Hijab
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'Hijab not essential to Islam': Allahabad High Court rejects student's plea to wear hijab in school
Uttar Pradesh | Aug 25, 2026, 10:09 AM ISTA bench of Justices JJ Munir and Indrajeet Shukla noted that the Supreme Court has not yet finally settled the issue following its split verdict on the Karnataka hijab case, but held that the Karnataka High Court’s ruling remains persuasive.
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PDP leader Iltija Mufti lodges police complaint against Nitish Kumar for pulling woman's 'naqab'
India | Dec 19, 2025, 05:24 PM ISTAfter lodging FIR against Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, Iltija Mufti said, “I believe what I am saying is right. When a Chief Minister breaks the law, it sends a wrong message and encourages communal behaviour.”
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Strapless dress, bare head at wedding of Iran's pro-Hijab leader's daughter sparks outrage | Video
Trending | Oct 21, 2025, 05:52 PM ISTA viral video of Iran’s pro-hijab leader Ali Shamkhani's daughter in a strapless wedding dress has sparked outrage over the regime’s double standards on hijab enforcement.
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Kerala minister directs Christian school to allow Muslim girl to continue studies wearing hijab
India | Oct 14, 2025, 11:46 PM ISTHijab row: Kerala General Education Minister V Sivankutty instructed the school's principal and management to address the mental distress caused to the student and her parents in connection with the girl wearing a 'hijab' to the institution.
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Fact Check: Did Deepika Padukone say that bindi is a sign of patriarchy?
Entertainment | Oct 09, 2025, 08:51 PM ISTNew day, new controversy for Deepika Padukone. Let's take a deep look into the latest one that has connections with a ten year old video.
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Udupi principal, who stopped girls wearing Hijab, not to get best teacher award after SDPI's protest
Karnataka | Sep 05, 2024, 10:32 AM ISTThe 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 | Aug 22, 2024, 11:32 PM ISTAfghanistan'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 | Aug 09, 2024, 04:04 PM ISTThe 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
Kolkata | Jun 11, 2024, 11:21 AM 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 | Mar 14, 2024, 11:48 PM 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 | Dec 22, 2023, 10:39 PM ISTKarnataka 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 | Dec 02, 2023, 09:40 PM ISTAccording 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 | Nov 14, 2023, 01:44 PM ISTThe 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 | Oct 04, 2023, 07:00 PM ISTIt 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 | Sep 21, 2023, 08:27 AM ISTThe 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 | Aug 29, 2023, 02:05 PM ISTNotably, 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 | Aug 27, 2023, 07:50 PM ISTA 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, 04:04 PM ISTHijab 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 | Apr 24, 2023, 11:46 AM ISTGiving 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 | Oct 18, 2022, 05:43 PM ISTThe 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.