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Hearing a raft of petitions challenging provisions of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, the Supreme Court on Wednesday posed a series of questions to both the petitioners and the Centre.  Here Are Some Of The Key Quotes From The Hearing: “We are told Delhi High Court is built on Waqf Land… …

Can the Waqf Bill be another turning point in Indian history, just as the Shah Bano episode proved to be in the 1980s? Following the Supreme Court’s ruling in favour of Shah Bano, which mandated that she be granted maintenance by her husband in accordance with the civil law of …

New Delhi: The Waqf bill, after a smooth passage through Lok Sabha, breezed through the Rajya Sabha 24 hours later, after yet another marathon debate. On its way, it exposed a chink in the armour of the parties opposing the bill. The voting was 128 votes in favour of the …

New Delhi: Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Thursday termed the Waqf (Amendment) Bill as a “brazen assault” on the Constitution, saying it was part of the BJP’s strategy to keep society in a state of “permanent polarisation”. Hours after the Lok Sabha passed the Waqf amendment bill, Mrs …

New Delhi: Asserting that misconceptions are being spread on the Waqf bill by some parties to shore up their vote banks, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said that, through the proposed legislation, PM Narendra Modi is fulfilling the wishes of RJD chief Lalu Prasad while the opposition had failed …

New Delhi: Union home minister Amit Shah, speaking at the debate over the Waqf Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha this evening, presented a long list of properties that he said were given for Waqf. The list included land belonging to temples, other religions, the government and others. His point: “You …

New Delhi: The opposition has unanimously decided to have a full discussion on the Waqf Amendment Bill today and will vote against it in parliament.  The decision came at a meeting last evening, which was attended by all Opposition parties.  “We have decided to actively participate in the discussion of …

New Delhi: The second half of parliament’s budget session beginning today is expected to be stormy, with the Opposition set to corner the government on multiple issues including delimitation, language policy, Waqf bill and US trade tariffs. Here are the top 10 points in this story: The government is expected …