Illegal construction on Wakf land: Wakf Board issues notice to 7
Mangaluru: Wakf Welfare Committee leader and human rights activist Haneef Saheb Pajaplla informed that the Wakf Board has issued a notice to 7 people asking them to attend for an inquiry on June 9. The Board’s move came after the complaint of Wakf Welfare Committee that has accused that a building has been constructed illegally on Wakf land.
Addressing media persons at a private hotel in the city on Wednesday, he said that 69 cents land located near Bandar’s Golikitte Bazaar with S.No 670/1 had been illegally bought by a Mutavalli of Bandar Kacchi Juma Masjid. Then he constructed a building illegally by spending crores of rupees. Based on the complaint filed in this regard, the state Wakf Board has issued a notice.
“The land was registered in the Wakf Board in 1968. So this is a Wakf property. No individual is allowed to misuse this property. But the Mutawalli is misusing this property. Also, the rooms around the mosque are given on less rent. He has made an illegal contract with the tenants and taking thousands of rupees as rent,” Haneef accused.
Advocate Navin G, Farooq, and others were present.
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Dhyan Chand lifetime award to be replaced by Arjuna lifetime
New Delhi, Oct 24: The sports ministry on Thursday announced the discontinuation of the Dhyan Chand Award for lifetime achievement from this year onwards and the introduction of the Arjuna Award Lifetime in its place in a bid to "rationalise" the various sporting honours of the country.
Instituted in 2002, the Dhyan Chand Lifetime Award, named after hockey wizard Major Dhyan Chand, is given to individuals in disciplines that are part of the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, Asian Games and Commonwealth Games, among others.
In 2023, the award was given to former shuttler Manjusha Kanwar, ex-hockey exponent Vineet Kumar and kabaddi player Kavitha Selvaraj.
"The various schemes for sports awards have been rationalised wherein Arjuna Award (Lifetime) has been introduced in place of Dhyan Chand Award. To recognise the efforts of coaches at grassroots/development level, they are now eligible for the Dronacharya Award," said a ministry statement.
"The Arjuna Award (Lifetime) has been introduced and will be given for life time contribution to sports development.
"Further, to recognize the Khelo India scheme, the Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy will be given to the University for Overall Top Performance in Khelo India University Games," it added.
The last date for applying for the national sports awards for 2024 is November 14.
