Hijab-saffron controversy erupts again in Karnataka's collegeTensions flare at CG Bellad Government First Grade College in Karnataka. Students arrived in classrooms wearing hijabs and saffron shawls. ...
05 Dec, 2025, 12.29 PM IST
Karnataka education department pauses award for BG Ramakrishna over hijab controversyThe Karnataka education department has paused an award for BG Ramakrishna due to backlash over his past actions during the hijab controvers...
05 Sep, 2024, 02.22 PM IST
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
Mob thrashes class 10 boy over Hijab row in TripuraThe incident followed a division between Hindu and Muslim students of the Koroimura Higher Secondary School over wearing head scarf by mino...
04 Aug, 2023, 11.57 PM IST
We are not against Muslims but politics of appeasement: CT Ravi"There is definitely a change in the party's approach. Earlier, we appealed to everyone to vote for us but never approached certain section...
01 Feb, 2023, 01.00 AM IST
Awaiting final verdict of Supreme Court on hijab: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj BommaiHe said the court was seized of the controversy and two judges of the apex court have given their verdict. He would give his reaction only ...
13 Oct, 2022, 10.38 PM IST
Not allowed to take exam in hijab, students in Jamshedpur protestControversy erupted at Women's College in Jamshedpur after some girl students wearing hijab were not allowed to take the exam. There was a ...
20 Jun, 2022, 07.40 PM IST
Hijab controversy: Students in Karnataka stand firmColleges and schools where girl students came wearing Hijab were asked to remove it in order to be allowed entry. However, they did not bud...
19 Feb, 2022, 04.59 PM IST
Hijab row: Ban orders around schools, colleges extended in Dakshina Kannada by one weekThe decision has been taken in view of the simmering tension in the context of the hijab controversy, Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner ...
19 Feb, 2022, 04.28 PM IST
People not safe in their houses need to wear hijab: BJP MP Sadhvi PragyaWhile outside, wherever there is 'Hindu Samaj', they are not required to wear Hijab especially at places where they study... No need to wea...
18 Feb, 2022, 12.11 AM IST
Hijab row: Schools in Karnataka reopen amid more controversiesIn Shivamogga, 13 girls refused to write an examination paper at a government school after they were told that they were not allowed to wea...
15 Feb, 2022, 12.36 PM IST
No proposal to ban hijab in MP: govt; school education minister backtracks on 'dress code' remarkThe BJP government in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday said that no proposal to ban 'hijab' in educational institutions in the state is under it...
09 Feb, 2022, 03.19 PM IST
Government should resolve Hijab controversy, Opposition parties should not use it for political gains: Mallikarjun KhargeSpeaking to ANI, Kharge said, "The government should resolve the hijab row according to the rules. Opposition parties should not use the hi...
09 Feb, 2022, 12.49 PM IST
Hijab controversy in Karnataka: Calm prevails in educational institutions following 3-day holidayPrimary schools functioned as usual across the state without any interruption. Protests for and against the 'hijab' had intensified in diff...
09 Feb, 2022, 12.43 PM IST
Karnataka Hijab row: Students in Hijab sent to separate classroomsTwo colleges in Karnataka declared a holiday on Monday to avoid communal trouble while another allowed students wearing a hijab to sit in s...
07 Feb, 2022, 01.44 PM IST
Hijab row spills into streets at KundapurHindu boy students of Kundapur junior college and R N Shetty college who staged the protest, said they will continue to wear the shawls if ...
05 Feb, 2022, 06.41 PM IST
'Hijab' row takes political colour in KarnatakaThe issue that initially began in January at a government PU College in Udupi where six students who attended classes wearing headscarves i...
05 Feb, 2022, 06.29 PM IST