Hijab

The hijab controversy erupted last month when eight Muslim girls at the government pre-university college in Udupi alleged they were denied entry to classrooms after they started wearing headscarves(HT File)
South Asia

K'taka hijab row: HC restrains students from wearing religious attire

India's Karnataka Hijab row has snowballed into a major controversy with protests continuing across the state

The Karnataka hijab ban goes against the religious freedom granted in the Indian Constitution. Photo: Reuters
Panorama

The ever-turning wheels of Islamophobia in Modi’s India

The hijab controversy erupted last month when eight Muslim girls at the government pre-university college in Udupi alleged they were denied entry to classrooms after they started wearing headscarves. (HT File)
South Asia

Hijab row: No SC hearing for now, Karnataka CM Bommai appeals for peace

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai poses for photographs during the Education and Development G7 Ministers Summit in Paris, France, July 5, 2019. Photo :Reuters
South Asia

‘Horrifying’: Malala asks Indian leaders to let girls go to school in hijab

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said the Constitution has given the rights to women to choose whatever they want to wear. (ANI)
World+Biz

'It is a woman's right to decide what she wants to wear': Priyanka Gandhi on hijab row

Picture: INSTAGRAM/NEW ZEALAND POLICE
World+Biz

New Zealand police introduces hijab in its uniform