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M Tariq Khan

M Tariq Khan is a Special Correspondent with Hindustan Times political bureau in Lucknow. He has spent over a decade doing development and investigative journalism. Apart from covering political parties and various departments of Uttar Pradesh Government, he also writes on minorities politics and has a flair for offbeat stories.

Articles by M Tariq Khan

AIMPLB to move court to defend personal laws

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board plans to move an intervening application in the Supreme Court to defend the practice of polygamy and temporary marriage contracts, which the board says are part of Islamic law.

The cleric said the Indian Constitution guarantees minority communities to follow their own personal laws.(Representative image)

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Published on Mar 28, 2018 12:20 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Lucknow | ByM Tariq Khan, Lucknow

Fulfilling employment promise still a mammoth task for Uttar Pradesh government

Uttar Pradesh has approximately one crore unemployed, according to estimates of officials at the state’s employment exchange.

The BJP government, when it came to power in March last year, had set a target to provide jobs to 70 lakh people in five years, that is 14 lakh jobs a year.(Subhankar Chakraborty/HT Photo)

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Published on Mar 20, 2018 12:46 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Lucknow | ByM Tariq Khan, Lucknow

Now, Muslim women board also wants changes in triple talaq bill

The board says the bill though is a step in the right direction, it should have a window for reconciliation between husband and wife and also some other clauses to prevent its misuse by vested interests.

Thousands of women led by the women's wing of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board protest in Jaipur against the triple talaq bill which they say is anti-Sharia and anti-women.(HT FIle Photo)

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Published on Mar 12, 2018 11:10 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Lucknow | ByM Tariq Khan

UP budget 2018: Rs 404 crore for modernisation of madarsas

Modernisation of madarsas (Islamic schools) seems to be the main focus of chief minister Yogi Adityanath government, who not only increased the budget for minorities’ welfare by 10% but allocated its substantial chunk for upgrading and transforming the institutions.

Of Rs 2,757 crore allocated under the minorities’ development and welfare schemes, Rs 404 crore has been set aside for the modernisation scheme for Arabi-Farsi madarsas.(File Photo)

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Published on Feb 17, 2018 03:02 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Lucknow | ByM Tariq Khan, Lucknow

Ayodhya dispute: Only court verdict acceptable, says AIMPLB

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Friday made it clear that only a court verdict would be accepted in the ongoing Babri Masjid-Ram Janambhoomi matter pending before the Supreme Court.

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Published on Feb 10, 2018 03:21 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Lucknow | ByM Tariq Khan, Lucknow

Muslim clerics meet Ravi Shankar in bid for out-of-court settlement

Ravi Shankar is set to arrive in Ayodhya in March for a meeting with saints, hardliners and clerics in his efforts to find a settlement to the dispute.

Muslim clerics and intellectuals who flew to Bangalore to meet Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar to find an out-of-court settlement to the Ayodhya dispute(Sourced from Art of Living)

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Published on Feb 09, 2018 10:55 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Lucknow | ByManish Chandra Pandey/M Tariq Khan, Lucknow

AIMPLB to seek support to get triple talaq bill stalled

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board has pinned its hope on getting support from some BJP allies to stall the bill on instant triple divorce in the Rajya Sabha as Prime Minister Narendra Modi pitched for its early passage in the ongoing budget session of Parliament.

Officials of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) during a meeting on ‘triple talaq’ in Lucknow.(PTI File)

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Published on Jan 30, 2018 02:43 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Lucknow | ByM Tariq Khan, Lucknow

Madrasas should be modernised, closure is not a solution: Yogi Adityanath

The Adityanath-led government in the state has brought in a series of regulations in order to, it says, modernise these madrasas and bring them at par with other schools.

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Updated on Jan 18, 2018 04:20 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Lucknow | ByM Tariq Khan

Triple talaq bill in Lok Sabha on Dec 28, AIMPLB requests PM Modi to withdraw it

The government’s move against triple talaq follows numerous complaints by Muslim women, who were divorced through the practice and denied alimony and other rights.

Officials of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) during a meeting on ‘triple talaq' in Lucknow on Sunday.(PTI)

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Updated on Dec 27, 2017 08:23 AM IST

Lucknow, Hindustan Times | ByM Tariq Khan

Taking selfie near Yogi Adityanath’s residence may land you in jail

Kalidas Marg – the VVIP stretch in front of the official residence of the UP Chief minister – has been in news in the past too. During the Bahujan Samaj Party regime, the then CM Mayawati had made it inaccessible to the commuters.

The UP police on Wednesday put up a banner at the intersection leading towards the CM’s residence.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Dec 22, 2017 04:06 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Lucknow | ByM Tariq Khan, Lucknow

Sunni Waqf Board says Sibal not its lawyer in Ayodhya title case

Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board chairman Zufar Ahmed Farooqui on Wednesday said senior lawyer and Congress leader Kapil Sibal was not the board’s counsel in the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi title case before the Supreme Court.

Muslims participating in a meeting to mark Yaum-e-Gham(day of sorrow) in Ayodhya.(HT Photo)

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Published on Dec 07, 2017 02:14 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Lucknow/Ayodhya | ByM Tariq Khan/Pawan Dixit, Lucknow/ayodhya

Ayodhya case: Political games continue as Supreme Court hears pleas on Babri Masjid title suit

Twenty-five years after hundreds scaled the disputed mosque and tore it down, the Supreme Court on Tuesday began hearing the title suit over the disputed Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land.

On December 6, 1992, hundreds scaled the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya and tore it down.(AP File Photo)

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Updated on Dec 05, 2017 09:44 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi/Lucknow | ByAshok Bagriya and M Tariq Khan

Babri Masjid-Ram temple case: Meet the new warriors in old Ayodhya dispute

BJP parliamentarian Subramanian Swamy, spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and Shia Waqf Board chief Waseem Rizvi have emerged as the new actors of the movement.

BJP leader Subramanian Swamy at the birthday celebrations of Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas chief Mahant Nritya Gopal Das in Ayodhya.(Ashok Dutta/HT File Photo)

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Updated on Dec 05, 2017 01:43 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi/Lucknow | BySmriti Kak Ramachandran and M Tariq Khan

Akhilesh Yadav attacks BJP’s ‘gai and gobar’ politics, says it’s spreading hate

Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav remained combative and said the Yogi Adityanath government was enjoying the fruit of the previous Samajwadi Party’s projects.

Samajwadi Party national president and former UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav at the Hindustan Shikhar Samagam in Lucknow on November 11, 2017.(Dheeraj Dhawan/HT Photo)

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Updated on Nov 11, 2017 09:19 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Lucknow | ByM Tariq Khan

Shia Waqf Board chief meets Sri Sri, favours Ram Temple at disputed site

UP Shia Central Waqf Board chief Waseem Rizvi said the mosque should be built in a Muslim-dominated locality.

UP Shia Central Waqf Board chief Waseem Rizvi with Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravishankar on Tuesday.(ANI Twitter)

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Updated on Oct 31, 2017 03:06 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByM Tariq Khan

Akhilesh mocks Yogi Adityanath’s Taj Mahal visit, says it’s a ‘miracle’ of Ram

Akhilesh Yadav had visited the Taj as the UP chief minister over two years ago on Valentine’s Day and sat on one of the benches in front of the monument along with his wife and Kannauj MP Dimple Yadav.

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath during his visit to the Taj Mahal in Agra on Thursday. (Raju Tomar / HT Photo)

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Updated on Oct 26, 2017 07:47 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Lucknow | ByM Tariq Khan

UP Shia board to gift silver arrows for Lord Ram’s statue in Ayodhya

In a letter to chief minister Adityanath, the board’s chairman, Waseem Rizvi said that the construction of the statue would be a matter of pride of all Indians and will put UP on the world map.

Artists dressed as Hindu gods Ram and Laxman act as fireworks explode during Dussehra celebrations.(REUTERS FILE PHOTO/REPRESENTATIVE)

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Published on Oct 16, 2017 06:04 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Lucknow | ByM Tariq Khan, Lucknow

DPRs returned, fate of Varanasi, Kanpur Metro projects in limbo

While Varanasi is the Prime Minister’s Lok Sabha constituency, Kanpur is the hometown the President.

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Published on Sep 16, 2017 04:04 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Lucknow | ByM Tariq Khan, Lucknow

Muzaffarnagar riots: Uttar Pradesh government yet to compensate 190 families, says Amnesty

“Communal riot survivors (190 families) are yet to receive compensation and continue to stay in squalid conditions in resettlement camps.”

The 2013 communal clashes left over 60 people dead and over 50,000 displaced, forcing many to live in camps.(Photo by Amnesty)

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Published on Sep 09, 2017 02:06 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Lucknow | ByM Tariq Khan, Lucknow

Four years after Muzaffarnagar riots: Amnesty says UP govt yet to compensate 190 families

For many families that survived the riots and still live in resettlement camps, compensation has become a mirage.

Children visiting their burnt house after Muzaffarnagar communal riots of 2013 in Uttar Pradesh that left over 60 people dead.(HT File Photo)

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Updated on Sep 09, 2017 08:00 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Lucknow | ByM Tariq Khan

UP: Now,Prime Minister’s Office asks CWC to look into Gomti River Front irregularities

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath has already recommended a CBI probe into the multi-crore project. But with the PMO referring the matter to CWC, chances of a parallel investigation by any other agency are dim.

Gomti River Front Development project, an initiative of former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav.

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Published on Sep 08, 2017 12:55 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Lucknow | ByM Tariq Khan

UP Legislative council polls: Four seats, five contenders!

With barely a month left and only four vacancies being announced in Uttar Pradesh’s Legislative Council, it seems that one of the five contenders will have to quit.

“Polling will be held on September 15 between 9 am and 4 pm, counting of votes will be done the same day starting 5 pm.”

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Published on Aug 25, 2017 04:43 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Lucknow | ByM Tariq Khan, Lucknow

Muslim clerics tear into Shia board for Babri affidavit

The affidavit was an attempt to divert attention from corruption in managing of wakf properties, Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe Jawad said.

The Babri mosque was demolished in December, 1992.(HT File Photo)

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Updated on Aug 09, 2017 07:52 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Lucknow/Meerut | ByM Tariq Khan and S Raju

Setback for Samajwadi Party as two more MLCs resign from council

With the resignation of Ashok Bajpai and Ambika Chowdhary, the total number of MLCs who have quit SP have gone up to five.

Samjawadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav had earlier said those who wanted to leave the party were free to do so but they should not concoct excuse(HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Aug 09, 2017 09:49 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Lucknow | ByM Tariq Khan, Lucknow

Four months after UP defeat, Akhilesh Yadav going back to battle to launch SP campaign

Akhilesh Yadav will launch the Samajwadi Party campaign on the Kranti Diwas -- August 9 -- from the temple town of Ayodhya.

Former Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav waves at people during an election rally in Ballia district.(PTI File Photo)

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Published on Aug 04, 2017 02:32 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Lucknow | ByPankaj Jaiswal/M Tariq Khan, Lucknow

UPRERA to builders: Register by Aug 15 or pay penalty

The watchdog body, however, has decided to give a 15-day grace period to the developers to register their projects keeping in mind the delay in the launch of its website (July 26) to facilitate online registration.

Some officers still feel that registration should not be made mandatory for projects which are already more than 60% complete.

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Published on Aug 02, 2017 03:34 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Lucknow | ByM Tariq Khan, Lucknow

Akhilesh Yadav hits back at BJP, asks where is bullet train

People in Varanasi are still waiting to see their city being transformed into Kyoto. There is no sign of bullet train. The common man’s hard-earned money has been deposited in banks, the Samajwadi Party chief said.

In a press statement, Akhilesh said the BJP was back to promoting its votebank, communal and castiest agenda.(HT Photo)

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Published on Aug 01, 2017 03:46 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Lucknow | ByM Tariq Khan

Now, Shia Waqf Board to stake claim on Babri land

The decision to move the court laying claim to the disputed property in the temple town was taken at a two-day meeting of the board

The UP Shia Central Waqf Board has now decided to stake its claim to the disputed site in Ayodhya(HT file photo)

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Published on Jul 28, 2017 07:07 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Lucknow | ByM Tariq Khan

One of every three DMs found absent from office in Uttar Pradesh despite government order

Two months back, the CM had asked all DMs and SSPs to remain in office daily from 9 am to 11 am to attend to public complaints. He warned the officials he would periodically check their availability by calling on office landline phone numbers.

26 DMs out of 75 were not found in their office during the surprise check.(HT File Photo)

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Published on Jul 20, 2017 05:55 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Lucknow | ByManish Chandra Pandey/M Tariq Khan, Lucknow

UPRERA to go online from July 22

Principal secretary, housing, Deepak Singhal, who held a meeting with the officials, has set timelines to ensure that basic infrastructure is in place to enable the online registration process.

The official website of the Uttar Pradesh Real Estate Regulatory Authority would be ready by July end.

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Published on Jul 20, 2017 04:15 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Lucknow | ByM Tariq Khan, Lucknow

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The All India Muslim Personal Law Board plans to move an intervening application in the Supreme Court to defend the practice of polygamy and temporary marriage contracts, which the board says are part of Islamic law.

Uttar Pradesh has approximately one crore unemployed, according to estimates of officials at the state’s employment exchange.

The board says the bill though is a step in the right direction, it should have a window for reconciliation between husband and wife and also some other clauses to prevent its misuse by vested interests.

Modernisation of madarsas (Islamic schools) seems to be the main focus of chief minister Yogi Adityanath government, who not only increased the budget for minorities’ welfare by 10% but allocated its substantial chunk for upgrading and transforming the institutions.

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Friday made it clear that only a court verdict would be accepted in the ongoing Babri Masjid-Ram Janambhoomi matter pending before the Supreme Court.

Ravi Shankar is set to arrive in Ayodhya in March for a meeting with saints, hardliners and clerics in his efforts to find a settlement to the dispute.

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board has pinned its hope on getting support from some BJP allies to stall the bill on instant triple divorce in the Rajya Sabha as Prime Minister Narendra Modi pitched for its early passage in the ongoing budget session of Parliament.

The Adityanath-led government in the state has brought in a series of regulations in order to, it says, modernise these madrasas and bring them at par with other schools.

The government’s move against triple talaq follows numerous complaints by Muslim women, who were divorced through the practice and denied alimony and other rights.

Kalidas Marg – the VVIP stretch in front of the official residence of the UP Chief minister – has been in news in the past too. During the Bahujan Samaj Party regime, the then CM Mayawati had made it inaccessible to the commuters.

Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board chairman Zufar Ahmed Farooqui on Wednesday said senior lawyer and Congress leader Kapil Sibal was not the board’s counsel in the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi title case before the Supreme Court.

Twenty-five years after hundreds scaled the disputed mosque and tore it down, the Supreme Court on Tuesday began hearing the title suit over the disputed Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land.

BJP parliamentarian Subramanian Swamy, spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and Shia Waqf Board chief Waseem Rizvi have emerged as the new actors of the movement.

Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav remained combative and said the Yogi Adityanath government was enjoying the fruit of the previous Samajwadi Party’s projects.

UP Shia Central Waqf Board chief Waseem Rizvi said the mosque should be built in a Muslim-dominated locality.

Akhilesh Yadav had visited the Taj as the UP chief minister over two years ago on Valentine’s Day and sat on one of the benches in front of the monument along with his wife and Kannauj MP Dimple Yadav.

In a letter to chief minister Adityanath, the board’s chairman, Waseem Rizvi said that the construction of the statue would be a matter of pride of all Indians and will put UP on the world map.

While Varanasi is the Prime Minister’s Lok Sabha constituency, Kanpur is the hometown the President.

“Communal riot survivors (190 families) are yet to receive compensation and continue to stay in squalid conditions in resettlement camps.”

For many families that survived the riots and still live in resettlement camps, compensation has become a mirage.

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath has already recommended a CBI probe into the multi-crore project. But with the PMO referring the matter to CWC, chances of a parallel investigation by any other agency are dim.

With barely a month left and only four vacancies being announced in Uttar Pradesh’s Legislative Council, it seems that one of the five contenders will have to quit.

The affidavit was an attempt to divert attention from corruption in managing of wakf properties, Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe Jawad said.

With the resignation of Ashok Bajpai and Ambika Chowdhary, the total number of MLCs who have quit SP have gone up to five.

Akhilesh Yadav will launch the Samajwadi Party campaign on the Kranti Diwas -- August 9 -- from the temple town of Ayodhya.

The watchdog body, however, has decided to give a 15-day grace period to the developers to register their projects keeping in mind the delay in the launch of its website (July 26) to facilitate online registration.

People in Varanasi are still waiting to see their city being transformed into Kyoto. There is no sign of bullet train. The common man’s hard-earned money has been deposited in banks, the Samajwadi Party chief said.

The decision to move the court laying claim to the disputed property in the temple town was taken at a two-day meeting of the board

Two months back, the CM had asked all DMs and SSPs to remain in office daily from 9 am to 11 am to attend to public complaints. He warned the officials he would periodically check their availability by calling on office landline phone numbers.

Principal secretary, housing, Deepak Singhal, who held a meeting with the officials, has set timelines to ensure that basic infrastructure is in place to enable the online registration process.

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