Hijab
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India will run according to constitution and laws: Ravi Shankar Prasad on Karnataka HC hijab verdict
India | Mar 15, 2022, 06:35 PM ISTIn an exclusive conversation with India TV, Ravi Shankar Prasad welcomed Karnataka High Court's verdict on hijab row saying right to choice is subject to reasonable restriction.
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Muqabla | No material placed on record to show hijab is essential religious practice: Karnataka High Court
News | Mar 15, 2022, 06:43 PM ISTThe Karnataka High Court, which dismissed the batch of petitions by some Muslim girl students from Udupi seeking permission to wear Hijab inside classrooms, said there was no material placed on record to prima facie show that wearing the headscarf was an essential religious practice.
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Karnataka High Court's verdict on hijab ban challenged in Supreme Court
India | Mar 15, 2022, 07:28 PM ISTA plea has been moved in Supreme Court challenging Karnataka High Court verdict dismissing various pleas challenging the ban on hijab in educational institutions.
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EXCLUSIVE | Will empower daughters of India, says Ravi Shankar Prasad on Karnataka HC's hijab verdict
News | Mar 15, 2022, 06:11 PM ISTFormer Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has hailed the Karnataka High Court's decision to uphold ban on hijab in educational institutions. In an exclusive interview with India TV, Prasad said the court's decision will be remembered for long as one which empowered the daughters of India.
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Hijab not part of essential Islamic religious practice: Karnataka High Court
News | Mar 15, 2022, 06:20 PM ISTThe Karnataka High Court on Tuesday said Hijab was not part of the essential religious practice in Islamic faith and effectively upheld the ban against the headscarf in educational institutions in the state by dismissing pleas from Muslim girls seeking nod to wear it in classrooms.
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'Hijab mentioned 7 times in Quran, but...': Mohammad Arif Khan on Karnataka HC verdict
India | Mar 15, 2022, 04:19 PM ISTKarnataka Primary and Secondary Education Minister BC Nagesh welcomed the order and described it as "landmark."
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It's a matter of freedom: Mehbooba Mufti on hijab verdict
News | Mar 15, 2022, 04:15 PM ISTPDP chief Mehbooba Mufti has termed Karnataka High Court's decision on hijab as disappointing. "Women were being denied their rights. Mehbooba said that it is not a matter of religion, it is a matter of freedom," she said.
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Hope this judgement will not be used to legitimise harassment of hijab wearing women: Asaduddin Owaisi
News | Mar 15, 2022, 01:31 PM ISTAIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi has said that he disagrees with Karnataka High Court's judgement that bans wearing Hijab by Muslim students inside the classroom.
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In video, Delhi govt school girl says teachers asked her to remove hijab
India | Feb 24, 2022, 12:07 AM ISTTeachers told me not to come to the class wearing this scarf. Don't be like your mother, and don't come to school wearing a scarf. There were two-three other girls who were asked to remove their headscarves, the girl, who is wearing a hijab, says in the video in Hindi.
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No restriction on wearing hijab on campus, ban only for classroom: Karnataka govt
India | Feb 22, 2022, 04:15 PM ISTThe row over hijab has been raging for over a month now. The controversy flared up when six students of a state government-run pre-university college in Udupi, who were wearing the hijab, were asked to leave the campus last month. The matter then snowballed into a major issue.
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Aaj Ki Baat: Was Bajrang Dal activist stabbed to death in Shivmogga, Karnataka for anti-hijab protest?
Aaj Ki Baat | Feb 21, 2022, 11:12 PM ISTAmit Shah lashes out at Priyanka Gandhi for saying “terrorism is a meaningless issue”. Ground report, 250-300 bodies still being buried daily in Prayagraj on banks of Ganga. Watch exclusive report on the same in this episode of Aaj Ki Baat with Rajat Sharma.
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Hijab Controversy: Karnataka Principal gets life threat for turning away students wearing hijab
India | Feb 19, 2022, 04:38 PM ISTThe complaint has been lodged against one Mohammad Tousif, who has issued a life threat on social media. "You won't live any longer," the accused threatened.
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Hijab Controversy: 58 college students suspended in Karnataka's Shivamogga district
India | Feb 19, 2022, 03:28 PM ISTAlthough the college management, development committee tried to explain to the hijab-clad students the interim order of the High Court, they did not listen and pressed for wearing of hijab, according to the principal. Hence, they were suspended from the college temporarily.
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Hijab controversy: Hijab not essential practice in Islam, govt tells Karnataka HC
India | Feb 18, 2022, 04:57 PM ISTThe hijab row which started last month in Udupi Pre-University College by six girl students has snowballed into a major controversy in the country.
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Hijab controversy: FIR against protesting students in Karnataka's Tumakuru
India | Feb 18, 2022, 01:09 PM ISTThe Principal of Empress College of Tumakuru lodged a complaint with Tumakuru City Police against 15 to 20 students for violating prohibitory orders in the last 2-days.
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Hijab controversy: Aligarh college bans entry of students with hijab, saffron stole
India | Feb 18, 2022, 09:56 AM ISTThe directives come 2-days after a group of students wearing saffron scarves held a protest in the campus, demanding ban of 'hijab' in the college premises.
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K'taka govt bans Hijab, saffron scarves in schools run by minority welfare department
India | Feb 17, 2022, 11:03 PM ISTThe order comes amid simmering tension in the schools and colleges over minority girls with Burqa and Hijab being denied entry in the schools and colleges, following last week's High Court order.
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Hijab controversy: Disallowing hijab amounts to banning Quran, petitioners tell Karnataka HC
India | Feb 17, 2022, 04:29 PM ISTThe row over Hijab started when a few students of a government pre-university college in Udupi, attending classes in headscarves, were asked to leave the campus. The matter then spread to different parts of the state, with other community students responding by wearing saffron scarves.
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Hijab controversy: Karnataka BJP deletes tweet revealing details of petitioner girls after backlash
India | Feb 16, 2022, 11:15 AM ISTThe ruling BJP had on Tuesday tweeted that five of the students involved in the Hijab case are minor and sought to blame Congress for the controversy. The tweet revealed personal details like the names and addresses of the girls.
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Hijab controversy Updates: High Court adjourns matter for Thursday
India | Feb 16, 2022, 07:25 PM ISTThe hijab row which started last month in Udupi Pre-University College by six girl students has snowballed into a major controversy in the country.