Hijab
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UP school forces teacher to remove hijab on first day of work
Varanasi: A Muslim teacher in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi has alleged that a school asked her to leave on her first day teaching for wearing a hijab, days after she claimed to have…
- India
Noida woman faces rape threats for defending Muslim couple
Noida: Soumya, the 23-year-old woman who defended a Muslim couple from being harassed by a drunken man over their identity, is now facing online threats after the video went viral. “People are…
- India
Lenskart under fire for allowing hijab and turban, banning bindi, tilak
Eyewear company Lenskart, on Thursday, April 16, came under fire for a ‘staff uniform and grooming guide’ that banned the tilak and bindi while allowing the hijab and turbans. Many have slammed…
- India
Jharkhand mehendi artists denied entry to venue, asked to remove hijab
Hazaribagh: A mehendi artist and her team were asked to remove their hijab before applying mehendi and were allegedly insulted in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh. Following the altercation, the artists refused and left the…
- India
UP: Bajrang Dal storms govt school over namaz claims, principal suspended
Sambhal: Several Bajrang Dal members forcibly entered a government school in Uttar Pradesh‘s Sambhal to question the Quranic verses framed on the walls, alleging that the students were being taught to wear…
- India
Hijab, saffron gamcha row disrupts Republic Day event at Jharkhand school
Republic Day celebrations at a school in Jharkhand’s Dhanbad were disrupted when right-wing aligned young boys took objection to hijab-clad Muslim students attending the event. One of their friends, who is also…
- India
Jadavpur University EC supports HoD in Hijab exam controversy
Kolkata: Weeks after a committee, probing the Hijab controversy at Jadavpur University, suggested that English department HoD Saswati Halder be released from her duties till the inquiry was completed, its executive council…
- Telangana
Bandi challenges Asaduddin Owaisi to make a woman AIMIM chief
Hyderabad: Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Sunday, January 11, challenged All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi to show the courage to make a hijab-clad woman as his party’s chief…
- India
Won’t sell ornaments to women wearing hijab, say Bihar jewellers
Patna: In a bid to curb thefts, jewellers in Bihar have decided not to sell ornaments to customers entering shops with their faces covered, a traders’ association said on Wednesday. The state…
- India
‘Hijabgate’: When local politics turns into global embarrassment
Bhopal: Ms Razia Masood, a Bhopal-based Social Activist who is associated with the Jamat-e-Islami Hind Women wing, has reacted strongly to the shameless incident wherein a Chief Minister of an Indian state…
- India
JD-U defends CM Nitish Kumar amid hijab row
New Delhi: Amid the controversy triggered by a viral video allegedly showing Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar removing a woman’s hijab during a public event, Janata Dal-U MP Rampreet Mandal on Saturday…
- India
Amid naqab row rumours, official says doctor to join Bihar govt duty
Patna: Amid rumours that a doctor has declined a government job in Bihar after her naqab (veil) was removed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar during a programme here, an official concerned on…
- Kerala
BJP accuses CPI(M) of using hijab row to divert attention from Sabarimala gold case
Kochi: Kerala BJP president Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Friday accused the ruling CPI(M) of “manufacturing” the hijab controversy to divert attention from the Sabarimala gold missing case. Speaking to reporters, Chandrasekhar said the…
- Kerala
Kerala Hijab row: Student to move to another school, say parents
Kochi: The parents of a student who was asked not to wear a hijab at a church-run school in Palluruthy have decided to transfer the girl to another institution. The father of…
- India
Allow girl to continue studies wearing hijab: Kerala Minister to school
Kochi: When things appeared to be resolved following discussions with Ernakulam Congress MP Hibi Eden, school authorities and the father of the girl student, who agreed to abide by the rules of…
