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 ...

Saffron shawls will not be allowed in schools in Karnataka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said, in what has snowballed into a fresh flashpoint with the opposition BJP a day after the Congress ...

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday clarified that saffron shawls would not be allowed in educational institutions under the state government’s order on religious symbols, while ...

Tension flared at CG Bellad Govt First Grade College as students donned saffron shawls in protest against peers wearing hijabs. Following a month of demands for a hijab ban, over 50 students wore the ...

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 ...

The saffron shawl-hijab row has resurfaced in Haveri district, with some students attending classes wearing saffron shawl in protest against students attending classes wearing hijab in C.G. Bellad ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...