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SC to deliver judgement on Thursday in Karnataka hijab ban matterThe Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce its verdict on Thursday on a batch of petitions challenging the Karnataka High Court judgement refusing to lift the ban on hijab in…

Forty Muslim girl students from Udupi district of Karnataka abstained from appearing for the first pre-university examination on Tuesday as they were apparently hurt by the recent High Court verdict against wearing of hijab inside…

Muslim religious leaders and Ulemas have called for a peaceful bandh in Karnataka to voice their dissent over the Karnataka High Court judgment declaring that wearing of hijab is not an essential religious practice in Islamic faith.…

Several BJP leaders on Tuesday hailed the Karnataka High Court order upholding the ban on wearing hijab in schools and colleges, saying the entire debate on the issue should be seen from the context of women empowerment. The Karnataka High…

Political undertones aside, the anti-hijab view is seeking a uniform dress code on the arguments of equality and “public order". But the weeks-long protests for their rights by college-going students has made their education a…

Sonam Kapoor weighed in on the raging hijab controversy in Karnataka and asked why turbans can be a choice but a hijab cannot. She shared a post on Instagram Stories, featuring a picture collage. On the left was an image of a man in a…

By AFP PARIS: France's gender equality minister threw her support on Thursday behind Muslim women footballers who are seeking to overturn a ban on players wearing headscarves on the pitch.  Rules set by the French…

BHOPAL: Amid a row over wearing 'hijab' in educational institutions in Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh School Education Minister Inder Singh Parmar on Tuesday said that since 'hijab' is not part of the uniform it should be banned. He also said…