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Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri resurfaces in video, speaks on Karnataka hijab row

Apr 07, 2022, at 01:35 am

New Delhi: Terror outfit  Al-Qaeda chief  Ayman al-Zawahiri has resurfaced in a video where he could be seen praising the Indian college girl who was at the core of the hijab row that occurred in Karnataka.

Karnataka: FIR filed against hijab-wearing students for violating prohibitory orders

Feb 18, 2022, at 09:55 pm

Bengaluru: Karnataka police on Friday lodged an FIR against hijab-wearing female students for violating prohibitory orders in Tumakuru district.

Hijab row in Karnataka: Handiwork of people using religion for political mobilisation

Feb 17, 2022, at 02:32 am

The ongoing protest in Karnataka around ‘hijab’ is quite contrary to the general peaceful environment in the schools, colleges and universities in India.  

Karnataka: Students defy court order on hijab

Feb 16, 2022, at 07:56 pm

Bengaluru/UNI: Several students and teachers in Karnataka on Wednesday denied the High Court's interim order banning religious attire in educational institutions and insisted on entry into schools and colleges with hijab and burqa.

Muslim girls boycott exams in Bengaluru school over hijab row

Feb 16, 2022, at 01:15 am

Bengaluru/UNI: As many as 13 female students of Shivamogga Government High School in Bengaluru refused to take SSLC preparatory examination on Tuesday after the teacher urged them to remove their hijab before entering the school, as per an interim order of the Karnataka High Court.

Muskan Hijab row: Analysis finds Pakistan's role in amplifying protest

Feb 15, 2022, at 03:57 pm

Bengaluru/New Delhi: From promoting hashtags to creating fake accounts,the recent hijab controversy in Karnataka involving a college girl named Muskan, which hit the political paradigm of India, seems to have been fuelled by Pakistan.

Karnataka: Students asked to remove hijab before entering a school campus in Mandya

Feb 14, 2022, at 10:10 pm

Mandya: An argument broke out between a teacher and guardians as students were asked to enter a school campus after removing their hijab (a head scarf worn by Muslim girls) in Karnataka's Mandya region, media reports said on Monday.

Locals vandalise West Bengal school after principal asks girls not to wear burqa and hijab, 18 detained

Feb 13, 2022, at 11:20 pm

Locals vandalised a school in West Bengal's Muslim-majority Murshidabad district on Saturday when the principal of the institution allegedly forbade girl students from wearing a hijab and burqa in the classroom.

Hijab row is moral policing, says Congress

Feb 12, 2022, at 10:34 pm

Shimla/UNI: Congress MLA Asha Kumari on Saturday slammed the Karnataka government for the hijab controversy, calling it an instance of moral policing of Muslim woman.