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Now A Private College in Rajasthan Asks Girl Students to Leave Hijab at Home

NEW DELHI – The raging controversy over hijab in Karnataka had its echo in the far off desert land of Rajasthan. Some Muslim families in...

Hijab ban: Why many Indians struggle to recognise the India they knew

Tensions rise in India as the Karnataka state officials seek to ban women from wearing the hijab in schools. A video posted online showing a hijab-wearing Muslim...

‘I have set your Jesus ablaze’: 2 pastors beaten by radical Hindus who set...

By Anugrah Kumar A dozen Hindu nationalists harassed and beat up two pastors and set fire to a Bible one was carrying after accusing them of...

Stop It Or We Will: Supreme Court To Team Yogi About Fining CAA Protests

https://youtu.be/m3hCijb3ew8 By  Ashutosh Tripathi New Delhi:  The Uttar Pradesh government was told off by the Supreme Court for trying to recover money for property damage during the...

Hindutva organisations behind violence amid hijab row: Forum

BENGALURU: Bahutva Karnataka, a coalition of progressive groups and individuals, has alleged that the perpetrators of violence in connection with the Hijab controversy are...

In Karnataka, Cong in a fix over secularism vs soft Hindutva

By ManuAiyappa Kanathanda BENGALURU: Sandwiched between BJP, which is toeing an aggressive Hindutva line, and fundamental Islamic political outfit Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI),...

Hijab ban in Indian state violates religious freedom: US official

A US official has voiced concerns about the controversial banning of the headscarf at schools and colleges in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, prompting a...

Karnataka HC’s Hijab Ban Order Ignores Fundamental Rights & Interim Relief Law

In the past weeks, tensions have been rising across regions of Karnataka as female students wearing hijabs have been told they can no longer enter and...

Rajasthan: Stones pelted at Dalit groom’s procession despite cop presence

KOTA: Three people sustained injuries after unidentified miscreants pelted stones at the wedding procession of a 23-year-old Dalit groom in presence of police officials in Guradiyabharta...

Explainer: Does Karnataka HC’s interim order restricting the hijab violate the right to religion?

By Umang Poddar On Friday, the Karnataka High Court released an interim order restraining students of all faiths from wearing religious clothing in the classroom....

Caste Discrimination Exists in the U.S., Too But a Movement to Outlaw It Is...

BY ROHIT CHOPRA AND AJANTHA SUBRAMANIAN In late January, California State University added caste to its non-discrimination policy. With more than 437,000 students and 44,000 employees statewide, it is the...

‘Enforcing apartheid’: Those targeting Muslim girls also bully Hindu girls’ ‘western’ dress

In a statement several feminist and civil rights organisations and individuals have said that "targeting and exclusion" of hijab wearing Muslim women students, threatening to spread...

Dalit man kills self for land rights

Rajkot: A Dalit man committed suicide near Dhari Prant office on Wednesday evening by consuming poison. According to Amreli police Lakhman Sarikada (48), who...

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