India is an agricultural land and covers an area of 32,87,263 sq. km, extending from the snow-covered Himalayan heights to the tropical rain forests of the south. As the 7th largest country in the ...

India’s political opposition on Saturday protested a controversial bill moved by prime minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government to amend laws governing Muslim land endowments.

Waqf properties cannot be sold or transferred. Waqfs in India control 872,000 properties that cover 405,000 hectares (1 million acres) of land, worth an estimated $14.22 billion. Some of these ...

The Waqfs — whose legal foundation in India is over 100 years old — are ... graveyards and other land often donated by individuals — at over $14 billion. Prime Minister Narendra Modi ...

Government and Muslim organisations estimate that over 25 waqf boards hold nearly 85,1535 properties and 900,000 acres (364,217ha) of land, putting them among the top three landowners in India.

Karnataka's revenue department repossessed 14 acres of contested land in Ramanagara district from Union minister HD Kumaraswamy and his relatives. The action followed a High Court order prompting ...

India’s parliament passed a bill on Thursday to reform hugely wealthy Muslim land-owning organisations, with the Hindu nationalist government saying it will boost accountability while the opposi ...

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court's ruling that creating third-party rights through private agreements in land parcels after acquisition is illegal is likely to provide a big boost to govt entities ...

Waqf Act: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday (April 6) alleged that after rolling out the Waqf law, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is now eying the land of Christians, Jains ...

According to government data, the Waqf boards control 8.7 lakh properties across 9.4 lakh acres in India, with an estimated value of Rs 1.2 lakh crores. Notably, India has the largest waqf holding ...

Embassy Developments Ltd (EDL) has agreed to sell a 25-acre land parcel in Bengaluru to Lam Research (India) for ₹1,125 crore, the company said. Embassy Developments Ltd (EDL), through its ...