Politics

‘Humiliating’, says Owaisi as teachers, students in Karnataka forced to remove hijab

HYDERABAD — AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party of humiliating the Muslim community by depriving hijabi Muslims of their “fundamental rights” by preventing them from wearing hijabs as part of their religious obligation. Owaisi’s comment comes after videos from a school in Karnataka surfaced on social media where students and […]

Jammu

2022 to be the year of educational transformation in J&K: CS

JAMMU — The Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta today chaired a meeting to take stock of arrangements for reopening of educational institutions and resuming offline teaching in Jammu and Kashmir. Additional Chief Secretary, Health & Medical Education, Principal Resident Commissioner, New Delhi, administrative secretaries of the departments of Skill Development, Higher Education, School Education, […]

India

Students, teachers forced to remove Hijab before entering institute in Karnataka

BENGALURU — Students and teachers of Rotary Educational Society School Mandya, were forced to abandon their hijab before entering the institute. This instance was followed by the Karnataka high court’s temporary order directing students to adhere to the state’s diktat of banning hijab inside educational institutions. In a video that surfaced on Twitter young hijabi […]