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PIL in Delhi HC challenges constitutional validity of Waqf Act 1995; seeks
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 16 (ANI): A Public Interest Litigation has been moved in the Delhi High Court on Saturday challenging the constitutional validity of several sections of the Waqf Act 1995, which states that these provisions grant special status to Waqf properties denying equal status
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Naqvi directs officials of waqf boards to ensure strict lockdown complianc
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 16 (ANI): Union Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday directed senior officials of several state waqf boards to ensure strict compliance of lockdown during the holy month of Ramadan in view of coronavirus spread.
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UP minister alleges irregularities in waqf boards, warns corrupt officials
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 12 (ANI): State Minister for Minority Welfare Mohsin Raza on Thursday alleged financial irregularities and large scale corruption in UP's Shia/Sunni Waqf boards during Samajwadi Party rule.
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Shia Waqf Board to assist CBI in its probe into anomalies by Waqf boards
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct 13 (ANI): The Shia Central Waqf Board on Sunday said that it will submit a list of corrupt trustees to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) who sold, purchased and transferred the waqf properties for their "selfish motive".
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Waqf Board merger can't end corruption: Shia cleric
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct 23 (ANI): After the Uttar Pradesh government proposed the merger of the Shia and Sunni Waqf Boards, Shia cleric Maulana Yasub Abbas said such a step would not reduce corruption in the statutory bodies.
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Shia body opposes Waqf boards merger
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 23 (ANI): All India Shia Personal Law Board (AISPLB) on Monday said it was against the proposed merger of Shia and Sunni Waqf boards in Uttar Pradesh and would take up the matter with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
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UP minister demands CBI probe of Waqf affairs
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India] June 16 (ANI): With the Uttar Pradesh Government giving its nod for the dissolution of Shia and Sunni Waqf Boards in the wake of corruption charges against them, Waqf and Minority Affairs Minister Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary on Friday said there is a need for a Ce
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All India Conference of Waqf Boards begins today
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 7 (ANI): The All India Conference of Chairpersons and Chief Executive Officers of states and union territories' Waqf Boards will today begin here in the national capital.
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