New Delhi: Protests in Karnataka over college students being denied the right to wear a hijab were flagged Thursday by Manchester United footballer Paul Pogba, who shared an Instagram story – “Hindutva mobs continue to harass Muslim girls wearing Hijab to college in India”. Pogba, a French national whose...
Read MoreNew Delhi: Protests in Karnataka over college students being denied the right to wear a hijab were flagged Thursday by Manchester United footballer Paul Pogba, who shared an Instagram story – “Hindutva mobs continue to harass Muslim girls wearing Hijab to college in India”. Pogba, a French national whose...
Read MoreNew Delhi: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) President Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday spoke to the hijab-clad student who was heckled by boys wearing saffron scarves in a viral video from Karnataka that has triggered massive outrage. Mr Owaisi said that that her act of fearlessness has become a source...
Read MoreBhopal: The BJP government in Madhya Pradesh said Wednesday that it is not considering a proposal to ban the wearing of the hijab, or headscarf, in educational institutions in the state. “There is no controversy over (the wearing of) hijab in Madhya Pradesh. No proposal is under consideration by...
Read MoreA single-judge bench of Justice Krishna Dixit has referred the Karnataka hijab matter to a larger bench. The decision came after Advocate General Prabhuling Navadagi, appearing for Karnataka, opposed the grant of interim relief to allow students to attend colleges wearing hijab. Justice Dixit said: “The registry is directed...
Read MoreNew Delhi: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday spoke up in support of college students in Karnataka who have been banned from wearing the hijab in classrooms, tweeting that the choice of what clothes to wear was theirs alone, and that this right is protected by the Constitution....
Read MoreNew Delhi: Incidents of stone pelting and use of force by police were reported on Tuesday as the hijab row in Karnataka escalated and protests by students spread to more colleges prompting the state government to declare a three-day holiday for all educational institutions. As the Karnataka High Court...
Read MoreUdupi, Karnataka: Groups of protesters threw stones at each other and students at a college put up a saffron flag on Tuesday in the escalating hijab versus saffron scarves protests at Karnataka colleges. The protests, seen in and around Udupi till now, reached more towns including Shivamogga on Tuesday, where...
Read MoreUdupi, Karnataka: Groups of protesters threw stones at each other and students at a college put up a saffron flag today in the escalating hijab versus saffron scarves protests at Karnataka colleges. The protests, seen in and around Udupi till now, today reached more towns including Shivamogga, where a group...
Read MoreThe controversy over headscarves in Karnataka has intensified, with students defying the government order to use uniform clothing to maintain “unity and equality”. Ahead of tomorrow’s court hearing, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai appealed for peace. Ahead of the High Court hearing on the row, Chief Minister Basavraj Bommai appealed...
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