SC partly stays Mumbai college's order banning hijab, burqa inside college campusThe Supreme Court partially stayed a Mumbai college's ban on 'hijab, burqa, cap, and naqab,' requesting a response from the educational soc...
09 Aug, 2024, 03.42 PM IST
After hijab ban, Mumbai college bars students from wearing T-shirts, torn jeansThe directive came after the Bombay High Court on June 26 refused to interfere in a decision taken by the college to impose a ban on hijab,...
02 Jul, 2024, 02.29 PM IST
Afghan women become YouTubers as Taliban restrict workHayat, 21, was a budding actor in local film and television until the Taliban seized power in 2021 and began issuing decrees on women that ...
17 Apr, 2024, 05.01 PM IST
The Karnataka verdict: Congress wins big by thinking localFor a state electing barely 5% of Lok Sabha members, the Karnataka assembly polls were vested with greater importance than numbers warrante...
15 May, 2023, 09.11 AM IST
Protesters - and police - deploy tech in fight for future of IranStruggling to suppress the biggest show of dissent in years, Iran's authorities have also turned to technology, using delivery apps, Twitte...
08 Nov, 2022, 05.45 PM IST
Gunmen attack major Shiite holy site in Iran, killing 15State TV blamed the attack on "takfiris," a term that refers to Sunni Muslim extremists who have targeted the country's Shiite majority in ...
27 Oct, 2022, 07.30 AM IST
Hijab row: SC delivers split verdict in Karnataka hijab ban matterHijab row verdict: The Supreme Court on Thursday delivered a split verdict on a batch of pleas challenging the Karnataka High Court judgeme...
13 Oct, 2022, 11.20 AM IST
Even in countries like Iran, women are fighting against hijab: Karnataka government to SCSolicitor General Tushar Mehta submitted before a bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia that the purpose of uniform, is for e...
21 Sep, 2022, 11.40 AM IST
You still have a chance to stop our future from getting ruined: Muslim girl student to Karnataka CMFollowing the High Court order last month upholding the state government's decision not to allow hijabs in classrooms, Aliya Assadi, who wa...
14 Apr, 2022, 07.09 PM IST
Security agencies see organised drive against India through TwitterRecently the Indian government has ordered the blocking of 22 YouTube news channels, including four from Pakistan, for allegedly spreading ...
13 Apr, 2022, 12.43 AM IST
Karnataka, stay your progressive courseAs has been said in a different context, for a nation to progress, it is important for people to spend time on science, mathematics and lit...
01 Apr, 2022, 11.00 PM IST
Hijab ban in classroom; SC to hear pleas against Karnataka HC verdict after Holi vacation“The urgency is that there are many girls who have to appear in examinations,” the senior lawyer told the bench which also comprised Justic...
16 Mar, 2022, 01.25 PM IST
High Court asks Karnataka government to give details of Campus Front of IndiaThe HC order came after senior counsel SS Naganand, representing the Government PU College for Girls, its principal and a teacher, contende...
24 Feb, 2022, 11.01 AM IST
Hijab ban in schools is creating hysteria, psychiatrist tells High CourtNeuro-psychiatrist Vinod G Kulkarni pleaded that the court permit girls to wear hijab with the uniform as it was 'not against public order ...
18 Feb, 2022, 01.02 PM IST
Taliban: Women can study in gender-segregated universitiesEducation minister, Abdul Baqi Haqqani, said female university students would be required to wear a hijab but did not elaborate on whether ...
12 Sep, 2021, 09.11 PM IST
Taliban say women can study at university but classes must be segregatedThe minister, Abdul Baqi Haqqani, said the new Taliban government, named last week, would "start building the country on what exists today"...
12 Sep, 2021, 08.56 PM IST
Instagram celebrity, known as Angelina Jolie's 'zombie' version, arrested in Iran for 'blasphemy'Sahar Tabar faces charges such as inciting violence, and gaining income through inappropriate means.
07 Oct, 2019, 04.17 PM IST