Waqf Amendment Act
- India
Amid violence in WB, BJP leader Sudhanshu slams Mamata on Waqf Act stand
Indore: Bharatiya Janata Party Rajya Sabha MP Sudhanshu Trivedi on Saturday slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for stating her government would not implement the Waqf (Amendment) Act and asserted she…
- News
Seven cops injured during anti-Waqf Act rally in Tripura
Agartala: At least seven policemen sustained injuries on Saturday during a clash between the security personnel and the agitators who held a protest rally against the recently enacted Waqf (Amendment) Act in…
- India
Murshidabad violence: 3 killed; Calcutta HC orders deployment of Central forces
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Saturday, April 12, ordered deployment of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) in violence-hit Murshidabad district that has so far claimed three lives. Clashes erupted during protests…
- India
Mayawati questions Rahul’s silence on Waqf Bill during Parliament debate
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Saturday criticised Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi for not speaking on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill during a long debate…
- Kashmir
J&K: National Conference moves SC against Waqf Act
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir’s ruling National Conference (NC) on Friday said it has filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the recent amendments to the Waqf Act. The party first announced…
- Hyderabad
Protests held across Hyderabad on Friday against Waqf Amendment Act
Hyderabad: Muslims across the city on Friday, April 11, hit the roads in the city to protest against the recently introduced Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025 by the Union government. At several locations,…
- Kashmir
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq claims house arrest amid Waqf Act row
Srinagar: Senior separatist and religious leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, on Friday, alleged that authorities had placed him under house arrest in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar, thereby preventing him from delivering his weekly…
- Hyderabad
Multiple protests scheduled in Hyderabad against Waqf Act, police on alert
Hyderabad: Security in the city has been tightened following protests announced by various organizations against the Waqf Amendment Act after Friday prayers. In Saidabad, Wahdat-e-Islami has called for a protest after Namaz-e-Juma…
- India
SC to hear pleas challenging validity of Waqf Amendment Act on April 16
New Delhi: A three-judge Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna will hear on April 16 the petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025. According to…
- India
Application filed in SC supporting amendments to Waqf Act
New Delhi: The Hindu Sena on Wednesday filed an intervention application before the Supreme Court supporting the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025. The move came in the backdrop when multiple petitions have been…
- Kerala
Kerala: Lathicharge during protest against Waqf Bill near Karipur airport
Kozhikode: Tension prevailed near Karipur International Airport here for a while on Wednesday after a protest march by an Islamist outfit against the Waqf Bill turned violent. The incident occurred during a…
- Featured News
These are stressful times, taking the nation beyond the point of no return?
I remember a movie in which the commissioner of police tells his subordinate to bash up a detainee to get him to confess. The indignant detainee, with full awareness of what the…
- Hyderabad
EFLU Hyderabad students protest Waqf Amendment Act
Hyderabad: Students at the English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU) on Tuesday, April 8, held a protest against the Waqf Amendment Act 2025. The protest, organised under the banner of several student…
- Opinions
Waqf Act as a polarization tool
As the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, comes into force, it kicks in a new sense of a concerted move to drastically change the character and alter the status of Waqf property and…
- India
Waqf (Amendment) Act comes into force
New Delhi: The Waqf (Amendment) Act, which was passed by Parliament last week, has come into force from Tuesday, the government said in a notification. The Ministry of Minority Affairs notification said,…
