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A Class VIII student at a Church-run school in Kochi involved in a hijab-related row will be transferred by her parents due to stress. While the school welcomed her return under its rules, the family cited lack of support
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Dakshina Kannada: Five Muslim girl students from the Hampanakatta University College here have asked for transfer certificates from the college administration after being denied permission to attend classes wearing hijab. Principal Anusuya Rai has confirmed that the five students have applied for transfer certificates to join other colleges. However, they are being asked to submit another […]
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Koppal: While commenting on the resurfacing of the hijab issue in Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka Education Minister B.C. Nagesh on Saturday categorically stated that only uniforms are allowed in school and college campuses across the state. He further said that the order of the Karnataka High Court must be followed regarding the issue. The Minister’s […]
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Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court is scheduled to pronounce the judgment on the hijab row on Monday. The special bench constituted to look into the issue will read out the verdict at about 10.30 a.m. As a precautionary measure, security has been beefed up across the state. Holiday has been declared in the districts of […]
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Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court bench, headed by Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, is slated to pronounce the judgement on the hijab issue on Tuesday morning. The matter has been listed in the first half of the day. The three-judge bench, which also comprised Justice Krishna S. Dixit and Justice Khaji Jaibunnesa Mohiyuddin had reserved […]
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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 […]
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Bengaluru: A three-judge bench of the Karnataka High Court has started hearing the petitions on hijab row for the fifth consecutive day on Thursday. The counsels for petitioners are arguing to lift the interim order prohibiting Muslim girl students from wearing hijab to classes. The counsels have argued that the government is misusing the interim […]
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Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Amid the ongoing Hijab row in Karnataka, Bharatiya Janata Party MP Sadhvi Pragya on Wednesday said that the people who are “not safe in their houses need to wear hijab” adding that they are not required to wear it at the educational institutions. Addressing an event on the occasion of Ravidas Jayanti […]
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By Arun Sinha The BJP’s top leadership needs to review whether the way their Karnataka leaders have handled the hijab row is working in or against the party interest. At first glance, it seems the party has lost some of the goodwill it had earned among Muslim women by passing the Muslim Women (Protection of […]
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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 the row and said the row was not a controversy, but a conspiracy against India. A plea has been filed in the […]
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Bengaluru: A full bench of the Karnataka High Court comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice Krishna S. Dixit and Justice Khaji Jaibunnesa Mohiyuddin on Monday resumed hearing of petitions seeking directions to the ruling BJP government to allow wearing of hijab in classrooms. The bench had given an interim order last week that no […]
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Hyderabad: Even as ‘hijab’ row is raging in some parts of the country, the city’s burqa market, one of the major hubs for burqa sales in the southern parts of the country, is continuing business as usual. “Hundreds of shops exclusively dealing in burqas had come up in the city in the last few years. […]
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As per an order issued by City Police Commissioner Chandragupta, Prohibitory orders will be in force from February 12 (6 AM) to February 13 (10 PM). In the meantime, no protests or rallies will be allowed in the district.
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Bengaluru: Karnataka college girl Muskaan Khan who confronted a crowd by raising slogans of “Allah hu Akbar” during protests that broke out on hijab row, continues to be in news. Congress MLA from Mumbai’s Bandra Zeeshan Siddique came all the way from Maharashtra on Friday and paid visit to Muskan’s residence in Mandya city. The […]
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In view of the impugned order, Muslim women students have been asked to not wear the 'religious garments, including head-scarf, and not insist on wearing religious attire, stated the appeal while seeking stay on the High court order.
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Hyderabad: MLC K Kavitha on Thursday made an appeal to both parents and young girls not to let any political vendetta deter their dreams. Kavitha registered her protest against the “hijab row” through a poem. She took to social media platforms and shared the poem “Hum Sab Hindustani” written by her. In her poem, she […]
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Bengaluru: Karnataka High Court, after the hearing of petitions challenging the ban on hijab in colleges, 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 it will […]
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Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday appealed to all leaders including those from the ruling party to refrain from making statements on hijab row that has snowballed into a major crisis in the state and is a subject of discussion at international levels as well. Meanwhile, the three judge bench headed by Chief […]
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Hyderabad: Demonstrations and rallies were held in the city in support of the ‘hijab’ on Wednesday. The programmes were conducted under a strict vigil of the police. More than a hundred students of Government Nizamia Tibbi College and Hospital at Charminar took out a rally on the campus in the afternoon. The girl students wearing […]
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In spite of curfew orders in Shivamogga district, the NSUI members on Wednesday morning entered First Grade Degree College and PG Research Centre.
