Search For "wearing hijab"
Allow students to take exams wearing hijab of colour of uniform: Congress
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], March 25 (ANI): Deputy Leader of Congress in Karnataka Assembly UT Khader urged the state government to consider allowing students to take exams wearing hijabs of the same colour as their uniform.
Read More
Hijab ban: US House Foreign Affairs Committee chairperson calls Karnataka
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 17 (ANI): The US House Foreign Affairs Committee chairperson Gregory Meeks on Thursday expressed his disappointment over the Karnataka High Court's verdict on wearing Hijab in educational institutions saying that the decision will restrict freedom of expression and eff
Read More
Wearing hijab cultural practice as measure of social security: Karnataka H
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], March 15 (ANI): Karnataka High Court on Tuesday observed that the Holy Quran does not mandate the wearing of the hijab, stating that it is a cultural practice and used as apparel as a measure of social security.
Read More
K'taka CM Bommai says hijab issue settled, students should focus on studie
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], March 15 (ANI): After the Karnataka High Court upheld the ban on wearing Hijab in educational institutions, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday urged the students to focus on education, saying "it is a question of fate and education of our children".<
Read More
Karnataka HC rules Hijab not essential religious practice of Islam, dismis
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], March 15 (ANI): The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday dismissed various petitions challenging a ban on Hijab in education institutions and said that wearing Hijab is not an essential religious practice of Islam.
Read More
Hijab row: Police register 3 FIRs in confrontation that broke out in Manga
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Mangaluru (Karnataka) [India], March 9 (ANI): While the Karnataka High Court is yet to announce its verdict on the ban on Hijab in educational institutions case, three cases have been registered in Mangaluru post the confrontation between two groups of students over wearing Hijab during the
Read More
Siddaramaiah urges CM Bommai to withdraw order banning hijab in Karnataka'
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 18 (ANI): Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Legislative Assembly and senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Friday urged Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai to immediately withdraw the circular prohibiting students from wearing hijabs in minority institutions run unde
Read More
Students in Karnataka refuse to give exams without wearing hijabs
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Shivamogga / Udupi (Karnataka) [India], February 15 (ANI): Amid the ongoing Karnataka hijab controversy, some students were asked to sit in a separate room as they refused to appear for exams without wearing their headscarves in Shivmogga and Udupi cities of the state.
Read More
Hijab row: Arguments erupt between parents and teacher, students asked to
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Mandya (Karnataka) [India], February 14 (ANI): Amid ongoing controversy over wearing hijab in classrooms, arguments between parents and a teacher erupted outside Rotary School in Karnataka's Mandya as she asked students to take off hijab before entering campus.
Read More
K'taka: Udupi College Development Panel Vice President alleges girls invol
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Udupi (Karnataka) [India], February 12 (ANI): Amid the ongoing hijab row in Karnataka, the vice president of the School Development Management Committee (SDMC) in Udupi, Yashpal Suvarna alleged that the girls wearing hijabs are innocent and have been trained by the "Campus front of India" af
Read More
Hijab row: Karnataka suspends classes for pre-university students
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 12 (ANI): In the wake of the controversy over wearing hijab, the Karnataka Primary and Secondary Education Department on Saturday said classes for pre-university students have been suspended in the state from February 12 to 15.
Read More
Hijab row: All India Bar Association writes to PM Modi, urges him to ensur
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 11 (ANI): All India Bar Association (AIBA) on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking that the Centre should ensure that all students wear a uniform and prohibit Muslim girls from wearing hijab or niqab at secular schools.
Read More