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Hijab row: Karnataka suspends classes for pre-university students
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 12 (ANI): In the wake of the controversy over wearing hijab, the Karnataka Primary and Secondary Education Department on Saturday said classes for pre-university students have been suspended in the state from February 12 to 15.
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Karnataka: Schools for classes 11, 12, colleges to remain closed till Febr
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 11 (ANI): Amid the Hijab controversy, Karnataka has decided to further shut schools for classes 11 and 12 and colleges from Saturday (February 12) to Wednesday (February 16).
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Hijab row: Congress sponsors 'political Islam' as Jinnah's soul has entere
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Udham Singh Nagar (Uttarakhand) [India], February 11 (ANI): Attacking the Congress over the hijab controversy, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said "political Islam" is sponsored by Congress as Jinnah's soul has entered into the grand old party and appeasement is in its
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Maharashtra Home Minister urges for peace amid Hijab row
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 11 (ANI): Amid the ongoing Hijab controversy, Maharashtra Home Minister Dilip Walse on Friday has requested political parties to not stage protests and maintain peace in the state.
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Not right to play politics in schools: BJP general secretary C T Ravi
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 11 (ANI): Amid the ongoing Hijab controversy, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national general secretary CT Ravi said that while one is free to wear whatever he/ or she wants outside educational institutions but the mandated uniforms should be donned in schools.
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Shabana Azmi calls out Kangana Ranaut for her Hijab row comment
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 11 (ANI): Former Rajya Sabha MP and veteran star Shabana Azmi has called out actor Kangana Ranaut for her controversial statements on the ongoing Hijab row in India.
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Emergence of hijab controversy part of plot, says RSS leader Indresh Kumar
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 10 (ANI): Amid the ongoing hijab controversy in the country, RSS leader Indresh Kumar on Thursday condemned the "hidden vote bank politics", and "misuse" of Muskan Khan, a girl whose video of being heckled by a group of miscreants went viral and cau
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Saffron flag may become national flag in future, will be hoisted at Red Fo
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 10 (ANI): Sparking a controversy, Karnataka Minister KS Eshwarappa on Wednesday said that in the future, the saffron flag could become the national flag and it will be unfurled at the Red Fort.
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Hijab row: Schools in Karnataka to reopen on Monday, decision on colleges
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 10 (ANI): Amid the hijab controversy, the Karnataka government on Thursday extended the closure of schools and colleges till the end of this week.
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Unfortunate that some people trying to gain political mileage out of it: A
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 10 (ANI): On the ongoing Hijab controversy in Karnataka, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Thursday said that the country should avoid incidents that can divide society further, adding that it is unfortunate that some people are trying to
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Wearing Hijab one's personal choice, says TRS leader K Kavitha
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], February 10 (ANI): Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MLC and Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao's daughter K Kavitha on Thursday spoke on the Karnataka Hijab controversy, said wearing a Hijab is one's personal choice and as a society, no one has a right to opp
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Karnataka hijab row reaches SC, apex court says let Karnataka HC hear case
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 10 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to urgently list a plea challenging the Karanataka government rule on dress code that created a raging controversy over wearing hijab.
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