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  Udupi principal, who stopped girls wearing Hijab, not to get best teacher award after SDPI's protest

  Karnataka | September 05, 2024 10:32 IST

  The education department in Karnataka had decided to give the 'Best Principal' award to BG Ramakrishna, principal of Kundapura PU College in Udupi district, however, after SDPI's protest, he is no longer being given this honour.

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  'No voice and bare faces': Taliban's new 'vice' laws impose tighter restrictions on women

  World | August 22, 2024 23:32 IST

  Afghanistan's new laws issued by the ministry for the “propagation of virtue and the prevention of vice” impose fresh curbs on women, such as their voices and bare faces. Women are banned from singing or reading aloud in public and looking at men they are not related to by blood or marriage.

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  'Students must have choice to wear what they want': SC stays Chembur college's circular on burqa ban

  India | August 09, 2024 16:04 IST

  The Supreme Court has issued an interim stay on a Mumbai college's ban on wearing hijabs, veils, burqas, stoles, and caps, raising concerns about the implications for women's empowerment and personal freedom.

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  Kolkata teacher resigns after college allegedly bans wearing hijab, management says miscommunication

  June 11, 2024 11:21 IST

  "The diktat from the college governing body offended my values and religious sentiments," Sanjida Qadar, a teacher at LJD Law College said.

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  Gujarat: Students asked to remove hijab before board exam, action against principal after outrage

  Gujarat | March 14, 2024 23:48 IST

  "There are no specific rules about clothes to be worn during exams. Students can wear any decent attire. Any female supervisor can check the identity of a female student ahead of the exam by matching her face with the photo on the receipt," Exam Director of the GSHSEB, M K Raval said.

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  Karnataka: ‘Ban on hijab to be withdrawn in state on December 23’, says CM Siddaramaiah

  Karnataka | December 22, 2023 22:39 IST

  Karnataka hijab ban: When someone in the crowd asked about restrictions on wearing hijab, the CM said, "No (restrictions). You can wear Hijab. I have instructed (the officials) that there will be no restriction from tomorrow onwards. You can wear and eat whatever you want. It's up to you."

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  Bihar school receives threats after asking girls to remove hijabs inside classrooms

  Bihar | December 02, 2023 21:40 IST

  According to a written complaint from the principal Satyendra Kumar Chaudhary, several family members of girls belonging to a religious group stormed the school on November 29, Om Prakash Singh, the District Education Officer of Sheikhpura said.

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  Karnataka: All forms of head cover restricted in recruitment exams, 'mangalasutra' allowed | DETAILS

  Karnataka | November 14, 2023 13:44 IST

  The Karnataka government had received complaints that some students had allegedly used Bluetooth devices to write competitive exams, prompting the government to take action on the matter.

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  Iran: Teenager girl falls into coma after morality police drag her for not wearing hijab properly

  World | October 04, 2023 19:00 IST

  It was not clear whether the morality police assaulted the teenager inside the metro, Iranian authorities claimed that the girl "fainted" due to low blood pressure. The authorities said that there was no involvement of the security forces.

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  Iran's Parliament adopts harsher headscarf law, heavier penalties for violating country's dress code

  World | September 21, 2023 8:27 IST

  The bill was approved by the Iranian Parliament just days after the death anniversary of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was killed after being detained by the morality police for breaching the country's dress code.

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  Indonesia: Teacher tonsures at least 14 female students for not wearing hijab 'properly'

  World | August 29, 2023 14:05 IST

  Notably, Indonesia banned wearing hijabs in school in 2021 but the activists claimed both Muslim and non-Muslim girls have been forced to wear the black headscarf in conservative regions of the archipelago.

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  Afghanistan: Taliban bans women from entering popular Band-e-Amir national park for THIS reason

  World | August 27, 2023 19:50 IST

  A week ago, Taliban Minister Mohammad Khalid Hanafi old officials and religious officials that women have not been following the proper way of wearing the hijab. "Going sightseeing is not a must for women," he said.

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  Will hijab ban in Karnataka institutes be scrapped? Here is Minister Dr G Parameshwara's reply

  Karnataka | May 24, 2023 16:04 IST

  Hijab row: Ahead of elections, the controversy over the hijab swept through the state and subsequently, BJP government banned it in the education institutes. Now, the political scenario is changed in the state and the demand to rollback of the government's decision is growing.

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  'Success is best revenge': Tharoor after Tabassum, who staunchly faced hijab row, tops PUC exams

  Karnataka | April 24, 2023 11:46 IST

  Giving a tight slap to all the protestors, 18-year-old Tabassum Shaik scored a perfect 100 in Hindi, Psychology and Sociology.

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  Worry grows for Iran female athlete who climbed without hijab

  World | October 18, 2022 17:43 IST

  The decision by Elnaz Rekabi, a multiple medalist in competitions, to forgo the headscarf, or hijab, came as protests sparked by the Sept. 16 death in custody of a 22-year-old woman have entered the fifth week.

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  Opinion | Is Hijab a personal choice or religious compulsion?

  India | October 14, 2022 17:13 IST

  After delivering diametrically opposite judgments, the bench said, “In view of the divergent views expressed by the Bench, the matter be placed before the Chief Justice of India for constitution of an appropriate bench.”

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  Hijab ban: Muslim Personal Law Board appeals to Karnataka government to withdraw order

  India | October 14, 2022 11:51 IST

  Hijab ban: On Thursday, a bench of justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia pronounced a split judgement on the Hijab issue, as one upheld the Karnataka HC judgement,

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  Supreme Court Hijab Verdict |Hijab Signifies Religion Or Passion? | Hijab Ban | India TV LIVE

  News | October 14, 2022 8:53 IST

  Supreme Court Hijab Verdict LIVE | Hijab Row LIVE Updates | Hijab Controversy News | Karnataka Hijab Row | Hijab Ban पर Supreme Court का बंटा हुआ फैसला आ चुका है। हिजाब पर दो जजों का अलग-अलग फैसला आया है। Hijab Ban के समर्थन में जस्टिस हेमंत गुप्ता और खिलाफत में जस्टिस धुलिया ने अपना पक्ष रखा है। बताया गया है कि अब बड़ी बेंच में होगी हिजाब विवाद की सुनवाई। फिलहाल कर्नाटक के स्कूलों में हिजाब पर बैन रहेगा, पूरी सुनवाई होने तक स्कूलों में हिजाब बैन रहेगा। Supreme Court के एक फैसले की चर्चा देश के घर घर में है। देश का हर सातवां आदमी तो खास तौर से इस फैसले पर बात कर रहा है। मुद्दा है हिजाब। स्कूल आने वाली लड़कियां हिजाब पहन कर पढ़ने आ सकती है या नहीं।#KarnatakaHijabRow #HijabControversy #HijabRow #supremecourt #indiatv

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  Hijab Row Takes A Turn, Ruckus Continues After Justice Lalit Formed A Bench On The Case

  News | October 14, 2022 7:54 IST

  The Supreme Court on Thursday delivered a split verdict on a batch of pleas challenging the Karnataka High Court judgment refusing to lift the ban on hijab in educational institutions of the state. While Justice Hemant Gupta dismissed the appeals against the high court verdict, Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia allowed them. There is a divergence of opinion, Justice Gupta said at the outset while pronouncing the verdict.In view of the split verdict, the bench directed that the appeals against the high court verdict be placed before the Chief Justice of India for constituting an appropriate larger bench. #hijabcontroversy #hijabrow #indiatv

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  Aaj Ki Baat: Full episode, October 13, 2022

  India | October 13, 2022 23:55 IST

  ​India's Number One and the most followed Super Prime Time News Show ‘Aaj Ki Baat – Rajat Sharma Ke Saath was launched just before the 2014 General Elections.