Sanjay Khanna appointed Chairman and MD of Bharat PetroleumSanjay Khanna has taken charge as the new Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. He was previously Director (R...
09 Apr, 2026, 07.46 PM IST
Stocks in news: Torrent Power, GAIL, J&K Bank, Ola Electric, Vedanta, InfosysMarkets ended higher for the third consecutive session amidst volatility. Today's trade will focus on ceasefire developments and the MPC me...
08 Apr, 2026, 06.33 AM IST
Rajiv Ranjan Jha appointed as nominee director of PFC on REC boardPower Finance Corporation welcomes Rajiv Ranjan Jha as its newly appointed nominee director on the board of REC, effective April 6, 2026. W...
07 Apr, 2026, 05.21 PM IST
Taliban bans Chess in Afghanistan citing religious concernsThe Taliban has prohibited chess in Afghanistan. The decision is due to religious concerns. The Ministry of Promotion of Virtue and Prevent...
12 May, 2025, 10.24 AM IST
Taliban morality enforcers arrest men for having the wrong hairstyle or skipping mosque, UN saysA UN report reveals the Taliban's morality police in Afghanistan are detaining men for hairstyles and barbers for non-compliant haircuts. D...
10 Apr, 2025, 05.53 PM IST
Afghan women cannot pray loudly or recite in front of other women, says Taliban ministerAfghan women cannot pray loudly or recite the Quran publicly among other women as per the Taliban government. This is a new addition to the...
30 Oct, 2024, 06.08 PM IST
An Afghan province bans all media from showing images of living things to comply with Taliban lawsAfghanistan's Helmand province has prohibited media from displaying images of humans and animals, complying with Taliban's morality laws. T...
24 Oct, 2024, 05.22 PM IST
Taliban imposes new restrictions on women, bans public speakingAfghanistan's Taliban regime has implemented new restrictive laws, requiring women to cover their entire bodies, prohibiting them from publ...
24 Aug, 2024, 11.24 AM IST
Afghan women fear going out alone due to Taliban decrees on clothing and male guardians, UN saysTaliban have barred women from most areas of public life and stopped girls from going to school beyond the sixth grade as part of harsh mea...
17 Feb, 2024, 01.17 PM IST
Taliban official says women lose value if their faces are visible to men in publicThe Taliban, who took over the country in August of 2021, has cited the failure of women to observe the proper way to wear the hijab, or Is...
17 Aug, 2023, 08.25 PM IST
Afghan Taliban order women TV anchors to cover their facesSeveral female anchors and presenters posted their photos on social media showing them with their faces covered with face masks during pres...
19 May, 2022, 07.33 PM IST
Taliban bars government employees without beards from work: SourcesThree sources said that representatives from the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice were instructing all governm...
28 Mar, 2022, 04.52 PM IST
Afghanistan's Taliban ban women from flying without male chaperone: SourcesThe move comes after the Taliban backtracked on their previous commitment to open high schools to girls, a u-turn that shocked many Afghans...
27 Mar, 2022, 05.25 PM IST
Taliban replace women's ministry with notorious vice departmentSeveral posts have appeared on Twitter in the last 24 hours showing women workers from the ministry protesting outside the building, saying...
17 Sep, 2021, 07.48 PM IST
Government bars committee members from criticising official statsThe directive comes in the wake of members of a committee on jobs leaking details of a report after quitting the panel.
23 Jul, 2019, 08.43 AM IST
Rajya Sabha Chairman appoints SC judge to probe sexual harassment chargeHamid Ansari has appointed Ranjan Gogoi as head of the panel probing sexual harassment charge against a Madhya Pradesh High Court judge.
11 Feb, 2016, 02.01 PM IST
- Govt to control ammonium nitrate trade
With the ammonium nitrate becoming the preferred choice of terror outfits for assembling explosives, the Centre is now set to rewrite the E...
29 Jul, 2008, 03.25 AM IST