NEW DELHI — All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday condemned the decision of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Karnataka to ban “clothes which disturb equality, integrity and public order in schools and colleges”. This came in wake of the hijab row which has escalated in parts of the state. […]
SAHARANPUR (UP) — The official website of the Islamic seminary Darul Uloom at Deoband in the Saharanpur district was banned on Monday. The ban was imposed by District Magistrate Akhilesh Singh who had been asked by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights to probe into an alleged diktat over the issue of legal […]
BENGALURU — As the hijab versus saffron scarves on campus clash spread in Karnataka, two colleges declared a holiday today to avoid communal trouble while another college allowed students wearing the hijab in separate classrooms. There was also a confrontation between students wearing blue scarves and those wearing saffron scarves at a college in Chikkamagaluru, […]
HYDERABAD — The members of Girls Islamic Organization, Telangana (GIO) on Sunday staged a protest against the ongoing controversy in Karnataka over wearing Hijab by girls and conditions for entry into educational institutions. Scores of women carrying placards “Hijab is my right” staged a silent protest near seven tombs at Golconda. The protestors demanded that […]
NEW DELHI — Two-day national mourning will be observed in memory of legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar who passed way on Sunday morning, government sources told news agency ANI. As a mark of respect to the Bharat Ratna awardee, the National Flag will fly at half-mast for two days. A state funeral will be accorded to […]
BENGALURU — The hijab row in Karnataka is spreading fast to other districts of the state. Muslim students in Mysuru district started a “I love hijab” movement on Friday. The ruling BJP has declared that it won’t let Talibanisation happen and told these students that if they want to attend classes they will have to […]
NEW DELHI — Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said the country is robbing the future of daughters by letting the hijab come in the way of girl education. Coming out in support of hijab-wearing Muslim girl students not allowed entry in educational institutes in Karnataka, he said the goddess Saraswati does not differentiate and […]
NEW DELHI — China continues to be in illegal occupation of approximately 38,000 square km of Indian territory in the Union Territory of Ladakh for the last six decades, the government said in Lok Sabha on Friday. Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said that Pakistan illegally ceded 5,180 sq km of Indian […]
NEW DELHI — The Union Health Ministry on Friday postponed the NEET PG exam 2022 by six to eight weeks, keeping in view the clash in dates with NEET PG 2021 counselling. The Ministry, in its notice, said, “…lot of representations were being received from medical doctors regarding a request to delay NEET-PG 2022 examination […]
BENGALURU — The Karnataka High Court will on Tuesday hear pleas on barring of Muslim students from attending classes for wearing headscarf (hijab) in Udupi. Justice Krishna S Dixit said the matter will be heard on February 8, after Advocate-General Prabhuling K Navadagi sought time to respond to two separate petitions filed by the students […]