Cleric
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Gujarat: Muslim cleric arrested for alleged plot to kill Hindu leader in Surat
Gujarat | May 05, 2024, 11:19 AM ISTAs per police reports, Timol received an international SIM number from Laos in order to keep his identity secret and he got a business number on social media activated, which he used to issue threats to Updesh Rana.
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Rajasthan: Mosque cleric beaten to death by masked men in Ajmer
Rajasthan | Apr 28, 2024, 02:56 PM ISTThe accused people allegedly threatened the children not to disclose the matter and took away their mobile phones so that they could not inform anyone or call for help.
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Lucknow: 8-year-old gang raped by cleric, his brother, victim's mother arrested for involvement
Crime | Feb 22, 2024, 01:53 PM ISTDeputy Commissioner of Police (West) Vishwajeet said the police have arrested one accused and are trying to nab the other one. The police also apprehended the victim's mother under section 34 (common intention) of the IPC.
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J&K: Take our lands but give protection to minorities in Kashmir, says Anantnag mosque cleric
India | Jun 04, 2022, 08:08 AM ISTThe minority community members have been protesting against targeted killings and some of them have spoken about migrating out of Valley.
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12-year-old boy solemnizes 'nikaah' in Lucknow
India | Jan 12, 2020, 03:13 PM ISTTwelve-year-old Abdul Haii Rashid Firangi Mahali created a record of sorts on Saturday when he became, probably, the youngest person to solemnize a 'nikaah' in Lucknow.
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Cleric arrested for explosion at UP mosque
India | Nov 13, 2019, 11:55 AM ISTDuring interrogation, the cleric admitted that he and some other youths had kept the explosives in the mosque.
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Delhi: Cleric claims car hit him after he refused to chant 'Jai Shri Ram'
India | Jun 21, 2019, 11:42 PM ISTA cleric alleged that a car hit him in Delhi's Aman Vihar on Friday after he refused to heed to the demand of its three occupants to chant 'Jai Shri Ram'.
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Ghazipur madrasa rape case: Main accused in the case to be tried as an adult, rules Juvenile Justice Board
India | May 02, 2018, 02:34 PM ISTA 34-year-old cleric of the madrasa, where a minor girl was allegedly raped after being kidnapped from east Delhi's Ghazipur, was arrested last month. Police said the cleric was aware of the crime.
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11-year-old allegedly raped by teen, held captive at a madrasa near New Delhi
India | Apr 26, 2018, 02:52 PM ISTAn 11-year-old girl was rescued from a madrasa near Ghaziabad, after being allegedly abducted and raped by a 17-year-old.
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Dawood depressed as his only son wants to become ‘maulana’
India | Nov 26, 2017, 04:27 PM ISTIqbal Kaskar has informed the investigators that a deeply worried Dawood is afflicted by bouts of despondency over who would look after and handle his vast underworld empire in the future.
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Controversial Kolkata cleric Barkati sacked, refuses to step down
India | May 17, 2017, 08:13 PM ISTThe controversial Shahi Imam of Tipu Sultan mosque Noor-ur Rahman Barkati was today sacked for allegedly making anti-national statements and misusing his position.
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Cleric arrested for raping, blackmailing woman in Muzaffarnagar
India | Mar 26, 2017, 04:36 PM ISTA cleric in the Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh has been arrested on charges of raping a woman and blackmailing her with a video of the act, police said today. According to a complaint
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Cleric's PSO attacked by motorcycle-borne youth in Jammu, AK-47 rifle snatched
India | Mar 26, 2017, 12:06 PM ISTThree motorcycle-borne youth allegedly attacked the personal security officer of a cleric here, hit him with a stick and threw chili powder in his eyes before decamping with his AK-47 rifle.
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Fond of 'clean shaven' Salman Khan, woman asks cleric husband to choose between his beard or her life
India | Jul 18, 2016, 02:52 PM ISTMeerut: A 36-year-old cleric in Meerut is faced with a strange dichotomy – one so bizarre that has forced him to file a complaint against his wife with the police to save himself from future
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Never equated kurta, pajama to religious attire: Malaysian cleric
World | Feb 09, 2015, 08:36 PM ISTKuala Lumpur: A Malaysian Muslim cleric has said that he had never equated Indian clothing like ‘kurta, pajama' to religious attire, retracting his earlier objection to the country's prime minister wearing “Hindu attire” while attending
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Pakistan: Hardline cleric bows to pressure, condemns Peshawar massacre
World | Dec 21, 2014, 02:57 PM ISTIslamabad: A hardline cleric of Pakistan's infamous Lal Masjid has condemned the massacre of children by Taliban in a Peshawar school and apologised for his earlier remarks that the militant group's act in response to
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80 year old cleric in Saudi performs 60 hajjs
World | Oct 14, 2013, 02:14 PM ISTNew Delhi: An 80 year old Muslim cleric in Saudi Arabia named Sheikh Jabran Yahya Solaiman Al-Malki has performed pilgrimage to Mecca 60 times. He is a priest in a mosque in Jazzan province. His
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Murder of Cleric and 3 others trigger Riots in Kenya
World | Oct 04, 2013, 11:24 PM ISTNairobi, Kenya: Gunmen killed a Muslim cleric and three others in a hail of bullets in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa, a year after the imam's predecessor was killed in the same manner and
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Mulayam Placates Bukhari, Cleric's Son-In-Law To Get LC Seat
India | Apr 12, 2012, 11:37 PM ISTLucknow, Apr 12: Placated by Mulayam Singh Yadav, Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid Syed Bukhari, who was embroiled in a spat with SP leader Azam Khan, today agreed to field his son-in-law in legislative council
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'Victory March' In Egypt; Top Cleric For Sacking Cabinet
World | Feb 18, 2011, 10:44 PM ISTCairo, Feb 18: Tens of thousands of Egyptians today packed the Tahrir Square here, the flash point of the pro-democracy protests that toppled President Hosni Mubarak, for a " victory march", even as an influential