans to “jeopardise” the peace in UP was being done in Nagpur,

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  Agitators thrash policemen in Lucknow during violent protest

  India | July 25, 2014 17:31 IST

  New Delhi: Protesters today clashed with police in Lucknow during a violent protest over Azam Khan's decision to sell properties of Waqf board.Clashes erupted on Friday after a group of Shia protesters marched towards Chief

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  UP Shia Central Waqf Board poll postponed

  India | July 04, 2014 8:07 IST

  Lucknow: The UP government on Thursday evening postponed the elections to UP Shia Central Waqf Board scheduled for today.A government press release said, Minorities Welfare Minister Azam Khan has ordered the postponement of the election,