Muslim groups say the changes are politically motivated but the government says it is responding to demands for reform.

Umar Farooq, the Mirwaiz of Kashmir and head of the Mutahida Majlis-E-Ulema, on Thursday again expressed grave concern over the proposed amendments to the Waqf Act, saying they threatened the ...

Govt; 'The panel will request Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to extend the time for submission of its report to the House to the ...

The ongoing winter session of the Bihar Legislative Assembly on Wednesday witnessed vigorous protests by the Opposition ...

The bill's introduction has been postponed due to intense debates and disruptions within the Joint Parliamentary Committee ...

The Ministry and the Central Waqf Council have forwarded complaints to state waqf boards for appropriate action against ...

Ronik Sharma In the last parliamentary session on August, 8 2024 two bills Waqf (Amendment bill 2024, and the Mussalman Wakaf ...

The bill to amend the Waqf Act is unlikely to be taken up in the winter session of Parliament, with the joint committee set up to examine it set to seek an extension to present its report. Joint Parli ...

Right-wing ministers and MKs believe time is ripe for scrapping a longstanding status quo dividing Hebron's Tomb of the ...

The Bihar government on Wednesday officially granted the status of ‘Minister of State’ to the whips of both Houses of the state legislature — the Assembly and the Council. Rural development minister ...

Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju revealed that 58,929 waqf properties across India face encroachment, with ...