Congress supporters walk into Bengaluru district at Kumbalgodu, on Mysuru Road, during the Mekedatu Padayatra 2.0 – Walk for Water, from Ramanagaram to National College Ground in Basavanagudi, demanding implementation of the Mekedatu balancing reservoir project across Cauvery river, at Mekedatu, in Bengaluru on February 28, 2022. | Photo Credit: MURALI KUMAR K 1. The…Continue Reading

New Delhi: After 11 days of hearing, the full bench of Karnataka High Court reserved judgment on the petitions challenging the hijab ban in colleges and gave both parties to file their written submissions. The Court dismissed a PIL seeking to restrain media from chasing hijab-clad students and teachers while proceeding to their schools and…Continue Reading

BENGALURU: Claiming that wearing of the hijab is an essential religious practice, senior advocate Devadatt Kamat on Thursday asserted before a full bench of the Karnataka high court that during the course of the advocate general’s arguments, the state government had “given up 90% of its claim vis-a-vis the February 5, 2022 order” by citing…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

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

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