Kalaburgi: Karnataka Police on Thursday registered an FIR against Congress leader Mukarram Khan in Kalaburgi for a controversial statement on hijab. The FIR has been registered under sections 153 (A), 298 and 295 of the Indian Penal Code against Congress leader for his ‘cutting into pieces’ remark “reported on February 8, which affected another religion…Continue Reading
Ban on hijab in schools was ‘creating mass hysteria’ and had ‘disturbed mental health of poor Muslim girls’, neuro-psychiatrist Vinod G Kulkarni, who appeared as a party-in-person for one of the petitioners, pleaded in the Karnataka high court on Thursday. Kulkarni pleaded that the court permit girls to wear hijab with the uniform as it…Continue Reading
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sadhvi Pragya. — Screengrab/YouTube“There’s no need to wear hijab outside, you can wear it in your homes as women are worshipped here in India,” says Thakur. States women who do not feel safe or face any trouble at home need to wear hijab.Asks Indian Muslim women to wear hijab in madrassas,…Continue Reading
As the Hijab row intensified, an autonomous postgraduate government college in Madhya Pradesh on Monday issued circular urging students to avoid “religion-specific outfits”, especially Hijab, inside institute premises. The signed order by the principal of the college in Datia district came after saffron-shawl-clad youngsters protested against two students over wearing Hijab inside the establishment. Reportedly,…Continue Reading
The decision was taken at a meeting hosted by CM, which was attended by Home Minister, Education Ministers along with senior officials of government…Continue Reading
An appeal has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the direction of the Karnataka High Court that has asked students not to insist on wearing any cloth on campuses of educational institutions which can instigate people, till the matter is resolved. The plea filed by a student has sought a stay on the direction…Continue Reading
Amid the ongoing hijab row in Karnataka, five IIM Bangalore faculty members Friday wrote to the National Commission for Women (NCW) saying that “intimidation of Muslim women based on religious attire” could jeopardise their safety and dignity and impede their access to education. IIM Bangalore faculty members, Hema Swaminathan, Ritwik Banerjee, Deepak Malghan, Dalhia Mani…Continue Reading
The Supreme Court on Friday declined to urgently list for hearing an appeal filed against the “ad-interim order” of the Karnataka High Court over the hijab controversy and advised parties not to spread the controversy to larger levels. “Don’t spread these things to larger levels… We also know what is happening there… And you also…Continue Reading
While hearing a batch of petitions challenging the ban on hijab in colleges, the high court in India’s southern Karnataka state on Thursday asked students not to wear “religious things” till the disposal of the matter. A bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice Krishna S Dixit and Justice JM Khazi of the High Court said that…Continue Reading
Hyderabad: Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MLC Kalavakuntla Kavitha on Thursday penned down a poem to lend support to girls participating in the Karnataka Hijab protest. The TRS leader took to her official Twitter handle today and posted a poem with the caption “Let women decide what they are comfortable in embracing and wearing”. “Wearing and…Continue Reading
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