What is Waqf Bill? Here's an easy guide to understand the hotly-debated billUnion Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju introduced the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, in the Lok Sabha, focusing on improving the admini...
02 Apr, 2025, 02.20 PM IST
Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 to be taken for passage in Lok Sabha on Wednesday; here's all you should knowThe Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, aiming to digitize and enhance transparency in managing Waqf properties, is set to be debated in Parliamen...
02 Apr, 2025, 08.52 AM IST
Amended Waqf Bill to be taken up for passage, consideration in Lok Sabha on April 2The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, aimed at improving Waqf property management through digitisation, better audits, transparency, and legal reforms...
01 Apr, 2025, 02.20 PM IST
AIMPLB demand withdrawal of Waqf Amendment Bill, calls it a "conspiracy"The All India Muslim Personal Law Board, along with key Muslim organizations, called for the withdrawal of the proposed Waqf Amendment Bill...
23 Aug, 2024, 10.39 PM IST
Waqf Act: 'Waqt' for Waqf to change? How the battlelines are drawnThe Madhya Pradesh High Court dismissed the Waqf Board's claims on ASI-protected monuments in Burhanpur. Union Minister Kiren Rijiju introd...
08 Aug, 2024, 04.05 PM IST
Waqf through the ages: How Rs 1-lakh crore property owner board acquires land and what the govt aims to changeThe Waqf Board is reportedly the third-largest landholder in India, following the Railways and the Defence Department. Waqf boards control ...
08 Aug, 2024, 03.05 PM IST
Waqf Act amendments likely to be introduced first in Rajya Sabha: SourcesThe government is set to introduce significant amendments to the Waqf Board Act, aiming to regulate property registration and elevate women...
05 Aug, 2024, 02.22 PM IST
HC sets aside order extending term of UP Sunni Waqf Board; wants new elected body to take chargeCiting the COVID-19 pandemic, the state government had extended the term of the UP Sunni Central Waqf Board after it expired on April 1, 20...
25 Jan, 2021, 10.43 PM IST
Supreme Court lens on waqf's 'unlisted assets worth lakhs of crores'In Tamil Nadu, Shia waqf properties were valued at Rs 688 crore while that of Sunni waqf was Rs 99,311 crore. And yet, neither the states n...
07 Feb, 2020, 11.53 AM IST
Akhada hammers out agreement with UP Shia Waqf board on Ayodhya issueThe decision will be conveyed to the Supreme Court by December 5, a day before the 25th anniversary of the demolition of the medieval-era s...
13 Nov, 2017, 10.20 PM IST
UP government mulling merging Shia, Sunni Waqf boardsThe minister further said that as per the Central Waqf council, there are only 3,000 units of Shia Waqf Board, and that there was no point ...
22 Oct, 2017, 05.46 PM IST
UP government announces dissolution of Shia, Sunni waqf boardsThe committee in its report elaborated on how Khan as minister allegedly misused his position to grab properties under the boards.
15 Jun, 2017, 05.50 PM IST
50 pc Waqf properties under the clutches of mafia: Mukhtar Abbas NaqviAs its names suggests, the Act, currently being examined by the Group of Ministers, has provisions to evict illegal occupants from the Waqf...
27 Feb, 2017, 06.13 PM IST
False propaganda by UP government on minority welfare: Najma HeptullaIt is not cooperating in education, employment and technical development works being done by Prime Minister Narendra Modi government," she ...
02 Apr, 2016, 08.54 PM IST
Will recommend dissolution of state Waqf boards if they fail to perform: Najma HeptullahHeptulla asked Khan to give his complaint in writing and assured she will take up the matter with state Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouha...
30 Mar, 2016, 05.06 PM IST
Vice Chancellor alleges attempt to grab Aligarh Muslim University landShah has pointed out that the property, which is in Civil Lines, is a registered Waqf property under the trusteeship of the Finance Officer...
08 Dec, 2014, 06.18 PM IST
Taj Mahal part of ancient temple, claims UP BJP chiefState BJP chief Bajpai said that Mughal emperor Shah Jahan "purchased a part of Tejo Mahalaya temple's land from Raja Jai Singh".
08 Dec, 2014, 11.28 AM IST