Topic: Hijab ban
Karnataka education minister BC Nagesh, man behind Hijab ban, lost elections
Karnataka Education Minister and BJP leader BC Nagesh who enforced the Hijab ban in Karnataka's educational institutes and urged an economic boycott of Muslims in the state, has lost the elections from the Tiptur constituency.
“Hijab is integral part of my identity,” says Tabassum Shaik who tops Karnataka state board exam
“I didn’t want to give up hijab. it is a part of my identity. It was an injustice..” said Tabassum Shaik, Karnataka state board exam topper.
Rights group gives Karnataka govt’s education policies a “fail” grade in report card
Ahead of state poll, a rights group in Karnataka released a report card and alleged that the failure of education policies and programs in the southern state has resulted in pushing students from marginalised groups out of education for the first time after Independence.
BJP leader who called hijab wearing Muslim students “terrorists“ gets ticket from Udupi
The BJP leader who was at the forefront of hate campaign against Muslim students protesting to wear hijab to college premises in Karnataka, Yashpal Suvarna, has got the party ticket from the Udupi Assembly constituency.
“I will take a call,” CJI on urgent plea for permission to give exams wearing hijab
Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud on Wednesday said he will "take a call" on the request to list a plea by Karnataka...
One year on, Muslim girls in Karnataka grapple with hijab ban, anxious about future
As another end-term exams approach, 18-year-old Aliya Assadi is nervous about what may unfold in the coming days. Assadi, a final-year school girl from Karnataka’s...
