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
Karnataka to reverse BJP regime's Hijab ban: SiddaramaiahThe hijab row began when six pre-university college (PUC) girls attempted to attend an examination in their college in Udupi while wearing ...
23 Dec, 2023, 03.25 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
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 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
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
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
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
It is woman's right to decide what she wants to wear, stop harassing: Priyanka Gandhi"Whether it is a bikini, a ghoonghat, a pair of jeans or a hijab, it is a woman's right to decide what she wants to wear," Gandhi tweeted. ...
09 Feb, 2022, 04.02 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
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 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
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