Hijab ban

YADGIR, KARNATAKA : Refusing to take off their hijab, six students in Karnataka’s Yadgir district returned home without writing their Class 12 exams on...

Two second-year students of Government Pre-University College for Girls, Udupi who had approached the High Court of Karnataka challenging the hijab ban in educational institutions were...

Earlier this year, when a group of Muslim school girls in the southern Indian State of Karnataka were barred from entering the classroom wearing...

By K.V. Aditya Bharadwaj / The Hindu Campaigns against minority communities have been relentless in the State over the last few months Karnataka, headed for Assembly...

After campaigning against the hijab, and halal and banning Muslim traders in temple fairs, Hindu organisations in Karnataka now are planning a campaign to...

By SHEIKH SAALIQ / The Associated Press NEW DELHI — A recent court ruling upholding a ban on Muslim students wearing head coverings in schools...

By Sheikh Saaliq /Associated Press NEW DELHI — A recent court ruling upholding a ban on Muslim students wearing head coverings in schools has sparked criticism from constitutional scholars...

By Umang Poddar / Scroll On March 15, the Karnataka High Court upheld a hijab ban for educational institutions. The court argued that wearing the...

By AVNI SINHA  / Shethe People Feminist literature that has explored nationalism has found linkages with patriarchal values and ideas of masculine toughness. The ‘nation’...