Pauline Hanson, the 71-year-old leader of the anti-Muslim, anti-immigration One Nation minor party, was accused of performing a disrespectf...

The Election Commission defended its directive to verify the identity of burqa-clad women at Bihar polling stations, citing a 1994 order by...

Fabrice Bracq, director of the 2019 short film Burqa City, expressed shock over similarities between his work and Kiran Rao’s Laapataa Ladi...

Shiv Sena leader Raju Waghmare supported the view that burqas should be allowed at examination centers just as during voting, despite Mahar...

Maharashtra minister and BJP leader Nitesh Rane has sought a ban on wearing burqas during the upcoming state board exams for classes 10 and...

Female students in Hyderabad were allegedly asked to remove their burqas before taking an examination. The students appeared for an Urdu me...

"They should wear a chadori (head-to-toe burqa) as it is traditional and respectful," said a decree issued by Hibatullah Akhundzada that wa...

Sources said that the girl had gone to purchase earphones in mobile phone accessories store in Biswanath Chariali. The shopkeeper Nurul Ami...

An officer recalled an operation conducted this year in which this confusion had led to 2 women sustaining gunshot injuries during encounte...

It said a large number of burqa-clad women exercise their franchise and there was a possibility of false voting.

Chief Election Commissioner, Nasim Zaidi is on visit to Assam on Monday to inspect the poll preparedness and have interaction with differen...

The BJP claimed that the direction by its minority cell has been "misunderstood" and no distinction had been made on the basis of religion.

Burqa is no longer just black, boring and behind the times - it is fast transforming into a global fashion statement and Indian women are k...

Following Sena's demand for a ban on burqa in wake of the recent baby theft case, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has said it cannot...

Shiv Sena, which is facing flak over forcing Mumbai University to drop Rohinton Mistry's acclaimed book, today opened a new front, calling ...

Britain must ban the burqa if it wants to win the battle against Islamic extremism, an ally of French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said.

French ambassador to India Jerome Bonnafont said that the burqa and naqab were in contradiction of principles of freedom and equality.