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Hijab row: Everyone should abide by High Court order, says CM Bommai
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 14 (ANI): Everyone should abide by the High Court order, said Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai while speaking to media persons after attending the Business Advisory Committee meeting of the State Assembly.
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Karnataka HC resumes hearing petition challenging ban on Hijab in colleges
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 14 (ANI): Amid the ongoing Hijab controversy, the Karnataka High Court on Monday resumed hearing the petition challenging the ban on Hijab in colleges.
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Hijab row: Women are pride of country, should not be used for political ga
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 14 (ANI): Former Union Minister Krishna Raj on Monday extended support to Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath for his remark over the Hijab controversy in Karnataka and said that women are the pride of the country and should not be used for political gains.
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Hijab row: Arguments erupt between parents and teacher, students asked to
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Mandya (Karnataka) [India], February 14 (ANI): Amid ongoing controversy over wearing hijab in classrooms, arguments between parents and a teacher erupted outside Rotary School in Karnataka's Mandya as she asked students to take off hijab before entering campus.
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Karnataka Police undertake route march in Shivamogga as precautionary meas
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Shivamogga (Karnataka) [India], February 13 (ANI): With Karnataka schools set to reopen from Monday, police on Sunday undertook a route march in Shivamogga as a precautionary measure amid the ongoing hijab controversy in the state.
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Hijab controversy well-planned plot, says Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 13 (ANI): Union Minister for Minority Affairs, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, on Sunday, said that the Hijab controversy is a well-planned conspiracy.
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Women get raped when they don't wear Hijab, says Congress leader Zameer Ah
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Hubli (Karnataka) [India], February 13 (ANI): Amid the ongoing hijab controversy, Karnataka Congress leader Zameer Ahmed on Sunday said Hijab means 'Parda' in Islam and 'women get raped when they don't wear Hijab'.
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K'taka Hijab matter: Udupi BJP MLA Raghupathi Bhat holds meeting with pare
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Udupi (Karnataka) [India], February 13 (ANI): Udupi BJP MLA Raghupathi Bhat on Sunday held a meeting with parents of school students and various political leaders at the Taluq office in Udupi, amid the ongoing hijab controversy in the state.
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Hijab controversy created deliberately, we need to think our priorities: M
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 13: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Manoj Kumar Jha on Sunday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on the ongoing Hijab row in Karnataka, saying that the controversy has been created deliberately, adding that the country needs to think about its priorities.
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Religion should not be taken to schools, says Ramdas Athawale on Karnataka
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], February 13 (ANI): Amid the ongoing Hijab controversy, Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment of India Ramdas Athawale on Sunday said that religion should not be taken to schools.
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Should be resolved with discussion, cannot go to court for everything and
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], February 12 (ANI): Commenting on the ongoing Hijab controversy, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said that it is a very sensitive matter and should be resolved with discussion.
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Hijab not essential to Islam like turbans for Sikhs, says Kerala Governor,
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 12 (ANI): Amid the ongoing hijab controversy, Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan on Saturday said that the hijab is not an essential part of Islam in the manner say a turban was to the Sikh religion and that controversy around it was part of a "conspiracy" to prev
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