The pujari of temples across Delhi are not paid any remuneration. The Non-payment of salary to pujari's/ priests of temples violates Article 14 of the Constitution of India, stated the plea.

Guwahati (Assam) [India], August 27 (ANI): Assam police have arrested 35 persons linked with Al Qaeda from different parts of the state.

Guwahati (Assam) [India], August 23 (ANI): Badruddin Ajmal-led All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) has welcomed the Assam government's decision to introduce standard operating procedure (SOP) including police verification for the Imams and madrasa teachers who come to Assam from other states.

Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 16 (ANI): After the salaries of Imams and Muezzins in the state were due for three months, the Telangana government on Saturday sanctioned Rs. 17 crores for the salaries.

Srinagar Apr 18 PTI The government is committed to the empowerment of minorities and in extending identical opportunities to all groups chairperson National Minorities Commission Syed Shahezadi said here on Monday She also stressed on strengthening communal harmony and brotherhood for inclusive growth and development of Jammu and Kashmir Shahezadi Member Officiating Chairperson of the National Commission for Minorities met with prominent spiritual leaders of minority communities at a function here She urged all to work for the betterment of the humanity The meeting was held with the religious heads to discuss the problems and issues faced by the minority communities We all must strive together to work for humanity The spiritual leaders have a prominent role to play in this regard she said Shahezadi said the government is committed to the empowerment of minorities and in extending identical opportunities to all groups She also mentioned the government has introduced many welfare schemes for the upliftment of minority communities and urged them to take advantage of such welfare schemes meant for them The chairperson said all the issues projected by the spiritual heads will be brought to the notice of the relevant authorities and appropriate action will be taken accordingly Earlier Gurdwara Prabandhak Committees from various districts raised their various issues and said that their issues should be addressed on immediate basis A delegation of Holy Catholic Church also raised their several issues and thanked the government for various schemes for the minorities Imams of various mosques also raised their several issues regarding the functioning of Muslim Waqf Board including the hike in their salaries and said that they will extend their full cooperation to the government Director General Social Welfare Department Shabnam Kamilli briefed the NCM member about the various schemes for the upliftment of the minority communities and said that government of J-K is working actively for creating an enabling environment for their collective progress to maximise the development potential PTI SSB RCJ

Baramulla (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], April 3 (ANI): With the onset of the pious month of Ramzan, the Indian Army in the Boniyar area of Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district rose to the occasion to provide necessary assistance to the local Imams' idea to include tailoring classes for the students of darul ulooms in addition to the ongoing curriculum.

Rampur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 15 (ANI): In the wake of the rising infections due to third wave of COVID-19, some 200 prominent mosques in the Rampur district of Uttar Pradesh have organized vaccination camps.

New Delhi [India], November 16 (ANI): To further intensify the pace of COVID-19 inoculation and address vaccine hesitancy in North East Delhi, the district administration has started taking the help of mosques.

New Delhi Oct 22 PTI A Delhi court on Friday denied bail to JNU student Sharjeel Imam in connection with allegedly giving an inflammatory speech and inciting violence in 2019 saying that the speech was on communal lines and its content tend to have a debilitating effect on the peace and harmony According to police Imam allegedly delivered a provocative speech on December 13 2019 which resulted in riots two days later when a mob consisting of over 3000 people attacked police personnel and torched several vehicles in the Jamia Nagar area Denying bail to him Additional Sessions Judge Anuj Agrawal said that cursory and plain reading of the speech showed that it was clearly on communal linesThe tone and tenor of the incendiary speech tend to have a debilitating effect upon public tranquility peace and harmony of the society he addedThe judge however noted that the evidence in support of the allegations that the rioters got instigated by Imams speech and thereafter indulged in the acts of rioting mischief attacking the police party was scanty and sketchyBesides this case Imam is also accused of being the mastermind of the February 2020 northeast Delhi riots which had left 53 people dead and over 700 injured PTI AAK KJ KJ

Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], August 17 (ANI): At an interactive session organised by the Jammu and Kashmir Imam Association in Srinagar, Imams and other religious personalities stressed on raising awareness about dowry deaths, drug abuse, suicides and preventing crimes.