BJP National Spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla responded to All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi's statement that one day a hijab-clad daughter will become India's Prime Minister, saying that Owaisi should first make a woman wearing a hijab or burqa the nati
The situation began when some students wore hijabs to class, prompting others to wear saffron shawls in protest. The college had previously warned students against wearing hijabs, and the issue had been raised two months ago. The principal emphasised that the college would take appropriat
A fresh controversy has erupted at the CG Bellad Government First Grade College in Akki Alur village of Haveri district in Karnataka, after groups of students arrived in classrooms wearing Hijabs and saffron shawls, prompting renewed tensions on campus.
The Supreme Court on Friday partially stayed a circular issued by Chembur College in Mumbai by which it had banned students wearing hijab, stole, or cap on the campus.
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday dismissed the plea filed by women students challenging the ban on wearing hijab, niqab, burkha, stole, cap, etc., on campus by a Mumbai college.
Balmukund Acharya, the BJP MLA from Hawa Mahal, said that the protest over his objection to Muslim girl students wearing hijab at the Republic Day celebration at a government school here is politically motivated.
A case was filed against a private school at Hayathnagar in Telangana after the Principal allegedly objected to two students wearing 'hijab' (head scarves worn by Muslim women).
Ganga Jamna School in MP's Damoh hit the headlines after purported posters of the school went viral on social media in which a few Hindu girls were allegedly seen wearing Hijab.
The controversy of Damoh school, where purported posters of girls wearing Hijab came to light, has taken a new turn as Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday said that the state government will not allow the conspiracies of religious conversion to succeed.
Addressing a program in Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur district, CM Chouhan said, "Yesterday (June 1), I came to know that girls were asked to come to school by tieing something on their heads in a school in Damoh. A rule was made in the school for it. And a poem was being taught in the name of
"No school has the right to compel any girl to wear anything which is not in their tradition. A matter has come to my notice of a school in Damoh and I have ordered an inquiry in this regard. After investigation, we will take action into the matter on the basis of facts," CM Chouhan told rep
Meanwhile, President Ebrahim Raisi said on Saturday that the hijab was the law in Iran. "The important matter is that today we have a legal mandate. The legal mandate makes it mandatory for everyone to follow the law," said Raisi.