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New Delhi, Dec 5 (PTI) Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday ruled out extending the deadline for registering Waqf properties on the UMEED portal but said a way would be found for those who attempted registration but could not complete and that they will be exempted from penalties for the next three months. He also said that 1.51 lakh properties had been registered by Friday morning. The minister stressed that those 'mutawallis (Waqf property caretakers) who have not registered on t ...Read More >
A political row erupted on Saturday after Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind president Maulana Mahmood Madani, during the organisation's governing body meeting in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal, accused the Supreme Court of functioning "under government pressure" and said the institution "does not deserve to be called supreme" if it fails to fully enforce the Constitution. Addressing hundreds of delegates, Madani claimed that attempts to "spread hatred against Islam and Muslims" have intensified. He said the sacred ...Read More >
Kochi: The Kerala Waqf Samrakshana Vedhi has moved the Supreme Court of India, challenging the Kerala High Court's verdict upholding the state government's decision to form an inquiry commission to examine the rights of around 600 families facing eviction after a property at Munambam was declared a waqf. On October 10, a Division Bench of the High Court set aside a single judge's order, which earlier quashed the State government's decision to constitute an inquiry commission led by retired Just ...Read More >
Surat (Gujarat) [India], November 16 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched a scathing attack on RJD and Congress leaders, accusing them of spreading the rhetoric of caste politics and said people of Bihar completely rejected "poison of caste division". Addressing a gathering at Surat airport, PM Modi slammed Rahul Gandhi over the Bihar poll results, saying a large segment of the Congress party, is fed up "with 'naamdaar's' actions". The ruling National Democratic Alliance (N ...Read More >
Patna: Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi on Saturday said the people of Bihar have rejected caste politics in the assembly elections.Addressing the people of Bihar in Surat, PM Modi said the opposition leaders in Bihar would take months to recover from the shock they suffered after the assembly election results were declared on Friday.Modi, who celebrated the NDA victory at the Delhi BJP office on Friday by saying "Bihar ke logo ne garda uda diya", a colloquial expression meaning doing something ...Read More >
The court of additional district and sessions judge Yajuvender Singh on Thursday dismissed two appeals filed by the Muslim Welfare Society and the Waqf Board, which had challenged the May 3, 2025 order of the Shimla municipal corporation (MC) declaring the mosque's five floors illegal. A detailed judgment is awaited. Advocate Jagatpal Thakur, the counsel for local residents, said, "All five floors of the disputed structure in Sanjauli will be demolished. The entire construction is unauthorised. ...Read More >
Shimla, Oct 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) A court in Shimla on Thursday upheld the decision of Court of the Municipal Commissioner to demolish the mosque in Sanjauli, located on the outskirts of the Himachal Pradesh capital, as it was illegal and saw widespread protests. Rejecting the appeal for Himachal Pradesh Waqf Board and the Sanjauli Mosque Committee, Additional District and Sessions Judge Yajuvinder Singh directed to demolish all the floors of the mosque, which was declared illegal. On May 3, the ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], October 28 (ANI): Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and BJP's candidate from Tarapur, Samrat Choudhary, asked the Mahagathbandhan to declare the source of expenditure and the budget for the poll promise to provide government jobs to one member of every family in the state. As the Mahagathbandhan released its manifesto, making the promise, Choudhary asked the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) to apologise for alleged "anarchy" under the Lalu Prasad Yadav's regime in Bihar. "They shoul ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Oct 28 (IANS) Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara said on Tuesday that there is nothing wrong with the demand for a Dalit Chief Minister. "What's wrong with holding a Dalit convention? Earlier, the high command had asked us to postpone it for certain reasons, and we had agreed. In the interest of the party, the Dalit community has always stood with the Congress," he said. The state Home Minister pointed out that to maintain this unity, the party needs to hold such conventions fr ...Read More >
Patna, Oct 28 (PTI) The INDIA bloc, which released its manifesto for the Bihar assembly elections on Tuesday, has pledged to block the implementation of the Waqf (Amendment) Act in the state and make the management of Waqf property more transparent and welfare-oriented. The opposition bloc also promised that the management of Buddhist temples in Bodh Gaya would be handed over to members of the Buddhist community. "The constitutional rights of all minority communities will be protected. The Waq ...Read More >
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav asserted that the INDIA bloc's manifesto will be a vision document to make Bihar the number one state. He criticized the NDA for not declaring a chief ministerial candidate or releasing its manifesto, accusing them of copying promises. Yadav alleged that both Nitish Kumar and Narendra Modi have failed to do anything constructive for Bihar. RJD leader Tejaswai Yadav on Tuesday asserted that the INDIA bloc's manifesto will be a vision document to make Bihar the number on ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) With Assembly elections expected in West Bengal by May-June next year, every move made by Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress Chairperson Mamata Banerjee will be under public scrutiny. Thus, the large-scale bureaucratic reshuffle carried out by her government hours before the Election Commission announced the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the country, is suspected to be linked with the upcoming polls. As is the ongoing organisational ...Read More >
New Delhi: Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said on Monday that the former CBI Joint Director's recent accusations against the Congress and RJD have revealed how these parties used to "exert pressure" on governments when their leaders got caught in scams. Former CBI Joint Director Upendra Nath Biswas, speaking to IANS on Sunday, had alleged that Congress and RJD were mounting pressure on the Centre, then led by former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda, to shield RJD chief Lalu Yad ...Read More >
Tejashwi Yadav, INDIA bloc's CM candidate, vowed to discard the Waqf (Amendment) Act if his coalition wins power in Bihar. He criticized Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for allegedly supporting communal forces. Yadav also promised development for the Seemanchal region and an increase in old-age pensions. He claimed the current government is plagued by corruption and poor law and order. If the INDIA bloc is voted to power in Bihar, the Waqf (Amendment) Act would be "thrown into the dustbin", the opp ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Working President K.T. Rama Rao (KTR) today launched a scathing attack on the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and the Congress government in the state by accusing them of deceiving every section of society in Telangana while colluding with the BJP behind closed doors. He said that Rahul Gandhi, who speaks against the bulldozer politics elsewhere, had turned a blind eye to Chief Minister Revanth Reddy's bulldozer regime that is demolishing poor people's homes ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Telangana Waqf Board, in collaboration with the Association of Telangana Sajjada Nasheen Mutawallis and Khidmat Guzaran of Waqf, conducted a training session on Saturday at Dargah Hazrath Shah Khamoosh, Nampally. The session aimed to raise awareness on the importance of properly registering details of Waqf institutions on the UMEED portal under the guidance of Waqf Board chairman Azmattullah Hussaini, CEO Mohammed Asadullah and the association chairman Moulana Syed Ali Akbar Niza ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) A major political controversy erupted in Bihar on Saturday after a video from an RJD rally surfaced online, showing a speaker making a provocative statement on the Waqf Bill and urging people to ensure Tejashwi Yadav becomes the next Chief Minister. The video, shared by BJP's National Spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari on X, shows a man addressing a public gathering from the RJD stage, making an open call to "tear apart the Waqf Bill" if Tejashwi Yadav forms the go ...Read More >
A High Court order on the Munambam dispute has deepened the legal tangle The recent order of the Kerala High Court, declaring the disputed Munambam holding as not a Waqf property, has deepened the legal imbroglio rather than offering a lasting solution to the vexed issue. The judgment of a Division Bench of the High Court, which found the actions of the Kerala Waqf Board regarding the Munambam land to be bad in law, stopped short of striking them down. The order has put the ball back in the co ...Read More >
New Delhi: Finding that a temple as well as commercial and residential properties were demolished for widening a road in Ahmedabad, the Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea against partial demolition of 400-year-old Mancha Masjid, saying the municipality is serving a public purpose.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi refused to accede to persistence of the counsel representing Mansa Masjid Trust for protecting the prayer hall of the mosque as Ahmedabad municipal cor ...Read More >
New Delhi: On Friday, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Gujarat High Court's order allowing a portion of the 400-year-old Mancha Masjid in Ahmedabad to be cleared for road widening. According to the Court, the partial demolition was justified in the public interest and did not affect religious rights. Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi clarified that only a section of the vacant land and an adjoining platform would be demolished, leaving the main mosque intact. They mentioned that ot ...Read More >
The decision was taken at a meeting of the AIMPLB, under the chairmanship of Maulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani, and follows "several complaints" about the difficulties in using the portal, from Waqf mutawallis and individuals across states, an official statement noted. "It frequently crashes, and uploading even a single property document takes around 40-45 minutes. The portal also demands numerous documents, and if even one mandatory document is missing, the uploading process halts," it said. T ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) In order to accelerate the process of uploading details of Waqf properties and completing their registration on the government's "Umeed Portal", a Waqf Help Desk (backend support system) was inaugurated at the headquarters of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind here on Wednesday. Through this Help Desk, mutawallis (managers of waqf properties), imams of mosques, and administrators of religious institutions can directly contact the desk and seek assistance. The Help Desk was ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 1 (ANI): As part of the 'Save Waqf Campaign', the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Wednesday decided to postpone the Bharat Bandh, which was scheduled for October 3, in view of the upcoming religious festivals. "However, the Board's protest movement against the Waqf Amendment Act will continue as planned, and all other programs will be held as per the scheduled dates," the AIMPLB said in a statement. Also Read | Cabinet Approves 57 New Kendriya Vidyala ...Read More >
Bengaluru: A case was registered in connection with an incident where a 16-year-old girl was allegedly forced into marriage at a mosque in Anepalya here recently, police said on Wednesday. The marriage is said to have taken place on September 26, they said. Based on the complaint of a government official, the case was registered under relevant sections of the Child Marriage Restraint Act at Ashok Nagar police station on September 29, alleging that the girl was forced into marriage by her parent ...Read More >
New Delhi, October 1: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has postponed the proposed Bharat Bandh scheduled for October 3, which was to be part of the second phase of its nationwide agitation against the Waqf Amendment Act. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Board clarified that the decision was taken after an emergency meeting of its office-bearers, convened under the chairmanship of AIMPLB president Maulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani. Bharat Bandh on October 3: AIMPLB Calls fo ...Read More >
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], October 1 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Congress President YS Sharmila launched a scathing attack on the TDP-BJP coalition government, accusing it of ignoring pressing issues in Dalit colonies while promoting religious infrastructure projects using TTD funds. Referring to a July 2025 High Court observation, Sharmila said that in certain Dalit residential schools, one bathroom is shared by 228 students. "Is it wrong for us to question this? Is it a crime to ask why th ...Read More >
Pune: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on the BJP government, accusing it of failing the youth and marginalizing minorities. He was speaking at Patrakar Bhawan during his visit to Pune. Owaisi said that young people who once rallied behind the saffron party are now left battling unemployment, paper leaks, and shrinking opportunities. "There is no scope for stable employment under the BJP regime. Even sa ...Read More >
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Minorities Welfare and Non-Resident Tamils Welfare Minister S. M. Nasar on Saturday announced that the state government will not reconstitute the Tamil Nadu Waqf Board under the amended Waqf Act until the Supreme Court delivers its final verdict. Nasar said the Union government had brought in the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 1995 -- renamed as the Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development Act, 1995 -- which came into effect on April 8, 2025. The ruling DMK, h ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has recently booked two public servants for demanding bribes in separate cases, highlighting ongoing vigilance against corruption in the state. In Hyderabad, Srikanth Goud, a Junior Lineman in the Gachibowli Division, was caught by the ACB after demanding Rs. 30,000 and accepting a bribe of Rs. 11,000 from a complainant. The bribe was reportedly sought to show official favor, including changing wiring to sustain electricity inflow from 5 KV ...Read More >
SRINAGAR: The Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU), an amalgam of Muslim religious organisations in Jammu and Kashmir, on Tuesday said the Supreme Court's interim order on Waqf Amendment Act has not addressed the broader constitutional and religious concerns raised by this legislation. The Supreme Court on Monday put on hold some key provisions of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, including a clause that only those practising Islam for the last five years could create a waqf, but refused to stay the ent ...Read More >
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