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Muslim woman asked to remove hijab during exam ( The Statesman )

In a recent incident that unfolded at Annamalai Matriculation Higher Secondary School in Somasipadi village, near Tiruvannamalai town, a 27-year-old Muslim woman found herself...

Mumbai: Girl Students Asked To Remove Hijab At The College Gate Introducing New Dress Code (TwoCircles)

By K K Ahmed / TwoCircles.net NG Acharya & DK Maratha College in Mumbai’s Chembur area has been in the news from the last few...

K’taka: Former BJP MLA gives veiled threat to Muslims for not voting for him (Sabrang)

The recently concluded Assembly elections in Karnataka brought in a strong wave of anti-incumbency, putting the Congress in power with a thumping majority. However,...

Keep campuses free of communal politics: Institutes urge new govt (The Times of India)

By Kevin Mendonsa  Mangaluru: The educational institutions in the undivided coastal districts that witnessed hijab row, clashes over the installation of Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar’s photograph, among...

Karnataka polls: BJP gives ticket to leader who called hijab ban protesters ‘terrorists’ (Scroll)

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday nominated Yashpal Suvarna – one of the most incendiary voices in the Karnataka hijab ban controversy – as...

Students in burqa denied entry into UP college; authorities cite ‘dress code’ ( Two Circles )

Sana Ejaz | TwoCircles.net MORADABAD (UTTAR PRADESH) — Several girl students of the Hindu college in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad district Thursday alleged that they were denied...

Hijab ban; 50% dip in Muslim students’ count in govt colleges in Udupi: Report ( Maktoob Media )

There has been a significant shift of Muslim students from government to private pre-university colleges (PUC) in Karnataka’s Udupi district, the epicentre of movement...

Protest over Hijab in West Bengal School ( The Hindustan Gazette )

Howrah: Protest against Hijab erupted between two groups in a school. When one of them showed up at the school gate demanding that it be...

The Wire: ‘Very Frightening’ to Enter Campus Alone: Muslim Students Recount Hijab Ban’s Impact

By Taniya Roy / The Wire New Delhi: The hijab ban issued by the Karnataka government, later upheld by the high court, is creating and widening the social divide...