DKS terms JPC chairman’s visit to Hubballi on waqf issue ‘political drama’

DKS terms JPC chairman’s visit to Hubballi on waqf issue ‘political drama’

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar has termed the visit of Jagdambika Pal, Chairman of Joint Parliamentary Committee looking into the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, to Karnataka as a ‘political drama because of the elections’. Speaking to press persons in Hubballi on November 7, he … Read more

Waqf row: Muslim leaders from Vijayapura threaten to ‘expose’ BJP leader B.P.Yatnal

Waqf row: Muslim leaders from Vijayapura threaten to ‘expose’ BJP leader B.P.Yatnal

Some Muslim community leaders from Vijayapura have threatened to expose Basanagouda Patil Yatnal if he does not stop his ‘anti-Muslim’ statements. Mr. Yatnal has called for a protest rally in Vijayapura on Wednesday (October 16, 2024) and a Waqf Hatao, Desh Bachao rally in the city on November 6. Advocate S.S. Quadri and others told … Read more

PMK urges Centre to listen to Muslim organisations before passing amendments to Waqf Act

PMK urges Centre to listen to Muslim organisations before passing amendments to Waqf Act

PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss on Monday said the Central government’s decision to hold Parliamentary Joint Committee’s meeting to listening to perspectives from various stakeholders regarding the proposed amendments to the Waqf Act should result in beneficial measures with respect to governance of management of properties donated for Islamic religious and charitable purposes. In a statement, … Read more

Uttarakhand Waqf Board to conduct last rites for unidentified bodies of all religions

Uttarakhand Waqf Board to conduct last rites for unidentified bodies of all religions

In the first of the proposals for the year 2024, the Uttarakhand Waqf Board has decided to conduct the last rites for all the unidentified and unclaimed bodies, of all religions, which will be found in Uttarakhand. The Waqf board will also bear the cost of the cremation and burial of the deceased persons whose … Read more

J&K Waqf Board ‘mutes’ Palestine issue from sermons, prayers to contain protests in Valley

J&K Waqf Board ‘mutes’ Palestine issue from sermons, prayers to contain protests in Valley

Preachers in Kashmir Valley have accused the J&K Waqf Board of disallowing any mention of Palestine, which has been witnessing a fierce conflict for the past 24 days, in sermons or duas (special prayers), in an apparent bid to contain any street protests against Israel. Several preachers, who presided over the religious rites, during the … Read more

HC sets aside order extending term of UP Sunni Waqf Board; wants new elected body to take charge

HC sets aside order extending term of UP Sunni Waqf Board; wants new elected body to take charge

Allahabad: The Allahabad High Court on Monday set aside a state government order extending the tenure of the UP Sunni Central Waqf Board and directed that a new elected Board should take charge by February 28. A bench comprising Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice SS Shamshery passed the order on petitions challenging the validity … Read more

Those forgetting kar sevaks’ sacrifices at the time of ‘bhoomi pujan’ are ‘Ram drohi’: Sena

Those forgetting kar sevaks’ sacrifices at the time of ‘bhoomi pujan’ are ‘Ram drohi’: Sena

MUMBAI: The Shiv Sena on Wednesday said those who forget the sacrifices of ‘kar sevaks’ at the time of ‘bhoomi pujan’ of the Ram temple construction in Ayodhyawill be “Ram drohi”. The ‘bhoomi pujan’ event is of the entire country and Hindus. But what is this adamant stand that nobody should get credit, the Sena … Read more