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  Hijab controversy: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar's security tightened after intelligence inputs

  Bihar | December 18, 2025 23:49 IST

  Security for Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has been strengthened following a political storm over an alleged hijab-related incident at a public event in Patna. The move was taken after intelligence agencies shared inputs amid strong criticism from Opposition parties.

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  OPINION | Iran's Hijab Law: Video exposes double standards

  India | October 23, 2025 17:32 IST

  Only recently, the Iranian regime announced it would deploy 80,000 personnel to enforce dress codes because there has been a spike in the number of women appearing in public without hijab.

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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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  Bijnor: Principal bars students wearing hijab at college, district authority begins probe | VIDEO

  Uttar Pradesh | August 13, 2024 12:32 IST

  As the controversy over the hijab ban at Janta Inter College in Bijnor snowballed, the district administration launched a probe into the matter.

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  Bengal hijab row: Teacher opts not to rejoin after college permits head scarf

  June 14, 2024 12:06 IST

  Sanjida Qadar, a teacher at LJD Law College in Kolkata, decided not to return to her position after being initially asked not to wear a hijab but later permitted to use a head scarf. Citing discomfort, Qadar announced her decision via email on Thursday to explore new opportunities.

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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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  Iran begins first election campaign since protests over Mahsa Amini's death in 2022

  World | February 22, 2024 14:44 IST

  Amini was arrested by the so-called Iranian Morality Police for not wearing the burqa in public, and died after being tortured in custody, Her death sparked nationwide protests, and police launched a violent crackdown killing 500 and arresting thousands.

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  'Just to please Muslim community': Yediyurappa on Karnataka govt's decision to lift hijab ban

  Karnataka | December 23, 2023 13:07 IST

  In 2022, the previous BJP government banned wearing of hijab in educational institutions in Karnataka.

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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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  Iran's 'morality police' returns to ensure compliance with hijab laws as crackdown intensifies

  World | July 17, 2023 13:05 IST

  An Iranian spokesperson said that women disobeying the dress rules will first be warned and 'legal action; will be initiated against them if they still refuse to comply with the orders.

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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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  Supreme Court declines immediate listing of plea seeking hearing on Karnataka hijab row

  India | March 03, 2023 12:39 IST

  Karnataka hijab row: Advocate Shadan Farasat, appearing on behalf of the students, had then submitted before a bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud that they had to appear in annual examinations beginning from March 9 (Thursday) in government colleges.

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  Karnataka hijab ban: Girls move SC for permission to take exam in headscarf

  Karnataka | February 22, 2023 17:09 IST

  Following the apex court's split verdict on the issue of ban on sporting the Islamic headscarf in educational institutions in Karnataka, girls in hijab are not being permitted to take the exams scheduled to begin from March 9.

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  Iran & Women’s rights: How Gen Z is using social media to challenge patriarchal laws

  World | December 20, 2022 11:23 IST

  Iran & Women’s rights: The social media platform helped Gen Z to raise their voice against patriarchal laws in the conservative country.

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  Iranian Police targeting women protests especially on their faces, breasts and genitals

  World | December 12, 2022 18:38 IST

  A shocking media report claimed that Iranian security forces are now targeting the private parts, faces and other vital organs of female protestors to spread fear among the women demonstrators.

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  Iran publicly executes second detainee over alleged protest crime

  World | December 12, 2022 16:24 IST

  Iran hijab row: Amid the uproar created following the killing of a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, Iran executed a second prisoner detained and convicted allegedly for stabbing two security force members.

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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