Haridwar: Religious leader Yati Narsinghanand arrested for 'inflammatory' speechesOn Thursday, Wasim Rizvi alias Jitendra Narayan Tyagi was also arrested and sent to jail. Yati Narsinganand was reportedly fasting at Sarba...
16 Jan, 2022, 10.43 AM IST
First arrest made in Dharma Sansad caseSome participants at the Dharma Sansad held in Haridwar from December 17-19 have been accused of delivering highly provocative speeches aga...
13 Jan, 2022, 10.44 PM IST
A 5-member SIT to probe Uttarakhand hate speech, FIR against five personsThe state police have already filed an FIR against five persons, including Waseem Rizvi who changed his name to Jitendra Tyagi after conver...
03 Jan, 2022, 07.16 AM IST
Supreme Court fines litigant who wanted verses removed from QuranThe Supreme Court fined a litigant ₹50,000 for seeking the court’s intervention to have 26 verses, which allegedly preach hatred against no...
13 Apr, 2021, 09.05 AM IST
Muslim outfits welcome SC's decision to dismiss plea seeking removal of 26 verses from QuranMuslim clerics and organisations on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court's decision of rejecting a plea seeking removal of 26 verses from the ...
12 Apr, 2021, 08.59 PM IST
SC terms plea for removing 26 verses of Quran as “absolutely frivolous”, imposes Rs 50K costLast month, an FIR was registered in Bareilly against former UP Shia Waqf Board chairman Waseem Rizvi for allegedly hurting religious senti...
12 Apr, 2021, 01.51 PM IST
BJP condemns Rizvi's Supreme Court petition over Quran verses: Shahnawaz"I strongly object and condemn Wasim Rizvi's petition seeking removal of 26 verses from Quran. It is my party's stand that saying absurd th...
16 Mar, 2021, 12.12 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
Shut madrasas to check ISIS influence on Muslim children: UP Shia board chief writes to PMRizvi, who has supported the demand for Ram temple in Ayodhya and uniform civil code, said Muslim children, if they want, can take admissio...
22 Jan, 2019, 02.34 PM IST
Muslim group opposes film on Ayodhya, writes to Censor BoardThe film, "Ram Janmbhoomi", has been written and produced by Shia Waqf Board chairman Syed Waseem Rizvi.
23 Nov, 2018, 10.57 PM 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
Supreme Court seeks Centre's reply on Shia Waqf Board's plea against 'unIslamic' flagsRizvi, in his plea, has claimed that green flags with a crescent and a star are "un-Islamic" and resemble the flag of a Pakistani political...
16 Jul, 2018, 12.55 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
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar representing 'govt interests' in Ayodhya dispute: CongressSri Sri Ravi Shankar has offered to mediate in the Ram Temple row for an out-of-court settlement, to which the Supreme Court is not averse.
31 Oct, 2017, 10.45 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