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
Give us 5-acre mosque plot if Sunni board rejects SC offer: Shia Waqf BoardThe Uttar Pradesh Shia Central Waqf Board Wednesday said it would ask the government to give it the five-acre plot that the Supreme Court s...
27 Nov, 2019, 06.34 PM IST
UP Shia Waqf Board welcomes Ayodhya verdict"The Shia Central Waqf Board welcomes the Supreme Court decision and congratulates the countrymen, especially those who fought the legal ba...
09 Nov, 2019, 05.24 PM IST
Ayodhya: SC dismisses Shia Waqf Board's appeal, says land belongs to govtA five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi gave a unanimous verdict dismissing the Shia Waqf Board's appeal in th...
09 Nov, 2019, 11.00 AM IST
Construction can't be done on 'waqf' land: Iraqi Shia clericThe reference was sought in connection with UP Shia Central Waqf Board chairman Waseem Rizvi’s announcement that the disputed site in Ayodh...
29 Aug, 2018, 11.21 AM IST
Uttar Pradesh Shia Waqf Board asks madrassas to celebrate Independence day, chant 'Bharat Mata ki Jai'Rizvi said there are over 1,500 madrassas and schools running on Waqf properties in the state and they will have to abide by the directive.
13 Aug, 2018, 06.06 PM IST
Ayodhya issue: Shia board offers to give up land, wants mosque in Lucknow"The draft for resolving the Ayodhya issue, prepared by the Shia Waqf Board, has been submitted in the Supreme Court on November 18," board...
20 Nov, 2017, 10.21 PM IST
Ayodhya dispute: Muslim bodies express doubt over Ravishankar's initiativeThe Muslim leaders have also taken strong exception to the statements of Shia Central Waqf Board chairman Wasim Rizvi and termed them as un...
15 Nov, 2017, 04.23 PM 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
Muslims should give up claim on Babri land: Shia clericThe board placed an affidavit before the apex court in which it stated that a mosque can be constructed at a place near birth place of Lord...
14 Aug, 2017, 05.56 PM IST
Nobody can 'give' away a mosque, says Asaduddin Owaisi on Shia Waqf Board stand"Masjids cannot be given just because one Maulana says so. Allah is the owner not a Maulana. Once a Masjid always a Masjid," said the MP.
13 Aug, 2017, 04.43 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
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
Shia clerics oppose demand to declare Taj Mahal a waqf propertyProminent Shia cleric and member of All India Muslim Personal Law Board Maulana Kalbe Jawwad said that issue was raised after Khan's statem...
25 Nov, 2014, 05.22 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh government postpones elections to state’s Shia Waqf BoardAzam Khan is said to have gone into a sulk over the Akhilesh Yadav government’s decision to postpone the Shia Waqf Board elections.
05 Aug, 2014, 02.20 AM IST
Protest was held to please BJP: UP Waqf Minister Azam KhanUP Waqf Minister Azam Khan has alleged that the protest held outside his residence in Lucknow was an attempt to please BJP.
26 Jul, 2014, 04.15 PM IST