Karnataka Hijab Row
- India
Karnataka: Murder of Bajrang Dal member triggers anti-Muslim riots
Following the murder of Harsha, a 23-year-old Bajrang Dal member, riots have broken out in various pockets of Shimoga district in Karnataka. The specific target of the riots seems to be localities…
- India
Hijab row: Protests erupt across US in solidarity with Muslim women
A number of cities in the United States of America (USA) witnessed pro-hijab protests by people in large numbers, over the ongoing controversy that has been raging in the state of Karnataka…
- India
Hijab row: Bangladesh stands in solidarity with Muslim women
To add to the series of protests across India and the world in the ongoing hijab row, Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka witnessed people marching in solidarity with Indian Muslim girls who are fighting…
- India
Video: BJP member thrown out of polling booth in Tamil Nadu for objecting to Hijabi voter
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) booth committee member was thrown out of the polling booth in Tamil Nadu after he objected to a Muslim woman arriving at the booth wearing a headscarf (hijab)…
- India
Mysuru: College cancels uniform rule to allow Muslim girls to wear hijab
A private college in Karnataka on Saturday struck out its rules over uniforms to allow Muslim students to attend classes with hijab. “Four students refused to attend classes without the hijab and…
- India
Hijab row: Muslim students in Karnataka stand firm on their decision
Bengaluru: Girl students in many parts of Karnataka were denied entry into their respective educational institutions on Saturday as they arrived in Hijabs, despite a court order, as the issue showed no…
- World
Tehran: Iranian students protest at Indian embassy against Karnataka hijab ban
A number of Iranian and foreign students held a protest in front of the Indian embassy in Iran, on Saturday, against the ban on hijab in pre-university colleges in Karnataka. The protesting…
- Bangalore
Karnataka hijab row: 58 college students suspended
Bengaluru: At least 58 female students from a college in Karnataka’s Shivamogga district were suspended on Saturday for wearing hijab and also staging an agitation demanding that they should be allowed to…
- Television News
Urfi Javed reacts to hijab controversy, here’s what she said
Mumbai: The ongoing hijab row has become a serious debate in India and is one of the most talked about topics in the country now. People from different walks of life, including…
- Opinions
Karnataka Hijab row: BJP push for polarization agenda
Muskan Khan, the lone girl walking bravely, even as a frenzied mob of hecklers, armed with sticks, menacingly chased her inside the College premises, raising the Saffron war-cry, became an evocative symbol…
- India
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…
- Top Stories
Karnataka English lecturer quits job after being asked to shun hijab
Tumakuru: An English lecturer working as a guest faculty has resigned from her post as she was asked to shun the hijab while teaching in Tumakuru district of Karnataka on Friday. “It…
- India
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…
- India
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…
- Hollywood
Bella Hadid reacts to Hijab row, ‘Not your job to tell women…’
Mumbai: In midst of chaos and violence in the ongoing Hijab controversy in India, several celebrities have been putting out their opinion on social media. Latest celebrity to call out the issue…
