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Topic: Hijab

‘No proposal to ban hijab,’ MP govt says after school education minister backed prohibition

The state govt response comes a day after MP school education minister Inder Singh Parmar supported hijab ban and proposed a dress code in educational institutions.

Bikini, ghoonghat or hijab, it’s woman’s right to wear what she wants, Priyanka Gandhi says

Amid hijab row escalating in Karnataka, Gandhi tweeted saying the right is guaranteed by the Indian constitution and to 'stop harassing women'.

In Karnataka, it’s not about Hijab, but bigotry and apartheid

What’s happening in Karnataka shows the concern is not development, or beti bachao beti padhao.

Hijab case in Karnataka HC: Petitioner says it’s essential to Islam, protected by Constitution

Wearing hijab comes under Constitutional right to expression and right to privacy recognised by SC, said petitioners’ counsel in hearing on Udupi college’s headscarf ban Tuesday.

‘We are losing our friends’, say Udupi Hindu students about Muslim classmates in hijab row

While a section of Hindu and Muslim students are in conflict over dress code, others are also worried about losing out on classes as colleges declare holidays to avoid protests.

Modi politicising migrant crisis of 1st wave, diverting attention from his 2nd wave failures

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Udupi Muslim girls hope HC will let them wear hijab to class, principal deems them ‘beyond help’

What started as a disagreement between a few students & Udupi Women’s PU College management sparked off statewide protests, nationwide debates. Karnataka HC to hear matter Tuesday.

Kundapur PU college allows hijab-wearing students in campus, but no teaching & no classes

Govt PU College says students won't be allowed to attend classes because of govt order. Other colleges in town confiscate saffron shawls from Hindu students, declare a holiday.

A timeline of how hijab row took centre stage in Karnataka politics and reached HC

Legal experts opine schools are well within their right to prescribe uniform but prior intimation and clarity key to case. HC will hear the case Tuesday.

Karnataka govt orders ‘dress code’ in all schools, colleges amid hijab row

Karnataka govt banned students from wearing clothes that 'disturb equality, integrity and public law and order' in education institutions.

On Camera

Stop targeting Galgotias University students. Focus on politicians instead

Going through their Instagrams and dissecting their ‘statements’ is not the astute political commentary you think it is—it is time for us to back off from targeting 20-year-olds.

High capacity usage, fresh borrowings & new orders — why FY25 could be a big year for pvt investment

Companies are borrowing more from banks and public. Economists say high capacity utilisation & growing new orders could set stage for renewed investment push by India Inc.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.