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"Does she want all women to wear burqas and stay at home?": Union Minister
Updated : 5 months ago IST
"Earlier, when the RG Kar Medical College incident occurred, a notification was issued that private companies should give fewer night shifts to women. Now the Chief Minister is saying that women should not go out at night. Does she want all women to wear burqas and stay at home?, Sukanta
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SP's ST Hasan slams Delhi BJP's call for verifying women wearing burqas, s
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Samajwadi Party leader ST Hasan on Friday lambasted Delhi BJP for demanding proper verification of women voters wearing burqas, and claimed that Muslim women are being subjected to torture. Hasan also said that this is a way to decrease the voting percentage of Muslims.
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"Creating obstacles for Muslim women in voting process...": Asaduddin Owai
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
After Bharatiya Janata Party's Delhi unit on demanded "proper verification" of women voters wearing burqas, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday said that BJP wants to target Muslim women and creates obstacle for them in the voting process.
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Maharashtra: Mumbai Police bust burqa-clad thieves, arrest two men for the
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai Police have arrested two thieves who allegedly used to commit thefts wearing burqas.
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Pakistan: Women stage march demanding release of Haq Do Tehreek chief
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
A demonstration by women wearing burqas calling for Maulana Hidayat's release was witnessed on Monday. Maasi Zainab, the female face of the Gwadar agitation, has captivated the nation's attention for more than a year.
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Social media group warns Muslim women over removing burqa, taking selfies;
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 6 (ANI): A social media group claiming itself as the protector of Muslim rights has said that women wearing burqas in public spaces are not to open them and take selfies, said Mangaluru Police Commissioner N Shashi Kumar.
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Pakistan: Women protest against excessive power, gas outages in Lakki
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], December 29 (ANI): A large number of women clad in 'Burqas' held a protest demonstration on Tuesday against power, gas load-shedding in Lakki city.
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Sales of hijabs, burqas soar in Afghanistan after Taliban mandates it for
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 5 (ANI): In Afghanistan, sales of hijab and burqa increased after the Taliban announced that only women wearing the hijab will have access to education and work.
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German state bans burqas, face veils in schools
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], July 23 (ANI): The western German state of Baden-Wurttemberg on Tuesday banned full-face coverings, often known as burqa or niqab, in schools, saying that the full-face Islamic covering does not belong in a free society.
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Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa distributes burqas among school girls
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Oct 5 (ANI): The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has distributed burqas among female students in a girls' model school in Cheena village of Rustam Valley.
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Kerala's Muslim Education Society bans burqas in its colleges
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], May 2 (ANI): Kerala's Muslim Education Society (MES) has issued circular banning girl students from covering their faces with burqas in its colleges.
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Sri Lanka imposes burqa ban post Easter Sunday attacks
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 29 (ANI): The Sri Lankan government on Sunday took necessary measures to impose a complete ban on all types of burqas and face covers in the wake of the horrific terror bombings that rattled the entire country on Easter Sunday, claiming lives of more than 250 people
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