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"Matter is settled...not commenting on it any further": Kerala Education M
Updated : 4 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Kerala Education Minister V Sivankutty on Saturday said that he did not want to comment further on the hijab issue in St. Rita's school, Kochi, as the matter is "settled" and saying more "could only create unnecessary issues."
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"Special order will be issued to facilitate the admission of child", says
Updated : 4 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Kerala Education Minister V. Sivankutty stated that the government will extend all possible support to children and a special order will be issued to facilitate admission after the recent hijab dispute in St. Rita's school, Kochi. He told the media, on the issue of the recent hijab issue,
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"BJP is trying to create divide in society": Karnataka minister MC Sudhaka
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Karnataka minister MC Sudhakar on Thursday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of attempting to create a divide in society over the hijab issue and said that that during his school days, his classmates used to wear hijabs and everyone has a choice to practice their culture, implying
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"Govt will take decision after looking into it deeply": K'taka Home Minist
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
With the debate on the hijab issue continuously heating with each passing day, Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara has said that the government will take a decision after looking into the matter deeply.
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"Govt raising Hijab issue to cover up its failures": Bommai targets K'taka
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
He told reporters here on Saturday that the Hijab was not banned all over the state but not allowed where there was a dress code. Muslim women are permitted to wear the hijab everywhere.
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"Any policy detrimental to development of Karnataka will be reviewed...":
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Defending his government's decision to withdraw the hijab ban imposed by the previous BJP government, Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge on Saturday said that Siddaramaiah-led Congress government is working as per the law and framework of the Constitution.
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Hijab row: SC assures petitioner to constitute bench, hearing expected aft
Updated : 3 years ago IST
In the Hijab row, the Supreme Court on Friday assured the petitioner that it will constitute a bench and hear the plea, seeking to allow female students to appear in the examination wearing Hijab in Karnataka.
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Badruddin Ajmal re-elected AIDUF President
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
While talking to ANI, after being elected as the President of AIDUF by the party workers and leaders, Ajmal said "AIDUF is ready to join the all-India level opposition alliance to fight against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). We have welcomed the all-India grand alliance being formed by Nitish
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Muslim Personal Law Board appeals to Karnataka government to withdraw hija
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 14 (ANI): After the Supreme Court's split verdict in the hijab case, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLA) appealed to the Karnataka government to withdraw its order on the hijab.
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Owaisi favours extremism but it won't be tolerated in India: BJP
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 13 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national general secretary CT Ravi on Thursday attacked the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi for accusing BJP of misusing the Hijab issue.
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SC judges differ on Hijab's essential religious practices test
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 13 (ANI): The two-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday gave divergent views while pronouncing judgement on Hijab issues in educational institutions: Justice Hemant Gupta held that the essential religious practices of the followers of the Sikh faith cannot b
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Women should be "freed" from wearing hijab: Anil Vij on SC`s decision
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], October 13 (ANI): On a day when the Supreme Court delivered a split verdict on the hijab ban in Karnataka, Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on Thursday refrained to comment on the decision of the apex court which referred the issue to the larger bench, adding that men have
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