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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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Owaisi speaks to hijab-clad girl who was allegedly heckled by boys wearing
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 9 (ANI): All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) President Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday spoke to the hijab-clad girl student who was allegedly heckled by boys wearing saffron scarves in Karnataka.
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BJP govt creating unwarranted issues to break unity, spirit of students an
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 9 (ANI): Amid the ongoing developments around the hijab controversy in Karnataka, Congress General Secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala on Wednesday wrote a letter to students of the state wherein he alleged that the BJP-led Karnataka government's 'vested interest
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Hijab ban: Karnataka HC's single bench refers matter to larger bench
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 9 (ANI): Karnataka High Court's single bench of Justice Krishna Dixit referred petitions challenging the ban on hijab in colleges to a larger bench on Wednesday.
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Hijab controversy: Karnataka Police prohibits gatherings, agitations or pr
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 9 (ANI): Karnataka Police on Wednesday prohibited gatherings, agitations or protests of any type within the area of 200-metre radius from the gates of schools, PU colleges, degree colleges or other similar educational institutions in Bengaluru city
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Govt should resolve Hijab controversy, Opposition parties should not use i
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 9 (ANI): Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday said that the Karnataka government should resolve the hijab row and Opposition parties should not use the controversy for political gains.
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Political parties taking advantage of 'hijab' issue for 2023 assembly poll
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 8 (ANI): Former Prime Minister and Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) president HD Deve Gowda on Monday said that political parties in Karnataka are taking advantage of the Hijab issue for the 2023 assembly elections.
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Ahead of Majuli byelection, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma to meet BJP leade
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Dispur (Assam) [India], February 7 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma will call on the BJP leadership on Monday in Delhi to discuss the upcoming byelection for the Majuli Assembly constituency. He is also likely to meet Home Minister Amit Shah.
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K'taka: Classes suspended in Vijayapura after students arrived wearing saf
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Vijayapura (Karnataka) [India], February 7 (ANI): Classes were suspended at Shanteshwar Education Trust in Vijayapura on Monday after some students arrived on the campus wearing saffron stoles amid the ongoing Hijab row in Karnataka educational institutions.
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Karnataka: Students wearing Hijab allowed in Udupi college, but will be se
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Udupi (Karnataka) [India], February 7 (ANI): After days of protest, students wearing Hijab have been allowed to enter the campus of Government PU College on Monday in Kundapura area of Udupi district in Karnataka. However, such students will be seated in separate classrooms, informed the sch
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