Karnataka
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Hijab row: Muslim students in Karnataka denied entry to classes
Vijaypura: After the Karnataka high court’s ruling against hijab in educational institutions until its final order, colleges have denied hijab-wearing students entry into classrooms. A standoff between school management, students, and parents…
- India
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…
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In Pics: Muslim women protest ban on hijab at Masab tank
Hyderabad: Adding to the series of protests in Hyderabad against the hijab-ban in Karnataka, the Muslim women Association and other organisations held a demonstration at Masab Tank on Tuesday.
- India
Karnataka: Muslim girl asked to remove Hijab, boycotts exam
Bengaluru: The Hijab row continued to simmer in Karnataka on Tuesday over alleged denial of entry for girl students into schools with their headscarves on in some places, as one such girl…
- Telangana
Former PM HD Deve Gowda calls upon CM KCR and extends support
Hyderabad: Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda telephoned Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Tuesday and extended support to the CM’s call to all forces to unite together and shunt out…
- India
Karnataka High Court resumes hearing pleas on hijab row
Bengaluru: The full bench of the Karnataka High Court comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice Krishna S. Dixit and Justice Khaji Jaibunnesa Mohiyuddin on Tuesday afternoon resumed hearing of petitions seeking directions…
- India
Hijab row: Karnataka BJP shares personal details of petitioners on Twitter
The ongoing hijab row has taken an uglier turn. The Bharatiya Janata Party’s Karnataka wing has released the personal details which include the addresses of five of the students who have petitioned…
- India
Hijab row not a controversy, but conspiracy against India: BJP
New Delhi: Referring to a plea in the Karnataka High Court to defer hearing on the ‘hijab‘ row till the Assembly polls were over, the BJP has raised questions over the timing of…
- India
Hijab controversy crosses Karnataka border, spreads to MP
Datia: Hijab row which began in Udupi District of Karnataka has spread to Puducherry and Madhya Pradesh. In Madhya Pradesh, Agrani Government Autonomous PG College in Datia district on Monday issued a…
- India
Hijab Row : Students refuse to remove headscarf in Shimoga
Amid the growing debate over ‘Hijab‘ in Karnataka , Muslim students are being forced to remove the head scarf at educational institutions across the state. Some of them have been forced to…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Protest at Ambedkar statue on Feb 15 against Karnataka hijab ban
Hyderabad: A protest against the “fascist hooliganism and denial of rights of Muslim girls in Karnataka” will be held at the Ambedkar Statue, lower Tank Bund, on Tuesday, February 15, 4 pm…
- India
Hijab row: 13 Muslim girls boycott exam in K’taka district, majority attend
Bengaluru: Even as the majority of Muslim students in Karnataka on Monday attended classes without wearing hijab as per the High Court’s interim order, 13 students from the Government High School in…
- India
Hijab row: Hindu seer backs lawyer for Muslim girls in Karnataka HC
Seer Bhaveshanand of Karwar’s Ramakrishna Ashram has expressed his support for advocate Devadutt Kamat, who is facing an internet hate campaign for representing three Muslim students from Kundapur’s Bhandarkar College in the…
- India
‘Wearing hijab will protect Muslim women from getting raped’: Karnataka Congress MLA
Dharwad: Karnataka Congress MLA B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan stirred a controversy here on Sunday by stating that incidents of rape are on high in India and wearing hijab will protect Muslim women from…
- Bangalore
Anti-conversion bill, hijab row to dominate Karnataka Assembly session
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Assembly session which will commence from Monday, is expected to witness a high voltage drama as the ruling BJP government and opposition Congress are locking horns on controversial issues such…
