Waqf

Siddaramiah informed that the honorarium for Muezzins will be increased to ₹5000 per month, while the honorarium for Pesh-Imams of mosques will be ₹6000 per month.

The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) report on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, was tabled in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday amid ruckus and continuous sloganeering from opposition members.

There are 2589 properties registered in Shahjahanpur in the records of the Waqf Board, out of which 2371 are government properties. 2363 out of 3365 Waqf properties in Rampur, 2116 out of 3652 in Ayodhya, 2096 out of 4167 in Jaunpur and 2000 out of 3499 Waqf properties in Bareilly are located on government land.

Tamil Nadu police in the Madurai issued orders banning transportation livestock for sacrifice to the claimed Sikandar Badusha Dargah located atop the Thiruparankundram hill, but allowed bringing cooked meat

DM Pensia said that he formed a 3-member committee and got the Waqf documents for property in Sambhal investigated.

The Waqf Board has claimed over 70 heritage sites, including Tipu Armoury, ASI building, and Museums, in the historic town of Srirangapatna.

Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi Barelvi, president of the All India Muslim Jamat, has claimed that 55 bighas of Waqf land is being used for the Hindu religious event.

The Gujarat police have arrested 9 people for vandalising two shops belonging to Hindus in Rajkot, Gujarat on Dec 31, 2024

As per the FIR copy, the incident occurred on 31st December 2024. Farooq Musani and others broke into the shops in the Old Danapith area of Rajkot, citing a Waqf Board Order.

Furthermore, the ASI is likely to inform the JPC about the difficulties this causes in the maintenance and conservation measures of the ASI-protected but Waqf-controlled sites.