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The Latest Breaking News from Karnataka

‘Targeted harassment’: Muslim girls in India denounce hijab ban

Visuals of Muslim girls being shut outside college gates in Karnataka state for wearing the hijab have led to outrage.

Al Jazeera

Violent clashes over hijab ban in southern India force schools to close

Unrest triggered when Karnataka state came down in favour of rightwing Hindu demands for headscarf ban

The Guardian - UK

Hijab row: Prohibitory orders clamped in Bengaluru

BENGALURU: The volatile situation in Karnataka is likely to continue as the state government has made it very clear that there will be no entry of students who do not shun hijab, or saffron shawls to schools.

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Yusra Hasan brings you the news from Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, and Colombia.

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Congress accuses BJP of ‘sponsoring’ hijab row

It sees ploy to divert public attention from real issues

The Hindu

50 lakh saffron shawls ordered from Surat: DKS

Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president D.K. Shivakumar claims that a pole used to hoist the national flag cannot be used to hoist other flags

The Hindu

Plagued by corruption, BJP destroying students’ future, says Congress leader

AICC General Secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala says student community has already faced a serious setback in academics for the last two years due to COVID-19

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Indian students block roads as row over hijab in schools mounts

Hundreds of students in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata on Wednesday chanted slogans and blocked roads in protest of a hijab ban in the southern state of Karnataka, as a row over wearing the head covering in schools intensifies.

Reuters

Three-judge Bench of Karnataka High Court to hear hijab petitions

‘Questions of seminal importance’

The Hindu

Hijab ban: Karnataka HC's single bench refers matter to larger bench

The HC's appeal came after the Advocate General apprised the court that there are some parallel agitations. Full story

Dynamite News

Hijab row: Single judge refers case to CJ of Karnataka HC citing constitutional questions

BENGALURU: The single judge of the Karnataka high court hearing the case related to the Hijab ban in school-college campuses referred the matter to the Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi on Wednesday with a view that the CJ may decide on constituting a larger bench to look into the case.

The Times of India

Hijab controversy: Coastal belt calm, but mud-slinging continues

Various organisations made demands for and against wearing hijab and saffron shawls, in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi on February 9

The Hindu

Hijab controversy: Karnataka Police prohibits gatherings, agitations or protests near educational institutions in Bengaluru for 2 weeks

The order highlighted that, in the last few days, protests and agitations have been held in connection with strict enforcement of schools/colleges Uniform Rules. Full story

Dynamite News

Karnataka Cabinet takes stock of hijab controversy

Desists from taking any decision as the issue is in the Karnataka High Court

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Indian state shuts schools for three days after hundreds protest ban on hijabs in classrooms

India's southern Karnataka state has ordered schools and colleges to shut for three days, after protests erupted in response to some schools refusing entry to students wearing the hijab.

The Hindu

Karnataka hijab row | Women have right to decide what to wear: Priyanka Gandhi

Stop harassing women, says Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Twitter

The Hindu

Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai comments on hijab controversy in Karnataka

The girls’ education activist said that ‘refusing to let girls go to school in their hijabs is horrifying’

The Hindu

Top Karnataka news developments on February 9, 2022

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Over 90% of adult population in Karnataka fully vaccinated against COVID-19

Bengaluru Rural, Vijayapura achieve 100% second dose coverage; Kodagu, Gadag cover 98% population

The Times of India

Fifteen phone numbers helped Gujarat cops crack case in 20 days

AHMEDABAD: When news of blasts Ahmedabad trickled in, it was initially considered to be a local incident.

The Times of India

How Karnataka hijab row unfolded, spread

BENGALURU: Karnataka government has ordered schools and colleges to shut for three days, after protests erupted in response to some educational institutions refusing entry to students wearing hijab. Here's how the hijab controversy took a violent turn in the state:

The Times of India

Karnataka hijab row: Political parties stoking fire, say experts

BENGALURU: Political parties and their student wings are being blamed for turning college campuses into hotbeds of protests, violence and politics over wearing hijab on campuses in Karnataka.

The Times of India

Karnataka hijab row: Bengaluru keeps tension at bay; but academicians worried

BENGALURU: The hijab row that started as a stray incident and spread to multiple districts in Karnataka has prompted preemptive action from the government. However, the student community in Bengaluru — although concerned about the developments — is yet to witness any upheaval, which among other things is attributed to…

The Hindu

Congress MP cut short as he raises hijab issue in Rajya Sabha

Chairman ends zero hour as BJP MPs interrupt Karnataka lawmaker

The Times of India

Karnataka: Schools & colleges shut for 3 days as hijab row turns violent

BENGALURU: As the hijab controversy took a violent turn in Karnataka on Tuesday, the state government declared a three-day holiday for high schools and colleges across the state. They will reopen on February 12.

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