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Hijab controversy: Karnataka CM to chair meeting after court hearing to decide on re-opening schools, colleges

Karnataka High Court to hear petitions on hijab row after 2.30 pm today

The Hindu

Avoid protests in Maharashtra over ‘hijab’ row: State Home Minister

Dilip Walse Patil said it was “not appropriate” to stage protests in Maharashtra over any issue that has roots in some other State.

The Hindu

Too early to intervene in Karnataka hijab row, says Supreme Court

Let High Court examine issue, says CJI in response to plea for transfer of case

The Hindu

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School hijab ban targets India’s Muslims as Hindu hardliners eye key vote

A ban on Islamic veils in schools in a southern Indian state has sparked protests and counter-protests between Muslim and Hindu, raising religious identity issues that have long served the ruling Hindu nationalist party’s electoral agenda as the country’s most populous state holds a critical election.

France 24

‘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

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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.

The Times of India

Daily Dose Ep 966: Congress UP manifesto, Colombia landslides

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

Newslaundry

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

The Hindu

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’

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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

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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 Hindu

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

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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

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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.

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