Indian Cleric

The newly formed Indian Secular Front (ISF), led by Furfura Sharif'sinfluential cleric Abbas Siddiqui, has fielded candidates cutting across religions and castes for the West Bengal assembly elections, in a bid to prove its secular credentials.

The newly formed Indian Secular Front (ISF) of Furfura Sharif cleric Abbas Siddiqui on Tuesday said his party will not oppose Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly polls.

The newly formed Indian Secular Front (ISF) of Furfura Sharif cleric Abbas Siddiqui and several other parties will be part of the Left Front-Congress alliance for the upcoming West Bengal assembly polls, state Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said on Tuesday.

Trinamool Nusrat Jahan, facing criticism from a section of Muslim clerics for attending Durga puja celebrations, on Monday found support in Union minister Debasree Chaudhuri who said personal choices should be respected, and an Indian woman is known by her husband's faith.

Nigerian Shiite leader Ibrahim Zakzaky - whose poor health in detention fuelled a wave of violent protests in Abuja - has left a hospital in Gurgaon near Delhi where he arrived for treatment this week, the clinic said Friday, while his office said he was heading home.

SBI Jobs: The country's largest bank is hiring Junior Associates for its customer support and sales teams across various states. SBI has invited applications from Indian citizens for clerical cadre and the candidate can apply in one state only, the lender said in a statement on its website.

Around 62,000 group C or clerical staffers of the railways may soon get pay and privileges equivalent to those of group B employees, as the railway board has initiated the process of granting them promotion.

With prices of fuel at an all-time high, Indians today woke up to the news that the price of petrol had been slashed by 60 paise while the price of diesel was down by 59 paise. For many, it was a welcome relief after 16 straight days of hikes in petrol and diesel prices. But the happiness was short-lived as the Indian Oil Corporation quickly clarif...

"The reduction was supposed to be 1 paisa but due to a clerical error the price prevalent on May 25 was communicated as today's price," news agency Press Trust of India cited a senior official of Indian Oil Corporation as saying.

Clerics in Uttar Pradesh's Deoband, home to Darul Uloom - the highest seat of Islamic learning in India - have said they will not preside over weddings where there is music. Wedding bands with song and dance, a tradition in Indian weddings, are 'un-Islamic', said a top cleric on Monday.

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board, the top body of Indian Muslims, on Sunday accused the BJP government of making attempts to break its unity.

Back home on Monday, the two Indian clerics who had gone missing in Pakistan met Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj to thank her for intervening with Islamabad to ensure they get back to Delhi safe. Their family has alleged Pakistan's security agencies had taken in the two clerics - Syed Asif Ali Nizami, the 80-year-old head priest of New Delhi's Nizam...

The two Indian clerics, including the head priest of Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah, who went missing in Pakistan last week, returned to New Delhi this morning. Syed Asif Nizami and his nephew Nazim Ali Nizami were welcomed at the airport by their family members and a group of well-wishers.

Union minister Sushma Swaraj yesterday tweeted that the two Indian clerics who went missing in Pakistan, are safe and well and will be back in Delhi today. The clerics are Syed Asif Ali Nizami, the head priest of New Delhi's Nizamuddin Dargah, and his nephew Nazim Ali Nizami. The two had gone on a visit to Pakistan on March 8 and were said to have ...

Two Indian clerics, Syed Asif Ali Nizami, the head priest of New Delhi's Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah, and his nephew Nazim Nizami, who had gone missing in Pakistan have been "traced and (the two) have reached Karachi", Pakistan foreign office told India today. They will leave for India on March 20. "The Pakistan Foreign Office has confirmed that the t...

The newly formed Indian Secular Front (ISF), led by Furfura Sharif'sinfluential cleric Abbas Siddiqui, has fielded candidates cutting across religions and castes for the West Bengal assembly elections, in a bid to prove its secular credentials.

The newly formed Indian Secular Front (ISF) of Furfura Sharif cleric Abbas Siddiqui on Tuesday said his party will not oppose Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly polls.

The newly formed Indian Secular Front (ISF) of Furfura Sharif cleric Abbas Siddiqui and several other parties will be part of the Left Front-Congress alliance for the upcoming West Bengal assembly polls, state Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said on Tuesday.

Trinamool Nusrat Jahan, facing criticism from a section of Muslim clerics for attending Durga puja celebrations, on Monday found support in Union minister Debasree Chaudhuri who said personal choices should be respected, and an Indian woman is known by her husband's faith.

Nigerian Shiite leader Ibrahim Zakzaky - whose poor health in detention fuelled a wave of violent protests in Abuja - has left a hospital in Gurgaon near Delhi where he arrived for treatment this week, the clinic said Friday, while his office said he was heading home.

SBI Jobs: The country's largest bank is hiring Junior Associates for its customer support and sales teams across various states. SBI has invited applications from Indian citizens for clerical cadre and the candidate can apply in one state only, the lender said in a statement on its website.

Around 62,000 group C or clerical staffers of the railways may soon get pay and privileges equivalent to those of group B employees, as the railway board has initiated the process of granting them promotion.

With prices of fuel at an all-time high, Indians today woke up to the news that the price of petrol had been slashed by 60 paise while the price of diesel was down by 59 paise. For many, it was a welcome relief after 16 straight days of hikes in petrol and diesel prices. But the happiness was short-lived as the Indian Oil Corporation quickly clarif...

"The reduction was supposed to be 1 paisa but due to a clerical error the price prevalent on May 25 was communicated as today's price," news agency Press Trust of India cited a senior official of Indian Oil Corporation as saying.

Clerics in Uttar Pradesh's Deoband, home to Darul Uloom - the highest seat of Islamic learning in India - have said they will not preside over weddings where there is music. Wedding bands with song and dance, a tradition in Indian weddings, are 'un-Islamic', said a top cleric on Monday.

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board, the top body of Indian Muslims, on Sunday accused the BJP government of making attempts to break its unity.

Back home on Monday, the two Indian clerics who had gone missing in Pakistan met Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj to thank her for intervening with Islamabad to ensure they get back to Delhi safe. Their family has alleged Pakistan's security agencies had taken in the two clerics - Syed Asif Ali Nizami, the 80-year-old head priest of New Delhi's Nizam...

The two Indian clerics, including the head priest of Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah, who went missing in Pakistan last week, returned to New Delhi this morning. Syed Asif Nizami and his nephew Nazim Ali Nizami were welcomed at the airport by their family members and a group of well-wishers.

Union minister Sushma Swaraj yesterday tweeted that the two Indian clerics who went missing in Pakistan, are safe and well and will be back in Delhi today. The clerics are Syed Asif Ali Nizami, the head priest of New Delhi's Nizamuddin Dargah, and his nephew Nazim Ali Nizami. The two had gone on a visit to Pakistan on March 8 and were said to have ...

Two Indian clerics, Syed Asif Ali Nizami, the head priest of New Delhi's Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah, and his nephew Nazim Nizami, who had gone missing in Pakistan have been "traced and (the two) have reached Karachi", Pakistan foreign office told India today. They will leave for India on March 20. "The Pakistan Foreign Office has confirmed that the t...