Jharkhand CM promises to fulfil minority community`s demands

Last Updated: Monday, January 6, 2014, 00:25

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Sunday urged Muslim religious leaders to choose a chairman for the Jharkhand Wakf Board and assured them that their demands would be fulfilled by February 15.

Cong-NCP spar over Maharashtra Wakf Board

Last Updated: Thursday, July 4, 2013, 20:58

NCP on Thursday targeted the Minority Development Ministry headed by the Congress accusing it of protecting N D Pathan, the Wakq Board CEO, who was arrested recently by the Anti-Corruption Bureau on charges of taking bribe.

BJP for non-political entities in Wakf Boards

Last Updated: Sunday, June 23, 2013, 17:41

In an effort to woo minority Muslim voters in the upcoming Delhi Assembly polls, the BJP on Sunday focused its campaign on development of madrasas and appointment of non-political entities in Wakf Boards.

MP computerises records of 15,000 Wakf properties

Last Updated: Thursday, July 26, 2012, 12:52

Madhya Pradesh has become the first state in the country to computerise records of 15,000 Wakf properties.

MP Wakf Board chairman, Azam hit out at Cong

Last Updated: Monday, June 18, 2012, 16:33

MP Wakf Board chairman and Congress leader Gufran-e-Azam lashed out at the party for being unresponsive to his advice.

UP Shia Wakf Board head under Lokayukta scanner

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 19, 2011, 19:40

Chairman of UP Shia Wakf Board Syed Waseem Rizvi has come under scanner of Lokayukta as a complaint charging him with misuse of office was lodged.

Mosque demolition; DDA offers plot to society to build another

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 17, 2011, 00:44

The Wakf Board told the Delhi High Court that the trust, running the alleged illegal mosque which was later razed, has been offered a piece of land by DDA to construct another place of worship.

Will retrieve Wakf Board properties under DMK control: Jaya

Last Updated: Thursday, April 7, 2011, 00:52

AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday assured she would retrieve all Wakf properties that she said were "under the control of the DMK men" and give it back to the Board.

Hazratbal shrine gets illumination project at Rs 4 crore

Last Updated: Saturday, January 8, 2011, 00:05

Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, also the Chairman of state Wakf Board, sanctioned the amount for the project to be executed by Bajaj Electricals.

`Ayodhya solution without concrete plan futile`

Last Updated: Thursday, October 7, 2010, 18:23

The Sunni Central Waqf Board has ruled out giving up claim on the disputed site in Ayodhya.

Sunni Wakf Board passes resolution, to move SC against Ayodhya verdict

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 5, 2010, 20:27

The Sunni Wakf Board decided to move the Supreme Court against the Allahabad HC order.

AP Wakf Board CEO caught accepting Rs 1 lakh bribe

Last Updated: Thursday, June 17, 2010, 22:43

Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials today caught the Chief Executive Officer of Andhra Pradesh Wakf Board red-handed for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 1 lakh.