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Iran, Turkey protesting while India is pushing young girls behind hijab: B
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 5 (ANI): Amid Karnataka hijab row, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Amit Malviya on Saturday said that a campaign is being run against hijab in Iran and Turkey while in India we are pushing young Muslim girls behind hijab.
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Everyone should follow uniform system inside govt campus, says K'taka mini
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 5 (ANI): With the political sphere heating up over women being allegedly denied for wearing hijabs in educational institutions in the state, Karnataka Minister V Sunil Kumar asserted that everyone should follow a uniform system inside a government camp
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'We are robbing future of daughters of India': Rahul Gandhi on Karnataka H
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 5 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday slammed the Karnataka government on the controversy over the demand by Muslim students for wearing the hijab in classrooms stating that by not permitting them to do so, the country was robbing the future of its dau
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Aim is to deprive girls of education, says Siddaramaiah after Karnataka co
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 5 (ANI): After female students wearing 'Hijab' were denied entry into Bhandarkas' College in Karnataka's Kundapura, Leader of the Opposition in Karnataka Assembly and Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Friday alleged that the aim of this is to deprive Mus
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Karnataka: Students asked to attend classes without wearing hijab after pr
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Shivamogga (Karnataka) [India], February 3 (ANI): After a section of students protested demanding to ensure 'uniform norms', girl students in Government Degree College in Karnataka were asked to attend classes without wearing hijab from Thursday.
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No hijab in uniform of student police cadets, says Kerala govt
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], January 28 (ANI): The Kerala government on Thursday said that it cannot allow students to wear hijab and full sleeves as part of the uniform of Student Police Cadets.
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Taliban deny detaining female protestor in Kabul
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 22 (ANI): The Taliban on Saturday denied that they have arrested a female protestor Tamana Zaryab Paryani in Kabul, who was one of the 20 Afghan women who protested against the obligation of wearing hijab announced by the Islamic Emirate.
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Karnataka colleges creating controversy over hijab, violating religious fr
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 17 (ANI): Karnataka state general secretary of Popular Front of India, Nasir Pasha on Sunday alleged that colleges here were creating unnecessary controversy over the hijab (headscarf) issue, violating the religious freedom of Muslims.
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Afghan women in Kabul rise against Taliban's diktat
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 11 (ANI): Afghan women in Kabul took to the streets on Tuesday against a slew of restrictions including those enforcing wearing of hijab in public by the Taliban, reported Sputnik.
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Taliban religious police issue posters ordering Afghan women to cover-up
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 8 (ANI): The Taliban's Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice on Friday issued posters around the capital Kabul ordering Afghan women to cover up.
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Karnataka: College students protest against hijab in classroom, management
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Chikkamagaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 6 (ANI): The management of a government college in Karnataka's Chikkamagaluru has decided to hold a meeting with the parents in connection to the dress code in the college following an alleged protest by students seeking permission to wear saffron
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Denied entry into class for wearing hijab, college girls in Karnataka's Ud
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Udupi (Karnataka) [India], January 2 (ANI): A government college in Karnataka's Udupi on Saturday allegedly prevented some students from entering the classroom wearing hijab, according to district authorities.
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