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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 >
Srinagar, Sep 16 (PTI) 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 ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], September 16 (ANI): Former Union Minister and BJP leader V. Muraleedharan on Tuesday supported the Supreme Court's interim order regarding the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025. He said that the Opposition was saying that the Waqf Amendment is unconstitutional, but the Supreme Court has said that there's nothing unconstitutional in that. Speaking to ANI, Muraleedharan asserted, "All these days, the opposition was saying that the Waqf Amendment is unconstitutional, ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao (KTR) on Tuesday, September 16, criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters for condemning the Supreme Court verdict on the Waqf Amendment Act. In a post on X, the former Telangana minister said, "As expected, some BJP bhakts are rattled by BRS Party welcoming the Supreme Court's interim order on the Waqf Amendment Act 2025. They respect neither the Indian Constitution nor the orders of the apex court." The Sircil ...Read More >
Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal) [India], September 16 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Dilip Ghosh on Tuesday welcomed the Supreme Court's interim order regarding the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 and said that the legislation has proven to be correct. Speaking to ANI, Ghosh said, "Those who took this matter to the court, the court has proved that the law which has been passed is correct." The apex court has put a stay on certain provisions of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, while uphol ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Opposition on Monday called the Supreme Court ordering a stay on the key provisions of the "blatantly problematic" new Waqf law, as a "tight slap on the face" of the Modi government and said it could have avoided the "embarrassment" if the ruling BJP had heeded to their advice. Welcoming the SC order, though it did not stay the entire law, the Opposition parties said that it was a "win for the Constitutional values of justice, equality, and fraternity" and demanded the law be rep ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to stay the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 in its entirety, though it put on hold some of its contentious provisions. Among those suspended are the provisions empowering District Collectors to decide whether a property claimed as Waqf actually belongs to the government, and the stipulation that only a lawful property owner who has been practising Islam for at least five years can create Waqf through a formal deed. Reading out the operative part of the ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], September 16 (ANI): BRS Working President KT Rama Rao (KTR) on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court's interim order on the Waqf Amendment Act 2025. He said that the BRS has consistently voiced concerns against the contentious provisions of the Act, which "propagated polarisation and threatened the communal harmony of our nation." "We fought against the problematic clauses of the Waqf Amendment Act, questioning how one decides who is a Muslim or how a government offic ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Welcoming SC's negative vote on three key provisions of the Waqf Act as putting a hold on BJP's "mischievous intentions", Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge accused the governing party of bulldozing a "divisive law" to inflame communal passions and "reopen issues that India had long settled". Calling the upholding of deletion of "waqf by user" a setback, the party underlined that the SC order is only an interim order, and it will continue its efforts to convince the court about the que ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court's prima facie endorsement of non-arbitrariness of provisions of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, was principally based on a 100-year history of mismanagement and misappropriation of sprawling properties and valuable assets donated for charity by benevolent Muslims and the remedial regulations enacted since 1923.A bench of CJI B R Gavai and Justice A G Masih traced more than 100 years of documented history relating to regulation of waqfs starting from the Waqf Act of 1 ...Read More >
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Monday said a thorough probe into land deals, murders, fake encounters and involvement of IPS officers in the extortion and blackmailing rackets will prove that the BJP is not functioning as a party but rather as a gang.Addressing a press conference in Lucknow, he mentioned the arrest of Kanpur lawyer Akhilesh Dubey on charges of blackmailing and extortion and claimed a 'proper' probe into the case will expose how the BJP govt was hand-in-glov ...Read More >
The Supreme Court has partially stayed the Waqf Amendment Act, 2025, to balance the interests of involved parties. Certain provisions related to determining Islamic practice duration, property status, and collector's powers are suspended. The court also addressed the composition of the Central Waqf Council and boards, ensuring non-Muslim representation limits. The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that no case is made out to stay all provisions of the recently passed Waqf Amendment Act, 2025. A ben ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], September 16 (ANI): BRS Working President KT Rama Rao (KTR) on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court's interim order on the Waqf Amendment Act 2025. He said that the BRS has consistently voiced concerns against the contentious provisions of the Act, which "propagated polarisation and threatened the communal harmony of our nation." "We fought against the problematic clauses of the Waqf Amendment Act, questioning how one decides who is a Muslim or how a government offic ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], September 16 (ANI): BRS Working President KT Rama Rao (KTR) on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court's interim order on the Waqf Amendment Act 2025. He said that the BRS has consistently voiced concerns against the contentious provisions of the Act, which "propagated polarisation and threatened the communal harmony of our nation.""We fought against the problematic clauses of the Waqf Amendment Act, questioning how one decides who is a Muslim or how a government officia ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 15: The Supreme Court on Monday put on hold several key provisions of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, including the clause that only those practising Islam for the last five years can dedicate a property as Waqf, but refused to stay the entire law. "We have held that presumption is always in favour of constitutionality of a statute and intervention (can be done) only in the rarest of rare cases," a bench of Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justice Augustine George Masih said in its in ...Read More >
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