A Tehran billboard that mis-advertisedThe authorities had put up a giant billboard in central Tehran depicting the images of about 50 women in headscarves from various walks of ...
15 Oct, 2022, 01.38 AM IST
Hijab row: Karnataka order on uniform "religion neutral", says govt; blames PFI for troubleSolicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for Karnataka, told the court the Popular Front of India (PFI) started a campaign on social media...
21 Sep, 2022, 10.42 AM IST
'10k suicide bombings in Islamic world, only 1 in India': Petitioners in hijab row to SCDave submitted before a bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia that more than 10,000 suicide bombings have taken place in Isla...
20 Sep, 2022, 02.38 PM IST
Karnataka Hijab ban: Not very fair to compare with practices in Sikhism, says SCA bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia observed this after an advocate, appearing for one of the petitioners in the case, ga...
08 Sep, 2022, 07.12 PM IST
Will right to dress include right to undress also, asks SCAppearing on behalf of a clutch of petitioners who challenged the ruling of the Karnataka high court that hijab was not an essential practi...
08 Sep, 2022, 12.54 AM IST
Nobody prohibited from wearing Hijab, question is about restrictions in schools: SCThe apex court was hearing arguments on a batch of pleas challenging the Karnataka High Court verdict refusing to lift the ban on hijab in ...
07 Sep, 2022, 08.37 PM IST
BJP gears up for Gujarat, Karnataka, Rajasthan pollsIn Rajasthan, where the next state polls are due at the end of next year, a special drive to appoint panna pramukhs (in-charges of a page e...
28 Mar, 2022, 11.57 PM IST
Karnataka: Hearing in hijab case concludedOn Friday it asked contending parties to make written submissions if they had more arguments. The petitioners had moved the court after the...
26 Feb, 2022, 01.03 AM IST
HC asks counsels in Hijab case to wind up their argument by Friday, hints delivering order shortlyThe Chief Justice of the High Court Ritu Raj Awasthi, who is part of the three-judge bench, told the counsels that that the arguments shoul...
24 Feb, 2022, 08.04 PM IST
Right to wear hijab does not fall under Article 25 of Constitution: Karnataka govt in HC"The right to wear Hijab falls under Article 19(1)(A) and not Article 25. If one wishes to wear Hijab, then there is no restriction 'subjec...
22 Feb, 2022, 05.54 PM IST
MLAs represent political parties & ideologies, their committees have no power to prescribe student uniform: AdvocateLocal MLAs head these committees and they cannot decide on the student uniform under section 143 of the Act which deals with the subject, h...
16 Feb, 2022, 10.14 PM IST
Muslim girls request HC to allow them to wear hijab that blends with school uniformIndia’s secularism, he said, is a positive one where the state plays an enabling role to exercise fundamental rights and religious freedoms...
15 Feb, 2022, 07.20 PM IST
BJP will erase all Muslim symbols, says Mehbooba MuftiShe alleged that the BJP is running the country according to the party's agenda and not as per the Constitution which has tarnished the ima...
14 Feb, 2022, 10.25 AM IST
Jammu & Kashmir special status revocation only complicated issue, dialogue with Pakistan necessary: PDP chief Mehbooba MuftiMehbooba also alleged that the BJP was using the delimitation exercise to turn the Jammu and Kashmir issue into a religious one.
13 Feb, 2022, 07.34 PM IST
Resume classes; don't wear anything that instigates: Karnataka High Court to hijab case petitionerA full HC bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justices JM Khazi and Krishna S Dixit said it wanted the matter resolved at the earli...
11 Feb, 2022, 06.35 AM IST
Hijab row: Three-judge panel comprising CJ Ritu Raj Awasthi formedAfter Justice Dixit referred the case for Chief Justice Awasthi's consideration with a view that he may decide on constituting a larger ben...
09 Feb, 2022, 11.10 PM IST
Mithali Raj in the making! Women cricketers pitch for equality in burqas and hijabsInsha is one of the young women setting trends in this suburban town of Baramulla in north Kashmir and in the Valley.
02 Oct, 2017, 08.33 PM IST