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 hijab ban: What the judges said and what's nextThe split verdict came on a clutch of appeals which challenged the HC verdict that ruled wearing headscarves was not an essential practice ...
14 Oct, 2022, 01.26 PM IST
Will always support uniforms in schools; no hijab or other dresses: BJPSoon after the Supreme Court gave a split verdict on the ban on hijabs in Karnataka educational institutions, BJP national general secretar...
13 Oct, 2022, 04.59 PM 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
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
SC agrees to list pleas against hijab ban in educational institutionsOne of the appeals in the top court has alleged "step-motherly behaviour of government authorities which has prevented students from practi...
26 Apr, 2022, 01.10 PM IST
No material placed on record to show hijab is essential religious practice: Karnataka High Court"There is absolutely no material placed on record to prima facie show that wearing of Hijab is a part of an essential religious practice in...
15 Mar, 2022, 05.51 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
Uniform Civil Code need of the hour, should be discussed in Parliament, says Giriraj SinghThe Karnataka High Court, in its interim order pending consideration of all petitions related to the Hijab row, on Thursday requested the s...
11 Feb, 2022, 06.33 PM IST
Hijab row: Open schools, see no problems occur, HC tells K'taka govtA Karnataka High Court three-judge bench, hearing pleas on the hijab row, on Thursday directed the government to reopen schools in the stat...
10 Feb, 2022, 05.50 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
Students hoist saffron flag as hijab protest spreads in Karnataka, HC commences hearingThe Karnataka High Court on Tuesday commenced hearing on petitions challenging the Feb 5 notification that makes it compulsory for students...
08 Feb, 2022, 04.24 PM IST
Hijab row: Those unwilling to follow uniform dress code can explore other options, says Minister"Just as rules are followed in the military, the same is to be done here (in educational institutions) as well. Options are open for those ...
06 Feb, 2022, 09.01 PM IST
Hijab row: If you don't stick to uniform, you cannot attend classes, says Karnataka Education Minister BC NageshHis comments to the ET came in the backdrop of the ruling BJP and Opposition Congress getting into a war of words after sections of Muslim ...
06 Feb, 2022, 03.14 PM IST
Hijab controversy may persist despite Karnataka's ban on clothes disturbing social harmonyThe hijab row has also taken a political colour, as the ruling BJP has stood strongly in support of uniform-related rules being enforced by...
06 Feb, 2022, 01.16 PM IST
Stick to college uniform, says Karnataka government as hijab issue escalatesCM Basavaraj Bommai and primary and secondary education minister BV Nagesh held a meeting with the advocate general on Friday to discuss th...
05 Feb, 2022, 11.09 PM IST
Sriram Sena chief asks govt to kick out students insisting on Hijab in classroom"This obduracy has the mindset of taking them (students) to the level of a terrorist. Now they say Hijab, next they will ask for Burqa (vei...
02 Feb, 2022, 03.00 PM IST