109-year-old Dharma Students Hostel in the heart of Mysuru city gets Waqf notice Mysuru: The Karnataka State Waqf Board, which has stirred controversy in recent times by asserting ownership over farmlands, temples, schools and educational institutions across the State, is once again in the spotlight. This time, it has laid claim to the historic Narayana…
Mysuru: A protest was staged this morning in response to a notice issued by Karnataka State Waqf Board regarding the historic Narayana Shettar Dharma Students’ Home on Vinoba Road in city. The premises, now managed by Vaanika Rathnam Kadabam Mannar Krishnaiah Shetty Trust, operates as M.K. Hostel. The official notice, affixed to the M.K. Hostel,…
Department of Archaeology building, Tipu Armoury, Obelisk monument claimed Srirangapatna: Even as the Karnataka Government was compelled to retract eviction notices against farmers embroiled in disputes over Waqf property — where vast stretches of land cultivated by farmers for generations were declared Waqf Board properties — fresh cases of Government properties being labelled as Waqf…
It is a farce: Ex-MLC Madhusudan Mysuru: Amid the latest tussle among Congress and Opposition BJP-JD(S) about State BJP President B.Y. Vijayendra allegedly offering Rs. 150 crore bribe to silence the then Chairman of Karnataka State Minorities Commission Anwar Manippady, who had accused several of the leaders to have grabbed Karnataka State Waqf Board’s properties,…
‘CM Siddaramaiah deliberately withheld report to protect Waqf land encroachers in Congress’ New Delhi: Amid growing political tension over Waqf Board properties and the notices issued to farmers, institutions, temples and religious establishments, BJP MP Lahar Singh Siroya has written to Joint Parliamentary Committee Chairman Jagdambika Pal, urging a re-evaluation of a suppressed Lokayukta report…
Mysuru: With the Waqf Board notices sparking controversy across Karnataka, Opposition Leader R. Ashoka visited Gunduraonagar in Mysuru’s Krishnaraja Constituency this morning to meet residents affected by the property claims. Ashoka arrived from Bengaluru by road and visited Muneshwaranagar, a locality within Gunduraonagar on Nanjangud Road, where residents have been issued notices by the Waqf…
Mysuru: Hundreds of City and District BJP unit workers, as part of Statewide protest against the State Government and Waqf Board staged a massive demonstration under the slogan ‘Namma Bhoomi Namma Hakku,’ in front of the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Office at Siddarthanagar in city this morning. The protesters, who staged a dharna inside a specially…
Mysuru: City BJP President and former MLA L. Nagedra said that the party has organised a protest against ‘Land Jihad’ being practiced by Karnataka State Waqf Board tomorrow (Nov. 22) in front of Deputy Commissioner’s Office here at 10.30 am. He was addressing media persons at a private hotel in the city this morning, during…
Mysuru: Former Mysuru-Kodagu MP Prathap Simha said that the BJP will hold massive protests in Mysuru, Chamarajanagar and Kodagu districts on Nov. 22 with a slogan ‘Namma Bhoomi Namma Hakku’ (Our Land, Our Right), against the alleged encroachments of lands by Waqf Board. Addressing the media persons at Jaladarshani Guest House here this morning, Prathap…
Mysuru: University of Mysore Syndicate member Prof. Shabbir Mustafa said that Waqf Board property is being used for the benefit of all communities without any discrimination. He was speaking at the expert seminar on Waqf Board organised by Congress leader Abdul Khader Shahid Geleyara Balaga at a private Hotel here yesterday. Maintaining that the Waqf…
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