hijab row
- India
Bengal hijab row: Teacher decides not to re-join after college allows head scarf
Kolkata: The teacher of a private law college in Kolkata, who was allegedly asked not to attend classes wearing a hijab but later told a head scarf can be allowed, on Thursday…
- Kolkata
Hijab row: College says wearing headscarf allowed, teacher seeks time to rejoin
Kolkata: A private law college in Kolkata, where a teacher was “forced to resign” after she was allegedly not allowed to attend classes wearing a hijab, on Tuesday said she can cover…
- India
Rajasthan govt school turns away students for wearing hijab
A state government run school in Rajasthan’s Pipar town allegedly turned away female Muslim students for wearing hijab, which stoked a controversy. Parents of these students reportedly confronted the school authorities and…
- India
Hijab row: Students stage protest in Goa over Principal’s suspension
Panaji: Students of Keshav Smruti Higher Secondary School from South Goa on Wednesday took out a protest rally demanding revocation of the principal’s suspension who has been suspended over the hijab row.…
- India
Goa: School principal suspended over hijab row
Panaji: Principal of a school in Goa was suspended by the management after Hindu organisations alleged that he allowed students to visit mosque, where they were allegedly forced to wear hijab. Director,…
- India
If school uniform disallows hijab, none can insist on it: Law commission chief
The Chairman of the 22nd Law Commission Ritu Raj Awasthi said that if a school uniform does not allow hijab, none can insist on it. According to a report by The New…
- India
MP: ‘Illegal’ parts of Damoh school face demolition post hijab row
A bulldozer, barricades and state police in riot gear were deployed near Madhya Pradesh’s Ganga Jamuna Higher Secondary School on Tuesday evening. This comes days after a controversy erupted regarding allegations that…
- India
MP Govt preparing for bulldozer drive against school hit by hijab row
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra has claimed that the accused involved in the alleged ‘religious conversion’ issue in a Damoh-based school are being detained by the police. Without elaborating much…
- India
Hijab row in MP: FIR registered against Ganga Jamuna School authorities
Bhopal: An FIR has been registered against the management of Ganga Jamuna school where a hijab controversy erupted a couple of days back in Madhya Pradesh’s Damoh district. The school management has…
- India
Damoh school’s ‘hijab’ row escalates, govt official faces ink attack
Bhopal: A Madhya Pradesh government official, who was the part of investigation team in a case related to a hijab controversy that broke out at private school in Damoh, was attacked by…
- India
Karnataka elections: Hijab ban key enforcer BC Nagesh loses in Tiptur
Karnataka elections 2023 result saw the defeat of BJP candidate and Karnataka’s school education minister BC Nagesh was defeated by Congress candidate K Shadakshari in Tumkur’s Tiptur seat. Being the education minister,…
- India
Post Hijab ban, Udupi sees over 50% drop in Muslim admissions in govt PUCs
Last year the Karnataka High Court dismissed petitions filed by six hijab-clad Muslim students from a Udupi PUC and upheld the Bharatiya Janata Party-led state government’s order to ban hijabs in government…
- India
“Don’t judge a judge…” Bar association slams Owaisi
New Delhi: The All India Bar Association (AIBA) has slammed lawyer turned politician Asaduddin Owaisi for criticising the choice of Justice Rituraj Awasthi as the Chairperson of the Law Commission of India,…
- Opinions
Debate over hijab: State can make law that regulates secular activity
I ask myself why the Court needed to ask whether the fundamental rights of freedom of expression under Article 19 (1) (a) and the right of privacy under Article 21 are mutually…
- India
Muslim Personal Law Board suspends its women’s wing; faces criticism
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board has dissolved its women’s wing after seven years of its formation. The body is now being criticised strongly by several members publicly complaining of the…
