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Class 10 students wearing hijab stand in line with other students before the commencement of the annual SSLC exams at a government school in Bangalore (Manjunath Kiran / AFP)

Hijab issue: 40 Muslim girls abstain from PU exams in Udupi

The students decided to not appear for the examination without wearing the headscarf as they were hurt by the March 15...

30 March 2022 1:25 PM IST

In-charge officials direct a class 10 student wearing hijab arriving in line with other students before the commencement of the annual SSLC exams at a government school in Bangalore on March 28, 2022. (Manjunath Kiran / AFP)

Muslim girls wearing hijab not allowed to write SSLC exam in Karnataka

A majority of students chose to write the exam without hijab, saying that the exam was more important for them than...

29 March 2022 11:06 AM IST

Madhava Reddy said that they had arrested the six persons while one accused Ch. Rajendra Prasad was at large. (Representational Image: PTI)

Hijab verdict: Bengaluru police nab man from TN for threatening to...

The arrests were made over a viral video in which the accused was heard saying that the judges who pronounced the...

28 March 2022 4:53 PM IST

Deputy Leader of Congress in Karnataka Assembly UT Khader (ANI file image)

Allow students to take exams wearing hijab of colour of uniform:...

The Karnataka government has refused to budge on the hijab ban even for the sake of students due to take their board...

25 March 2022 10:20 AM IST

Supreme Court (PTI)

-'Don-'t sensationalise-': SC rules out early hearing on Hijab ban

As Kamat persisted that students will lose one year as they are not allowed to enter schools with Hijab, CJI called for...

24 March 2022 12:28 PM IST

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai (ANI)

Y category security for Karnataka HC judges who delivered hijab...

Besides Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, the three-judge bench also comprised Justices Krishna Dixit and Khazi M...

20 March 2022 1:31 PM IST

Yashpal Suvarna, BJP OBC Morcha General Secretary and Udupi College Development Committee Vice-president (ANI)

Udupi College VP says girls challenged hijab ban in HC are members of...

The BJP leader said that the intention of the girls was to destroy the education policy and to disturb the other...

17 March 2022 1:39 PM IST

Female Muslim students protest after they were denied entry into an educational institute while wearing a hijab, in Chikmagalur. (Photo: PTI)

Udupi girls not to attend class without hijab, to continue legal fight

Udupi MLA Raghupathi Bhat, who is also the head of the College Development Committee, asked the girls to attend the...

16 March 2022 1:00 PM IST

Supreme Court (PTI)

Hijab ban: SC to hear pleas against Karnataka HC verdict after Holi...

The urgency is that there are many girls who have to appear in examinations, the senior lawyer told the bench

16 March 2022 11:54 AM IST

Students arriving at Government PU College for girls in Udupi (ANI)

Karnataka: Schools, colleges reopen in Udupi after hijab verdict

Meanwhile, section 144 will remain in force in the area with restrictions on processions, celebrations and protests till...

16 March 2022 10:38 AM IST

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai (PTI)

Hijab row: Everyone should abide by Karnataka HC order, says CM Bommai

Calling for maintenance of peace and order in the society, Bommai asked students to focus on their education, by...

15 March 2022 12:54 PM IST

Karnataka High Court. (PTI Photo)

-'Hijab does not form part of essential religious practice-':...

The bench said that no case is made out for invalidating the Government Order of February 5

15 March 2022 11:14 AM IST