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New Delhi, April 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Opposition parties on Wednesday criticised the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government for the introduction of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill (FCRA), 2026, in the Lok Sabha, calling the Bill 'malafide' and 'undemocratic'. While the BJP, in its defence, said the Bill aims to regulate foreign funding and is in 'national interest'. The Bill was introduced on March 25 by Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai, dur ...Read More >
Kozhikode (Kerala), Apr 1 (PTI) Congress General Secretary K C Venugopal on Wednesday accused the CPI(M) of turning Kerala into a land of bombs and violence, and contended that the people want a peaceful state. Venugopal, while leading a 'peace march' at Vadakara here, said that the Left government was facilitating the manufacture and use of bombs in the state. "The CPI(M) has turned the state into a land of bombs. We need a peaceful state," he alleged, while talking to reporters here. Venugo ...Read More >
Davanagere: Responding to Minister for Waqf and Housing, Zameer Ahmad Khan's alleged reluctance to campaign in Davanagere, Deputy Chief Minister and State Congress President, D.K. Shivakumar on Tuesday stated, "The party does not run on one individual. It does not run on D.K. Shivakumar, Siddaramaiah, or Zameer Ahmad Khan. It runs on ideology and workers. We have been working consistently for elections." He made the statement in Davanagere city after arriving for campaigning with AICC General S ...Read More >
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has moved the Delhi High Court, challenging the acquittal of AAP convener and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by a trial court in January for skipping summons by the agency during the probe into the alleged liquor policy scam. The ED had filed two criminal cases against Kejriwal - in February and March 2024 - under IPC Section 174 (non-attendance in obedience to an order from public servant). Provisions under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (P ...Read More >
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 season has barely begun, but it has already delivered its first major controversy. Following Kolkata Knight Riders' (KKR) six-wicket defeat to Mumbai Indians (MI) at the Wankhede Stadium, a pointed remark from captain Ajinkya Rahane has triggered a wider debate - forcing Cricket Australia (CA) to step in with a clarification. At the centre of the storm is Cameron Green, KKR's high-profile signing worth INR 25.20 crore, who did not bowl a single over despite ...Read More >
Kottayam (Kerala) | BJP state vice president Shone George on Monday said concerns over the FCRA amendment bill are "baseless" and asserted that the proposed changes are aimed only at regulating foreign funds received by NGOs. His statement comes amid criticism from Christian organisations and political leaders, who have alleged that the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment (FCRA) Bill, introduced in the Lok Sabha, targets minorities and has become a major issue in Kerala's Assembly elect ...Read More >
Kottayam (Kerala), Mar 30 (PTI) BJP state vice president Shone George on Monday said concerns over the FCRA amendment bill are "baseless" and asserted that the proposed changes are aimed only at regulating foreign funds received by NGOs. His statement comes amid criticism from Christian organisations and political leaders, who have alleged that the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment (FCRA) Bill, introduced in the Lok Sabha, targets minorities and has become a major issue in Kerala's As ...Read More >
New Delhi, The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a public interest litigation , which challenged a 1980 Waqf notification and alleged that three mosques in Jahangirpuri area were illegal encroachment on public land. A bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia observed that the PIL by the NGO Save India Foundation was not filed with "bonafide motive or in public interest". "We are not inclined to entertain the instant petition, which is hereby dismissed along with pending ...Read More >
Ahmedabad, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Gujarat High Court has ruled that Waqf institutions will now be treated on par with other religious trusts in legal proceedings, directing Waqf Boards to pay prescribed court fees in property-related disputes, just as Hindu and other religious trusts are required to do. The court observed that no plaintiff is above due process of law and that uniform legal standards must apply to all religious institutions. In its order, the High Court clarified that the f ...Read More >
Madurai: The stone pillar atop Thiruparankundram hill in Madurai district is situated in an area belonging to Sikandar Badusha Dargah, Tamil Nadu Wakf Board said in Madras HC on Tuesday.A submission to this effect was made by the wakf board during a hearing on a batch of appeals challenging a single judge's order directing the Subramaniya Swamy temple management to light Karthigai Deepam at the stone 'Deepathoon' (lamp post) on one of the peaks of Thiruparankundram hills, apart from the other us ...Read More >
Madurai (Tamil Nadu), Dec 17 (PTI) Concerns raised by district authorities over public disorder if Karthigai Deepam (lamp) was lit on a stone pillar near a dargah atop the Thirupparankundram hill, was "non-existent" aimed at stopping the Tamil culture, senior advocate S Sriram submitted before the Madras High Court on Wednesday. When the state was "unwilling" to enforce their rights, then the public could seek its enforcement, Sriram said, advancing his arguments on behalf of the devotees oppos ...Read More >
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 17 (ANI): The controversy over the lighting of Karthigai Deepam at the stone Deepathoon at Thiruparankundram continues to snowball. Sikkandar Dargah Secretary Arif Khan, has now claimed that there is no evidence which suggests that lamps have traditionally been lit at the hill. He further asserted that lamps have been lit only at the Uchi Pillaiyar Temple, and added that in earlier court orders, the structure was not described as a deepathoon (lamp pillar) ...Read More >
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 17 (ANI): The controversy over the lighting of Karthigai Deepam at the stone Deepathoon at Thiruparankundram continues to snowball. Sikkandar Dargah Secretary Arif Khan, has now claimed that there is no evidence which suggests that lamps have traditionally been lit at the hill. He further asserted that lamps have been lit only at the Uchi Pillaiyar Temple, and added that in earlier court orders, the structure was not described as a deepathoon (lamp pillar) ...Read More >
SHIMLA: In the Sanjauli mosque case in Himachal Pradesh's capital Shimla, members of the Dev Bhoomi Hindu Sangharsh Samiti on Monday submitted a memorandum to the Municipal Corporation (MC) Commissioner, demanding immediate implementation of the High Court's orders directing the demolition of the remaining two unauthorized floors of the mosque. The organisation demanded that the demolition be carried out by December 29, in compliance with court directions. The group also offered to carry out th ...Read More >
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], December 16 (ANI): In the Sanjauli mosque case in Himachal Pradesh's capital Shimla, members of the Dev Bhoomi Hindu Sangharsh Samiti on Monday submitted a memorandum to the Municipal Corporation (MC) Commissioner, demanding immediate implementation of the High Court's orders directing the demolition of the remaining two unauthorized floors of the mosque. The organisation demanded that the demolition be carried out by December 29, in compliance with court dire ...Read More >
NELLORE: AP Municipal Administration minister Dr. Ponguru Narayana on Monday said paying tributes to Amarajeevi Potti Sriramulu at the very place he lived and fought is a matter of great pride. Speaking after offering floral tributes to Potti Sriramulu's statue at Juvvaladinne village in Nellore district on the occasion of Amarajeevi's 73rd death anniversary, the Minister said efforts are underway to develop Juvvaladinne as a prominent tourist destination. Dr. Narayana, along with local MLA Ka ...Read More >
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 >
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