Karnataka Hijab Row: Karnataka Home Minister said the video statement released by Al-Qaeda chief Ayman Al Zawahiri on the hijab row proves involvement of "unseen hands" behind the row.
Pointing out that political parties are raking up the hijab controversy for electoral goals in the ongoing Assembly polls, the counsel representing the petitioners in the case has urged the Karnataka High Court to adjourn the hearing till February 28
A minister in Karnataka, BC Nagesh, claimed today that the burqa-clad college student who was caught on camera yesterday standing up to a mob in saffron, made the first move in her show of defiance.
As the hijab versus saffron scarves on campus clash spread in Karnataka, two colleges declared a holiday today to avoid communal trouble while another college allowed students wearing the hijab in separate classrooms.