encroachment

Congress-led-UPA govt gifted 123 government properties in Lutyens' Delhi to Waqf in 2014 - right before the Lok Sabha elections

Tamil Nadu Waqf board has claimed ownership of 7 Hindu villages and the 1500-year-old Sundareswarar Temple in the state

Uttarakhand Waqf Board president Shadab Shams announced plans to destroy unauthorized constructions on its lands

Assam government carried out a large eviction drive in the Sonitpur district on Saturday to clear illegal encroachments from 330 acres of land

Madras HC has asked Tamil Nadu government to initiate proceedings to recover the encroached lands of Sri Ramanaadheswarar temple at Palnankuppam

The Court was hearing a petition contesting the unlawful construction of two Mazars, one on a road adjacent to Hassanpur Depot and one on Wazirabad Road in Bhajanpura.

The issue surfaced after RTI activist Keshav Dev Sharma filed an RTI with the Municipal Corporation of Aligarh about Jama Masjid. In response, the Municipal Corporation stated that the 300-year-old Jama Masjid in Upperkot was built on public property.

The locals in Uttarakhand held a protest outside a Mazar (tomb) on a public road in Dehradun after a street vendor had allegedly occupied the Mazar to build illegal structures

After the Indian Armed Forces and Indian Railways, the Waqf is third largest owner of properties in India.

As per reports, the apex court rejected the CPM's plea, stating that none of the affected parties has been a part of the petition and it is purely political in nature.