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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

A year after Bangladesh’s Monsoon Revolution, a parched summer looms ahead

Mob violence, Islamist rise, and political collapse haunt Bangladesh after Sheikh Hasina’s ouster. Can April 2026 elections restore order?

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

DRDO successfully tests latest version of UAV-launched precision missile, ULPGM-V3

Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.