Waqf Properties
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Nationwide protests over Waqf Amendment Bill, demonstrations in Mumbai, Kolkata | VIDEO
India | April 11, 2025 15:00 ISTNationwide protests broke out after Friday prayers in cities like Mumbai, Kolkata, Patna, and Lucknow against the Waqf Amendment Bill. Demonstrators accused the government of undermining Muslim community rights and demanded the bill's withdrawal.
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PM Modi calls Waqf Bill passage in Parliament a 'watershed moment', says it will help marginalised
India | April 04, 2025 8:39 ISTPM Modi said that the passage of the Waqf Bill by both Houses of Parliament marks a watershed moment in the collective quest for socio-economic justice, transparency and inclusive growth in the country.
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Waqf land dispute row: Karnataka govt writes to commissioners to withdraw notices served to farmers
Karnataka | November 10, 2024 12:22 ISTWaqf land dispute row: In Karnataka's Vijayapura district, there has been a significant rise in land claims by the Waqf Board, affecting farmers' ancestral lands, temples, government buildings, and even centrally protected monuments under the Archaeological Survey of India.
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Uttarakhand Waqf Board demands land for families of soldiers in Waqf Property
India | October 29, 2024 6:23 ISTSeveral state waqf boards, including the Punjab Waqf Board, Haryana Waqf Board, and Uttarakhand Waqf Board, attended the meeting to present their views and suggestions to the JPC.
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Waqf Bill joint committee meeting continues to witness ruckus for second day as Oppn MPs walk out
India | October 15, 2024 14:58 ISTThe Opposition MPs demanded the removal of the chairperson of the committee, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jagdambika Pal, who overruled their objections on many occasions during the meetings and allowed the deposition to continue.
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'Waqf Bill to be passed in Parliament in coming days,' says Amit Shah ahead of JPC meeting
India | September 17, 2024 16:43 ISTUnion Home Minister Amit Shah was addressing a press conference on 100 days of the third term of the Modi government. He said that the bill will be passed in the parliament in the coming days.
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Akhilesh's SP to oppose bill to amend Waqf Law: 'BJP's only work is to divide Hindus and Muslims'
Uttar Pradesh | August 08, 2024 12:13 ISTSamajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav's remarks came after it emerged that the government is all set to bring a bill in Parliament to amend the 1995 law governing Waqf boards to ensure more accountability and transparency in their functioning and mandatory inclusion of women in these bodies.
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What is Waqf Act? Why is politics around it? EXPLAINED
India | August 05, 2024 12:26 ISTWhenever a government or court attempts to bring in legal reform in subjects related to Muslims, a section of politicians or parties always go against and politicise it for vote-bank politics. From the Shah Bano case to the Triple Talak bill, they opposed the initiatives.
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Uttar Pradesh government to probe all properties registered under Waqf
India | September 21, 2022 10:20 ISTUttar Pradesh news: The state government has asked district administrations to undertake a survey of such properties and submit the reports within a month.
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Central Vista: Nothing happening to Delhi Waqf properties, Centre tells Delhi High Court
India | December 01, 2021 14:39 ISTSolicitor General Tushar Mehta urged Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva to adjourn for 3 weeks the Board's plea seeking preservation and protection of its heritage properties that are likely to be impacted by the project and said that being a “long plan”, the redevelopment has not reached the properties in question.
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CBI begins probe into illegal sale of UP Waqf properties, books Wasim Rizvi
India | November 20, 2020 10:03 ISTThe CBI has taken over the investigation into alleged illegal sale, purchase and transfer of Waqf properties in Allahabad and Kanpur, and booked Wasim Rizvi, former chairman of Uttar Pradesh Shia Waqf Board, in this regard, officials said.
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Azam Khan in soup for allegedly diverting funds from Waqf properties
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Govt committed to free Waqf properties of encroachment: Najma
Politics | November 22, 2014 16:24 ISTChennai: Centre is committed to free Waqf properties of encroachment and develop them with the help of a “strong legislation”, Union Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptulla said today.“In the last standing committee meeting (in this
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India to develop Waqf properties for Muslim welfare
India | February 27, 2014 16:33 ISTNew Delhi: The Indian government is moving ahead to develop the country's 490,000 Waqf (Islamic endowment) properties and use the revenue generated to facilitate the socio-economic uplift of the Muslim community.It has sought the Kuala
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