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Karnataka: Muslim women boycott classes in protest of HC judgment
The Karnataka high court pronounced its verdict in the hijab row and proclaimed that “hijab is not an essential part of Islam”. As such, hijab-clad students have been asked to abide by…
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Karnataka CM Bommai says hijab issue settled, students should focus on studies
Bengaluru: After the Karnataka High Court upheld the ban on wearing Hijab in educational institutions, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday urged the students to focus on education, saying “it is a…
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Karnataka HC dismisses pleas to wear Hijab in classrooms, says headscarf not a part of Islamic faith
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday dismissed petitions filed by a section of Muslim students from the Government Pre-University Girls College in Udupi, seeking permission to wear Hijab inside the classroom.…
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Hijab row: Karnataka high court to pronounce judgment tomorrow
After nearly four months of turmoil and two weeks of court hearings in Karnataka, the high court will finally pronounce its judgment on the hijab row plaguing the state on Tuesday. The…
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Karnataka: Hindutva goons force hijab-clad students to leave college
The Hijab controversy that erupted in the state of Karnataka in January, amidst heavy preparations for assembly polls in five states, sees no end even as the country awaits the result of…
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LIVE updates: Hearing of petitions on Hijab row in Karnataka HC
The Karnataka high court has resumed hearing the writ-petition case on Wednesday (ie. Day nine of the hearings) regarding the ongoing hijab row in the state. To keep a track of the…
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BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj demands law against hijab
Unnao (Uttar Pradesh): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Unnao, Sakshi Maharaj, on Wednesday demanded a law to ban the wearing of hijab across the country. He also slammed the Opposition for…
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Hijab Row: Mob pelts stones at hotel owned by petitioner’s father
Adding to the chaos in the hijab row, an unruly mob pelted stones at a hotel owned by Hazra Shifa’s father. Shifa is one of the petitioners in the ongoing hijab proceedings…
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Hijab row: FIR against journalist for barging into Muslim girl’s house
Amid the ongoing hijab proceedings in the Karnataka high court, the police in Udupi district filed an FIR under against a reporter for barging into a Muslim girl’s house in the name…
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Hijab row: HC directs Karnataka govt to not violate interim order
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court bench, hearing petitions on hijab row, on Friday directed the state government to see to it that its interim order is not violated. The bench, headed by…
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Hijab not an essential religious practice of Islam: Karnataka govt tells HC
In the ongoing hijab row case heard by a special bench of the Karnataka high court, the Advocate general on behalf of the state has argued that the hijab is not an…
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Karnataka hijab row gets uglier; FIR against protesting students
Bengaluru: Even as the Karnataka High Court Special Bench is hearing the Hijab case on a daily basis, students continue to come to colleges wearing hijab and getting into arguments with the…
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Hijab row: Disturbing scenes in Karnataka as students denied entry into colleges
Chaos and confusion has loomed over Karnataka since the high court passed an interim order last week over the hijab controversy. The court directed educational institutions in Karnataka to be reopened following…
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‘Why not turban, bindi, cross’: Hijab arguments in Karnataka HC
Bengaluru: Why is only hijab not allowed inside classrooms, why not a crucifix, why not turban, why not bindi, submitted senior advocate Prof Ravivarma Kumar on Wednesday to the three-judge bench of…
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Hijab an innocent practice of faith: Petitioners tell Karnataka HC
Bengaluru: The Muslim girls who have moved the Karnataka High Court against the ban on Hijab argued on Tuesday that wearing the headscarf was an innocent practice of faith and not a…
