For Quick Alerts Subscribe Now   For Quick Alerts ALLOW NOTIFICATIONS   | Published: Tuesday, April 5, 2022, 18:20 [IST] Bengaluru, Apr 05: After the row over hijab, halal meat, Hindutva organisations have launched a campaign against azaan, the call for prayer, from mosques. Some right wing outfits and BJP leaders have called for stopping…Continue Reading

The Primary Education Minister of Karnatak Bellur Chandrashekharaiah Nagesh, talking exclusively to the Republic TV, made it clear that the state government will not hold re-examination of board exams for students who remain absent on the exam day. It is important to add that statements come after the verdict of the Karnataka HC on the Hijab row case where…Continue Reading

Last Updated: 15th March, 2022 11:21 IST Check some of the key arguments made from the petitioners’ side protesting against the hijab ban in schools and colleges across Karnataka.  Image: Shutterstock/PTI After days of protests, allegations, violence, and back-to-back hearings concerning the controversial Hijab row in Karnataka, the final hearing on the hijab controversy have been scheduled in…Continue Reading

Hyderabad: The Karnataka High Court’s verdict on hijab has set off a wide range of reactions, with some welcoming the judgement and others opposing it vehemently. Speaking in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao said, “It is for people to decide what they want to wear. Some people wear shirts,…Continue Reading

The Karnataka High Court ruled on Tuesday that because hijab is not an essential religious practice, students cannot object to reasonable uniform restrictions. Several petitions contesting the ban on hijab in educational institutions were also dismissed by the Karnataka High Court. Prohibitory orders were previously issued in Udipi, Shivamogga, and Kalburagi, among other districts in…Continue Reading

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File photo for representationAGRA: A college in Aligarh, UP, issued a notice on Saturday “banning” entry of students in the campus without “prescribed uniforms” and refused entry to Muslim girls who had their hijab on, reports Anuja Jaiswal. The Shree Varshney College directed them not to cover their faces while attending class. Several students returned…Continue Reading

A month is already over. The fight over to veil or unveil rages on from streets to the echelons of the higher judiciary. The Karnataka HC today resumed the hearing on the PIL filed by the Muslim girl students from Karnataka over not being allowed to bear hijab in edu institutes.Arguing for the Karnataka government,…Continue Reading

The Karnataka government told the High Court that there is no restriction on wearing Hijab in India with reasonable restrictions subject to institutional discipline.Countering the petitioner Muslim girls from Udupi district, who challenged the restriction on Hijab inside the educational institutions, Karnataka Advocate General Prabhuling Navadgi said the right to wear the headscarf falls under…Continue Reading