HC’s verdict against hijab forces 2nd PU girls to walk out of college amid prep exam

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March 15, 2022

Yadgir, Mar 15: As many as eight 2nd PU girl students of a government PU College at Kembhavi in Surpur taluk of Yadgir district had to helplessly return home without attending preparatory examination on Tuesday in the wake of the High Court’s controversial verdict against hijab.

The preparatory examination had commenced two days ago and the students were to write English paper on Tuesday. Out of 29 girl students studying in second PU, 12 students had arrived at the college. Of them, four girls appeared for the examination by removing the hijab, while another eight were waiting for HC’s verdict. As soon as the HC pronounced its verdict upholding BJP govt’s decision, the girls helplessly walked out of the college.

As a precautionary measure, police were deployed at the college.

College principal Shakuntala said a direction was given to the girl students to remove hijab in a room allotted to them and wear uniform to write the examination. Of them, only four students appeared for the examination and the other eight girls returned home after the court verdict without appearing for the examination, she told.

Meanwhile speaking to the media persons, Asra, a first-year PU student of a PU college in Yadgir city said: "We will write preparatory examination by wearing hijab. We will not appear for the examination if we are told to write the exam without hijab. We will put on hijab even if the court delivered its verdict", she said.

“We will not follow anyone’s rulings that go against Quran. As both education and hijab are important for us, we should be given permission to write the exam wearing hijab, she urged.

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Chaos continues as IndiGo cancels more flights including 73 from Bengaluru airport

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December 4,2025

Domestic carrier IndiGo has cancelled over 180 flights from three major airports — Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru — on Thursday, December 4, as the airline struggles to secure the required crew to operate its flights in the wake of new flight-duty and rest-period norms for pilots.

While the number of cancellations at Mumbai airport stands at 86 (41 arrivals and 45 departures) for the day, at Bengaluru, 73 flights have been cancelled, including 41 arrivals, according to a PTI report that quoted sources.

"IndiGo cancelled over 180 flights on Thursday at three airports-Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru," the source told the news agency.

Besides, it had cancelled as many as 33 flights at Delhi airport for Thursday, the source said, adding, "The number of cancellations is expected to be higher by the end of the day."

The Gurugram-based airline's On-Time Performance (OTP) nosedived to 19.7 per cent at six key airports — Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Hyderabad — on December 3, as it struggled to get the required crew to operate its services, down from almost half of December 2, when it was 35 per cent.

"IndiGo has been facing acute crew shortage since the implementation of the second phase of the FDTL (Flight Duty Time Limitations) norms, leading to cancellations and huge delays in its operations across the airports," a source had told PTI on Wednesday.

Chaos continued at several major airports for the third day on Thursday because of the cancellations.

A spokesperson for the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in Bengaluru said that 73 IndiGo flights had been cancelled on Thursday.

At least 150 flights were cancelled and dozens of others delayed on Wednesday, airport sources said, leaving thousands of travellers stranded, according to news agency Reuters.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has said it is investigating IndiGo flight disruptions and has asked the airline to submit the reasons for the current situation, as well as its plans to reduce flight cancellations and delays.

It may be mentioned here that the pilots' body, Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP), has alleged that IndiGo, despite getting a two-year preparatory window before the full implementation of new flight duty and rest period norms for cockpit crew, "inexplicably" adopted a "hiring freeze".

The FIP said it has urged the safety regulator, the DGCA, not to approve airlines' seasonal flight schedules unless they have adequate staff to operate their services "safely and reliably" in accordance with the New Flight Duty Time Limitations (FDTL) norms.

In a letter to the DGCA late on Wednesday, the FIP urged the DGCA to consider re-evaluating and reallocating slots to other airlines, which have the capacity to operate them without disruption during the peak holiday and fog season if IndiGo continues to "fail in delivering on its commitments to passengers due to its own avoidable staffing shortages."

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