Hijab row: News
05 Aug 2023
TripuraTripura: VHP activists thrash student for objecting to hijab restrictions
Members of a right-wing organization on Friday allegedly beat up a Class 10 student in Tripura for objecting to stopping Muslim girls from entering a school wearing hijab.
27 Jul 2023
KarnatakaKarnataka: Driver allegedly stops schoolgirls without burqa from boarding bus
A bus driver in Karnataka's Kalaburagi district reportedly refused to let schoolgirls board the vehicle because they were not wearing a burqa.
28 Jun 2023
KeralaKerala: 7 medicos demand hijab, full sleeves in operation theater
Seven students of Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram Government Medical College have written to their principal, seeking permission to wear long-sleeved scrub jackets and surgical hoods in the operation theater.
03 Jun 2023
Madhya PradeshMadhya Pradesh government suspends private school's license amid hijab row
The recognition of Ganga Jamuna Higher Secondary School in Madhya Pradesh's Damoh district has been officially suspended, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced on Friday.
07 Jan 2023
IranIran: 2 more men, detained amid protests, executed
Iran confirmed the execution of two men convicted of reportedly killing a paramilitary volunteer during a demonstration.
24 Dec 2022
IranIran anti-Hijab protests: Rapper, protester to face retrial
The Supreme Court of Iran has ordered the retrial of two individuals, including a Kurdish rapper, sentenced to death over the anti-government protests triggered by Mahsa Amini's death, the country's judiciary stated on Saturday.
12 Dec 2022
IranAnti-government protests: Iran executes second convict within a week
Iran reportedly executed a man convicted of killing two members of the security forces in public early on Monday.
05 Dec 2022
IranIran: Strike, protest rally amid suspense over morality police abolition
Protesters in Iran have called for a three-day strike following contradicting claims about the country's morality police being abolished.
04 Dec 2022
IranIran abolishes morality police amid months of massive anti-hijab protests
Iran has abolished its infamous morality police in the face of large anti-hijab protests.
04 Dec 2022
IranStung by widespread protests, Iran to review decades-old hijab law
While Iran struggles to subdue the ongoing protests across the country on the dress code regulation that obliges females to cover their heads, the government stated it would review its decades-old law.
17 Nov 2022
IranIranian forces open fire, beat women as anti-hijab protests swell
As protests over the death of Mahsa Amini entered the third month, Iranian security forces on Tuesday opened fire on people at a metro station in Tehran, Iran.
16 Nov 2022
KarnatakaKarnataka: Pro-Hindu activists up in arms over students performing Azaan
In Karnataka's Udupi, pro-Hindu activists staged a protest against a private school authority after the education institution allegedly made its students perform the 'Azaan' (prayer).
28 Oct 2022
IranIranian forces open fire at Mahsa's 40th mourning day protests
Iranian forces allegedly fired upon the mourners who had gathered to mark the 40th day of the death of a 22-year-old Iranian woman, Mahsa Amini, on Wednesday.
13 Oct 2022
Supreme Court Of IndiaHijab ban: SC delivers split verdict, refers to three-judge bench
The Supreme Court on Thursday delivered a split verdict on the issue of hijab ban.
22 Sep 2022
Karnataka High CourtHijab row: SC reserves verdict on Karnataka HC's 'controversial' ban
After 10 days of rigorous hearings over the controversial hijab ban in Karnataka, the Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict in the case.
20 Sep 2022
Karnataka High CourtHijab row case: SC questions Karnataka HC's judgment banning hijab
The Supreme Court remarked on Tuesday the Karnataka High Court erred in addressing the essential religious practice issue in the hijab row case.
19 Sep 2022
IranIran: Protests after woman 'arrested' over 'improper hijab' dies
Widespread protests were held in Iran after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini following her arrest by the country's "Morality Police" for "improperly" wearing the hijab.
25 Apr 2022
KarnatakaKarnataka: After hijab row, Bible in school triggers controversy
Months after the hijab ban controversy erupted in Karnataka, Bengaluru's Clarence High School has now taken an undertaking from parents that they wouldn't object to their children carrying the Bible to the school.
07 Apr 2022
KarnatakaAl-Qaeda won't understand uniform's importance: Assam CM on hijab video
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said that al-Qaeda will never understand the significance of wearing uniforms in educational institutions, but Indian Muslims will.
24 Mar 2022
Supreme Court Of IndiaHijab row: No urgent SC hearing against Karnataka HC verdict
The Supreme Court on Thursday denied a request for an urgent listing of appeals against a Karnataka High Court judgment that upheld colleges' authority to prohibit female Muslim students from wearing hijab in educational institutions in Karnataka.
20 Mar 2022
KarnatakaKarnataka HC judges who gave hijab verdict get Y-category security
The Karnataka government has decided to provide "Y" category security to all three Karnataka HC judges who issued the verdict upholding the ban on wearing hijab in educational institutions after alleged life threats to Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi.
15 Mar 2022
Supreme Court Of IndiaKarnataka HC's order upholding hijab ban challenged in Supreme Court
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday morning upheld the ban on wearing hijab (headscarf) in educational institutions and dismissed several petitions against it.
15 Mar 2022
Karnataka High Court'Wearing hijab not essential practice in Islam,' rules Karnataka HC
After days of back-to-back hearings, the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday dismissed all petitions that challenged the state government's recent ban on wearing hijab in educational institutions.
26 Feb 2022
KarnatakaKarnataka Bajrang Dal member's murder: Probe suggests local gang rivalry
Police in Karnataka say that the murder of Harsha Hindu—a 27-year-old member of the right-wing outfit Bajrang Dal—was likely carried out due to a local and long-standing gang rivalry.
22 Feb 2022
KarnatakaSix arrested for Bajrang Dal member's murder in Karnataka's Shivamogga
The police in Karnataka's Shivamogga district have arrested six people in connection with the murder of Harsha—a 26-year-old member of the right-wing outfit Bajrang Dal.
21 Feb 2022
KarnatakaBajrang Dal member killed in Karnataka's Shivamogga; Section 144 imposed
A 26-year-old member of the right-wing outfit Bajrang Dal was stabbed to death in Karnataka's Shivamogga on Sunday night.
20 Feb 2022
Zaira WasimFormer actor Zaira Wasim reacts to Karnataka hijab row
National Film Award-winning former actor Zaira Wasim might have been away from the silver screen for a while but the 21-year-old rarely shies away from stating her opinions on controversial issues.
17 Feb 2022
KarnatakaWear hijab at home, not outside: BJP MP Pragya Thakur
Amid the ongoing row over hijab, BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur said headscarves should be worn when people feel unsafe at homes and not outside, where there is "Hindu Samaj."