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  PDP leader Iltija Mufti lodges police complaint against Nitish Kumar for pulling woman's 'naqab'

  India | December 19, 2025 17:24 IST

  After 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 | October 21, 2025 17:52 IST

  A 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 | October 14, 2025 23:46 IST

  Hijab 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?

  October 09, 2025 20:51 IST

  New 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 | 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.”