scorecardresearch
Add as a preferred source on Google
Monday, September 29, 2025
TopicHijab

Topic: Hijab

Amid row over ‘janeu’ removal at CET centres, Oppn targets Siddaramaiah govt with ‘hijab’ jibe

Row has sparked fresh trouble for Siddaramaiah govt at a time when dissatisfaction is brewing among Lingayats, Vokkaligas, Brahmins over purportedly leaked findings from caste survey.

Ruchika Sharma wages a lonely battle against hijab. The Indian Liberal Conundrum is exposed

JNU scholar and Essex University Fellow Ruchika Sharma’s trial on X isn’t the only one. But it is symptomatic of a larger distortion in Indian public debate of late.

I am shocked Indian ‘liberals’ aren’t supporting Iranian woman Ahoo Daryaei protesting hijab

There is the fight against authoritarianism, and then there are 'liberal' Muslim women who ar supposed to be allies. Sadly, diluting the debate distracts one from the core issue.

‘We stand with women and girls in Iran’, say Anglo-Saxon countries

Marking the 2nd anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death, a joint statement by Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, and the US urged the Iranian government to end the use of force to enforce the hijab requirement.

‘Students must have freedom of choice’ — SC stays Mumbai college ban on ‘hijab, burqa, cap, naqab’

Issuing notice to Chembur Trombay Education Society, which runs N G Acharya and D K Marathe College, bench asked why it didn't ban ’tilak, bindi’ if matter was about religious markers.

Pakistani man covers YouTuber’s head on camera citing Allah, she gives him a lesson in consent

Shaila Khan is a popular YouTuber with around 6 lakh followers. She has made videos in support of CAA, Prime Minister Modi and Ram Navami. 

Muslim girls asked to remove hijab during Class 10 exam in Gujarat; principal suspended

Parents recounted how their daughters, including one who cried for hours after the incident, were pressured by school staff to remove their hijabs before the exam.

Pakistan has a hijab problem. New TV series shows ‘struggles’ of finding a job, groom

That a woman in a Muslim-majority country like Pakistan would be subject to prejudice due to wearing a hijab has surprised people.

Hijab-clad woman shouting ‘you’re all going to die’ shot by police in Paris metro station

The fully-veiled woman was shot at the Bibliothèque François-Mitterrand station. Commuters had reported her 'uttering aggressive, jihadist comments, a French govt spokesperson said.

Iran’s Narges Mohammadi ‘expanded geography of fighting’. Even cleric came on TV without hijab

The mass scale of the protests has dwindled, but there are still several smaller strikes and sit-ins taking place, according to journalist Rana Rahimpour.

On Camera

Bodoland poll loss a wake-up call for Assam BJP. Zubeen’s death puts CM Sarma in a tight spot

Assam CM can’t celebrate that the Congress drew a blank in the Bodoland Territorial Council polls in 2010 as well as 2015, and bagged only one in 2020.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Aerial warfare analyst Tom Cooper faults India’s military PR, says Pakistan does it better

In post on social media, Cooper narrated experience of MiG-21 researcher from Germany who wanted to attend aircraft’s farewell ceremony in India, and the roadblocks he faced. 

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.