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- India
Karnataka hijab row: Stop harassing women, says Priyanka Gandhi
New Delhi: Amid the ongoing hijab row in Karnataka, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday came out in support of the girls protesting in favour of hijab saying it’s women’s…
- Hyderabad
Telangana BJP MLA Raja Singh calls for nationwide ban on hijab
Hyderabad: Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) leader and Goshamahal MLA Raja Singh on Tuesday called for a nationwide hijab ban, stating that educational institutions aren’t the spaces to propagate one’s religion. In a…
- Telangana
Disappointed and disturbed, says KTR over Karnataka hijab row
Hyderabad: Telangana Minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MAUD) KT Rama Rao on Tuesday addressed the raging Karnataka hijab row, called the incident “disturbing and disappointing”. Taking a dig at the…
- India
Karnataka hijab row: ‘Is this his beti bachao, beti padhao?’ Owaisi slams Modi
The All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his silence on the raging controversy of the Karnataka hijab row. He also alleged that the…
- India
Hijab row: Teargas fired in Karnataka college campus, curfew in one more dist
Davanagere: Amid the Karnataka High Court hearing the hijab matter, more incidents of violence were reported from an educational institute in the state on Tuesday. The police fired teargas shells and carried…
- India
‘We’re being observed internationally, not a good devp’, Karnataka HC on Hijab row
Bengaluru: With the Hijab row snowballing into a major controversy, the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday said the international community is observing us and it is not a good development. The hearing…
- India
Karnataka hijab row: DK Shivakumar condemns hoisting of saffron flag
President of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee and opposition leader DK Shivakumar has expressed concern at the precipitation of the Hijab row in select districts of Karnataka. On Tuesday, Shivakumar took to Twitter…
- India
‘Lone tigress’: Twitter hails Hijabi girl for standing up to saffron-clad bullies
As the hijab row escalated in Karnataka, on Tuesday, videos of a Hijabi student being heckled by a group of saffron-clad students chanting slogans of “Jai Shree Ram” surfaced on social media.…
- India
Ban on hijab violation of constitutional rights: Ajmer dargah head
Jaipur: Ajmer dargah spiritual head Zainul Abedin Ali Khan on Monday said wearing a hijab or headscarf is a religious and constitutional right of Muslim women, and there should not be any…
- India
Video: Hijabi student chants Allahu Akbar as saffron-clad bullies heckle her
As the hijab row escalated in Karnataka, on Tuesday, videos of a Hijabi student being heckled by a group of saffron-clad students chanting slogans of “Jai Shree Ram” surfaced on social media.…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: Hijab row turns violent, stone pelting, lathi-charge reported
Bengaluru: Even as the High Court started hearing the matter, the Hijab row turned violent in Karnataka on Tuesday as incidents of stone-pelting and lathi-charge were reported in the state at Pre-University…
- India
Protests erupt against Hijab diktat in various parts of Karnataka
A large number of protests have erupted in various districts of Karnataka in solidarity with Muslim girls in the state who have been barred from entering their college premises, stripping away their…
- Top Stories
Hijab row: Dalit students wear blue scarves in solidarity with Muslim girls
Several college students in Karnataka adorned blue scarves around their necks, raising slogans of “Jai Bhim” in solidarity with Muslim girls in the state who have been barred from entering their college…
- India
Hijab row: K’taka CM, Education Minister urge students not to get provoked
Bengaluru: As students across Karnataka were coming to colleges wearing hijabs and saffron shawals, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and Education Minister B.C. Nagesh on Monday urged them not to get provoked and…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: Students wearing Hijab allowed, seated in separate class
Udupi: After days of protest, students wearing Hijab have been allowed to enter the campus of Government PU College on Monday in the Kundapura area of Udupi district in Karnataka. However, such…
