All students must avoid wearing the hijab, saffron shawls or any religious clothing in class "until further orders", the Karnataka High Court said in an interim order while hearing a petition ...

Tension over the issue of dress code not only spread to more colleges but also took a violent turn on many campuses on Tuesday across Karnataka. Protests and counter protests over wearing hijab or ...

Communal politics is slowly entering college campuses in Uttara Kannada, as the Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, (RSS) decided to ...

A group of students at Field Marshal KM Cariappa College in Madikeri turned up for classes wearing saffron shawls on Monday. However, they were stopped at the gate. MADIKERI: The wave of unrest over ...

The row over students wearing hijab took a new turn in Chikkamagaluru on February 7 when nearly 30 students of IDSG Government First Grade College arrived wearing blue shawls and raised slogans in ...

UDUPI: The hijab controversy surfaced at Government PU College in Byndoor on Friday as about 12 girls with headscarves were prevented from entering the college. About 150 boys wore saffron shawls to ...

The Karnataka government order that kicked up a row over hijab was "religion neutral", the state government told the Supreme Court on Tuesday, launching a strong defence of the state and blaming the ...

Udupi: While the hijab issue at a government school in Udupi is yet to be sorted out, controversy over wearing the hijab inside the classroom, erupted in another government PU college in Udupi ...

A hijab is a veil worn by certain Muslim women in the presence of any male outside of their immediate family. Muslim women from 140 countries worldwide celebrate world Hijab Day on 1 February each ...

The principal explained the government's order to the girls. As the students continued to insist on wearing the headscarves, they were asked to go to a separate room arranged for them. (Image: ANI) ...

The government of Karnataka issued a new circular banning hijab as well as saffron shawls on college campuses. However, the row continued to protest on Monday, and students in different cities of the ...

The entry of a youth in Sir MV Arts & Commerce First Grade College campus in the town to take the photo of a girl student belonging to minority led to a tug of war between hijab and saffron shawl.