Udupi, Feb 18: Confusion prevailed at Milagres College in Kalyanpura in Udupi when students staged a protest demanding to allow wearing headscarves inside classrooms on Friday.
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Udupi: Banished by college for wearing hijab, 60 Muslim girls say they will never remove headscarves
Udupi, Feb 17: Around 60 final year students of the government G Shankar memorial women’s first grade degree college in Udupi on Thursday returned home after they were told to take off their hijabs by college authorities.
Mangaluru, Feb 17: Uppinangady first-grade Government College in Dakshina Kannada district has declared an indefinite holiday for students after 10 Muslim girl students refuse to remove the Hijab while attending classes on Thursday.
Mangaluru, Feb 16: The social democratic party of India (SDPI) on Wednesday charged the BJP with 'sponsoring' and 'promoting' the hijab-saffron shawl issue in educational institutions in Karnataka.
Mangaluru, Feb 16: As many as 28 students in two colleges in the city were sent back home on Wednesday for wearing hijab to classes. Mangaluru police commissioner N Shashi Kumar told reporters here that in four other colleges, students who came to classes wearing hijabs were allowed inside classrooms after removing their scarves.
Hundreds of students wearing hijabs in colleges across Karnataka staged fresh protest on Wednesday as they were denied entry citing High Court's controversial interim order.
In what can be termed as height of shamelessness, the official Twitter handles of Karnataka state unit of Bharatiya Janata Party and its president Nalin Kumar Kateel had tweeted the personal details of Muslim students who have moved the High Court in the hijab case. However, after drawing flack, they both deleted the tweets.
Udupi, Feb 15: Parents of the Muslim girl students staged a protest on Tuesday to condemn the move of the Maulana Azad High School at Mallar Pakeeranakatte in Kaup, Udupi district, who made students wearing headscarves sit separately in a room yesterday.
Udupi, Feb 14: A meeting of various organisations was held at Udupi on Sunday to discuss ways to maintain peace in the district in the wake of the hijab-saffron shawl row.
Mangaluru, Feb 13: Dakshina Kannada district, Deputy Commissioner Rajendra K V has imposed prohibitory order under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code within 200 meter radius of schools and colleges in the district from February 14, 6 am to February 19, 6 pm.