Karnataka Hijab row

Hijab Ban To Stay In Karnataka Colleges; HC Says ‘Not Essential Religious Practice’

BENGALURU: Hijab is not an essential religious practice in Islam, the Karnataka High Court ruled on Tuesday, in a setback to Muslim girl students who had challenged a ban on wearing the headscarf in classrooms. The high court had temporarily banned religious clothes, including hijab and saffron headscarves, in colleges classrooms in the state last […]

Bajrang Dal activist murder case: Six arrested, over a dozen questioned by police

SHIVAMOGGA: The Shivamogga police on Tuesday said all accused in the murder case of Bajrang Dal activist Harsha have been identified and will soon be held. “All the accused have been identified. The teams are outside as well as in Shivamogga district. So, work is going on and we are on the verge of completing […]

Bajrang Dal activist murdered in Karnataka’s Shivamogga; three arrested

SHIVAMOGGA (Karnataka): A 26-year-old Bajrang Dal activist, Harsha, was murdered by unknown assailants at 9 pm on Sunday in Karnataka’s Shivamogga for allegedly campaigning against wearing Hijab in schools and colleges. Harsha was a tailor from the Seegehatti area in Shivamogga district, which is 270 km from the state capital Bengaluru. On Monday, Karnataka police […]

‘Hashtags, PFI link, political patronage’: The inside story of ‘Hijab’ controversy

In the wake of simmering ‘hijab’ controversy, which kicked off in Karnataka, a thread exposing the alleged conspiracy behind it has gone viral on Twitter. A verified Twitter user, Vijay Patel, put out several tweets in a thread which alleges that the student wing of a radical outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) orchestrated the […]