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Taliban hijab decision might further strain engagement with international
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 8 (ANI): The Taliban decree for women to must cover their faces in public might further strain engagement with the international community.
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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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G Kishan Reddy slams KCR, says no 'right to speak on communal clashes'
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 28 (ANI): Union Minister G Kishan Reddy on Thursday lashed out at Telanagana Chief Minister and Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrashekar Rao and said that he has no right to speak about communal clashes alleging that his party aligns with parties which giv
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SC agrees to list pleas against hijab ban in educational institutions
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 26 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to list appeals against the Karnataka High Court order upholding the "hijab ban" in educational institutions soon.
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BJP uses diversionary tactics like Hanuman Chalisa row when governance fai
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 25 (ANI): TRS working president and State Minister KT Rama Rao on Monday said the BJP uses "diversionary tactic" of raising issues such as Hanuman Chalisa and Hijab in different states in an attempt to "mislead people when governance fails."
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Row over Bibles in classrooms: Principal says will seek legal opinion afte
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 25 (ANI): After the hijab in classrooms row in Karnataka, a new row has erupted in the state alleging that a school in Bengaluru had taken an undertaking from parents that they would not object to their wards carrying the Bible to class.
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2 Karnataka students challenge hijab ban; return home without writing exam
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Udupi (Karnataka) [India], April 22 (ANI): Two pre-university college students from the Udupi area in the state, who had approached the Karnataka High Court challenging the ban on hijab, returned from the exam center as they were not allowed to write the exam wearing hijab.
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Nadda on two-day visit to Karnataka from Sunday as BJP gears up for assemb
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 16 (ANI): BJP president JP Nadda will be on a two-day visit to Karnataka from Sunday as part of efforts to shore up the party's preparations for assembly polls with the Basavaraj Bommai government in the limelight over several issues including the Hijab row and resig
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In fresh decree, Taliban ban wearing neckties in schools in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 16 (ANI): The Taliban in its fresh decree have asked the students and teachers to stop wearing neckties in schools in Afghanistan, reported TOLOnews.
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Govt's personal agenda on prioritizing Hindi over English, alleges Kumaras
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 8 (ANI): Coming down heavily on Union Home Minister Amit Shah's 'Hindi should be accepted as an alternative to English' statement, JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy on Friday alleged that the government is trying to "forcibly run personal agenda" adding that th
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Loudspeaker row: K'taka Home Minister warns of action if notice to 'reduce
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 8 (ANI): Amid the ongoing loudspeaker row in Karnataka, state Home Minister Araga Jnanendra on Friday said that the government has issued notice to the religious institutions across the state to "reduce noise to permissible limit" and warned of action upo
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Congress condemns Al-Qaeda's remarks on hijab row
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 8 (ANI): All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary Ajay Maken on Thursday condemned Al-Qaeda's remarks on the Hijab row saying that the banned terrorist organisation has no business commenting on internal affairs of India.
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