Women dominate Indian banks's clerical and officer rolls, but few make it to the executive office these days, notes Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Officials said the ceiling limits were revised to bring them on par with those for the three all India services -- Indian Administrative Service, Indian Police Service and Indian Forest Service.
Members of Shia community were lathicharged by police on Friday as they were marching to gherao the house of Uttar Pradesh Waqf Minister Mohd Azam Khan over the alleged move to appoint "corrupt persons" to the Shia Central Board in the state.
Clerics of the mosque are spearheading a campaign to impose Islamic in the capital and have been involved in a standoff with authorities for months.
Masood, his son Hassan, and a Chelmsford cleric were picked up by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents on November 15.
Aziz vowed to enforce Sharia in the country even if the government did not itself do so, saying the Sharia would be enforced at any cost for which the whole nation should support the mosque's management.
When the mosque is reopened for prayers in the first week of August, worshipers will find it bathed in apple green colour and perhaps with a new name
Starting afresh in a new domain or with a new employer or opting for entrepreneurship can be the brighter side of job loss.
"It (suicide) is haram (forbidden) in Islam. Islam has strictly prohibited such a step," the state's grand mufti Bashir-ud-Din said in a fatwa, a copy of which was faxed to PTI in Srinagar.
A murder case has been registered against Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his ministers and other top officials for their alleged involvement in the killing of anti-government protesters here, police said on Wednesday.
India has been maintaining that Pakistan extends regular support to terror groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammad and Hizbul Mujahideen, whose prime target is India, and has urged FATF to take action against Islamabad.
'The army has neither any role in the country's electoral process nor has it any desire to do so,' he said.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday ruled out use of force to dislodge the protesters, led by Imran Khan and populist cleric Tahirul Qadri, camping in the heart of the Pakistani capital.
Pakistan's Supreme Court on Wednesday summoned opposition leader Imran Khan and cleric Tahirul Qadri on a petition filed against them over their protests that have called for Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's ouster.
The 26-year-old actor-cum-model was killed by Waseem, who has confessed to have administered a sedative to her before strangling her to death for the "honour of the family".
Kumar has been arrested from Jharkhand's Hazaribagh district, a senior police source said, adding of the four others arrested along with Kumar, two are his nephews.
Incumbent Hassan Rouhani faces stiff competition from hardline cleric Raisi.
The MNS chief demanded that videos of such people being thrashed be made viral on social media, to instill sense of "trust" among people.
'Farmers' issues will rule the narrative in the 2019 elections.'
Tens of thousands of white-clad pilgrims, including Indians, thronged Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia just outside Mecca, for the climax of the Hajj.
The TMC expects to emerge victorious by way of a majority of minority votes and a minority of majority votes, notes Arun Bhatnagar, a retired IAS officer.
The combined Left parties drew a blank in the polls to the assembly which they had run with an overwhelming majority for 34 long years, with their vote share dwindling to a mere 5.47 per cent in 2021.
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So what is the Pope to do when a little boy rushes his stage and steals the show? Ignore the child and let him play, it seems. A 6-year-old from Argentina walked on to the Vatican stage during Pope Francis' papal audience. The child delighted worshippers and the pontiff alike as he played on stage.
The World Muslim Congregation is second only to the annual Haj gathering in Mecca.
'One of R&AW's greatest achievements is in projecting itself as benign.' 'This work -- done in tandem with the Diaspora and the MEA -- sells a story of India as mostly the victim.'
Delhi's Jama Masjid chief cleric Syed Ahmed Bukhari has said investigation agencies have the tendency to name perpetrators of any bomb blasts in the country much before initiation and conclusion of their probes.
With influential cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri descending on Islamabad with swarms of his supporters, Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Tuesday lobbied with top political leaders, including Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif, to uphold the democratic system.
The FATF warned Pakistan that if it doesn't complete a full action plan by June, it could lead to consequences on its businesses
Never before in the history of the Republic has an election in the state mattered so much as it does now, observes Virendra Kapoor.
Rohatgi's submission came when the court asked him what are the remedies for a Muslim man to come out of a marriage if such practices are struck down.
The court framed charges against six people in crime branch custody, including the Kashmir-based Chand Khan, and 28 who are absconding.
Pakistan will hold general election by May 16 after the national and provincial assemblies are dissolved on completing their five-year term, a senior minister announced on Sunday.
Half of the world's youth population are subject to anxiety or depression-causing circumstances, discovers ILO survey.
'We will not accept this lollypop. They must make clear that where they want to give us the land'
Days after he angered Christians by comparing fiery cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri to the Pope, Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik met a delegation of the minority community's leaders and extended "heart-felt apologies" for hurting their feelings by his "uncalled for" remarks.
The complainants alleged that the song 'Manikya Malaraya poovi' in the film written and directed by Omar Lulu had an 'objectionable' reference to Prophet Muhammad's wife.
