NEW DELHI, Dec 5: Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday ruled out extending the deadline for registering Waqf properties on the UMEED portal but said a way would be found for those who attempted registration but could not complete and that they will be exempted from penalties for the next three months. He also said that 1.51 lakh properties had been registered by Friday morning. The minister stressed that those ‘mutawallis (Waqf property caretakers) who have not registered on the portal at all can approach their respective Waqf tribunal. The Centre launched The Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency, and Development (UMEED) Act central portal on June 6 to create a digital inventory after geo-tagging all Waqf properties. According to the provisions of the por

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