Choose faith or future: BJP alleges 'second-class treatment' of Hindus in K'natka CET rowA political row has erupted in Karnataka after students were allegedly asked to remove their sacred 'janeu' threads before writing the Comm...
25 Apr, 2026, 12.51 PM IST
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
23 girl students suspended in Karnataka for staging demo seeking permission to wear Hijab inside classroomsThe girls have been insisting upon wearing Hijab despite the Karnataka High Court ruling in March this year on the issue that head scarf is...
07 Jun, 2022, 02.18 PM IST
Hijab row: Karnataka Congress leader arrested in HyderabadKhan had given provocative statements during the protests on the hijab row, which had gone viral. In the video, he had said that those who ...
08 Mar, 2022, 04.06 PM IST
BJP's Sakshi Maharaj demands law against hijabKarnataka High Court will continue hearing on Friday various petitions challenging the ban on headscarves in educational institutes.
23 Feb, 2022, 01.17 PM IST
Hijab not an essential religious practice, reiterates Karnataka govt in HC"This is our stand that Hijab is not an essential religious practice. There was a statement by Dr B R Ambedkar in the Constituent Assembly ...
21 Feb, 2022, 04.24 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
Karnataka hijab row: FIRs lodged against students in TumakuruThe Principal of Empress College of Tumakuru lodged a complaint with the Tumakuru City Police against 15 to 20 students for violating prohi...
19 Feb, 2022, 10.39 AM 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 limited to only 8 high schools & pre-university colleges in Karnataka, says GovtThe High Court, in its interim order pending consideration of all petitions related to the hijab row, last week restrained all the students...
17 Feb, 2022, 03.56 PM IST
Chaos prevails in govt PU colleges as Burqa-clad students denied entry citing HC orderThe Court, in its interim order pending consideration of all petitions related to the hijab row, last week restrained the students from wea...
16 Feb, 2022, 12.56 PM IST
High schools reopen in Karnataka following Hijab row; CM Bommai expresses confidence that normalcy will prevailThe Karnataka High Court, in its interim order pending consideration of all petitions related to the Hijab row, had earlier requested the s...
14 Feb, 2022, 12.05 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
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
Aim is to deprive girls of education, says Congress leader Siddaramaiah after Karnataka college denies entry to Hijab-wearing studentsSiddaramaiah said the Congress would raise the matter in the Assembly after the decision of the court. On being asked about Hindu students ...
05 Feb, 2022, 01.49 PM IST