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Wearing hijab not essential religious practice, Karnataka AG to High Court
Bengaluru : Wearing hijab is not an essential religious practice in Islam and it can't come under the Constitution's Article 25 (Freedom of conscience and free profession, practice and propagation of religion), Advocate General Prabhuling…
Family members of deceased move SC against bail to Misra in Kheri case
New Delhi : The family members of deceased farmers, who were mowed by a car belonging to Ashish Misra in Lakhimpur Kheri, have moved the Supreme Court challenging bail granted to Misra by the Allahabad High Court. Misra is the son of Union…
Burqa-clad girl turned away from nationalised bank in Bihar’s Begusarai
Patna : A burqa-clad girl in Bihar's Begusarai district was stopped from making transactions in a nationalised bank, an official said.The girl recorded the incident and shared it on social media on Sunday. The incident took place on…
Unicef mulls payment for nearly 200k Afghan teachers: Taliban
Kabul : The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has announced that the Unicef is considering paying an amount of $100 per month for nearly 200,000 public school teachers.In a statement on Sunday, the Ministry of Education (MoE) said that…
Hijab is not about the freedom of choice
Karnataka : The row over hijab has been raging for over a month now. The fact that young women are protesting to assert their right to wear the hijab is interesting.This is the 21st century and India's 75th year of Independence, so if young…
Hijab crisis: Karnataka Principal gets life threat for turning away students wearing hijab
Bengaluru : Principal of a Junior College in Karnataka's Madikeri district on Saturday lodged a police complaint against a man for issuing a life threat after he sent back hijab-clad students from the college.Based on the complaint of the…
Karnataka hijab row: 58 college students suspended
Bengaluru : At least 58 female students from a college in Karnataka's Shivamogga district were suspended on Saturday for wearing hijab and also staging an agitation demanding that they should be allowed to attend classes.The students were…
Hijab row: HC directs Karnataka govt not to violate interim order
Bengaluru : The Karnataka High Court bench, hearing petitions on hijab row, on Friday directed the state government to see to it that its interim order is not violated.The bench, headed by Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, gave this direction…
Karnataka hijab row: FIR against protesting students
Bengaluru : Even as the Karnataka High Court Special Bench is hearing the Hijab case on a daily basis, students continue to come to colleges wearing hijab and getting into arguments with the college authorities. As a first punitive action…
Talks on outsourced Afghan airport ops still ongoing: Taliban
Kabul : The Taliban government in Afghanistan has said that talks on running the technical operations of five major airports in the country are yet to be finalised with Turkish and Qatari companies.In a statement, the Ministry of Transport…