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Karnataka: Vendor Abdul Razzak caught spitting on vegetables by locals, apprehended by police

OpIndia Staff - 11 November, 2024

A vegetable vendor Abdul Razzak was apprehended after locals in Karnataka's Karwar accused him of spitting on his produce.

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Karnataka: 52-year-old Hindu man allegedly murdered for opposing conversion to Christianity, police claims it was a property dispute

OpIndia Staff - 11 November, 2024

A 52-year-old man identified as Basavaraj Narasappa was brutally murdered by his wife and three children for allegedly refusing to convert to Christianity and questioning non-adherence of Hindu rituals at home.

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Following outrage, Karnataka govt writes to commissioners to withdraw Waqf notices served to farmers

ANI - 10 November, 2024

Karnataka Government's Principal Secretary, Revenue Department has written to all Regional Commissioners and District Commissioners related to the Waqf issue.

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Karnataka: Waqf Board claims 17 monuments inside historic Bidar Fort as its property, notice yet to be sent to ASI

OpIndia Staff - 7 November, 2024

Reports suggest that the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), Bidar fort's custodian, is ignorant of the development. The Waqf Board declared that 17 of the 60 properties on the Bidar Fort premises belong to it.

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“Projected it differently”: Karnataka Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan bizarrely attacks BJP over Waqf notice to farmers, then says they are reconsidering the issue

ANI - 3 November, 2024

Karnataka Waqf and Minority Affairs minister Zameer Ahmed Khan slammed the opposition BJP in state for row over waqf notice to farmers and alleged that it was "projected differently."

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Waqf Board claims 53 historical ASI monuments in Congress-ruled Karnataka, 43 of which have already been encroached by them

OpIndia Staff - 2 November, 2024

Once a property belongs to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), it cannot be de-notified and handed over to another party.

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Karnataka: Fears of Waqf board occupying Hindu temples and houses lead to clashes between two sides in Kadakol, several houses vandalised and 5 people...

OpIndia Staff - 1 November, 2024

Violence erupted after rumours that Waqf Board is trying to register Hindu temples and houses around it as Waqf property in Kadakol in Karnataka

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Karnataka: Waqf Board swallows 1,200 acres of farmland in Vijaypura, farmers accuse govt officials of being in cahoots with the Board

OpIndia Staff - 25 October, 2024

The controversy concerns 1,200 acres in Honwada village, Tikota taluk, with farmers claiming that officials are attempting to designate the area as the Shah Aminuddin Dargah, a religious institution.

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