Damoh Hijab Case: District Education Officer to be removed for giving clean chit to Ganga Jamuna School
1 year, 6 months ago

Damoh Hijab Case: District Education Officer to be removed for giving clean chit to Ganga Jamuna School

Op India  

In an update to the ongoing hijab controversy at the Ganga Jamuna School in the Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh, School Education Minister Inder Singh Parmar revealed that Damoh Collector Mayank Agarwal is trying to save the District Education Officer SK Mishra who is found guilty as per the prima facie information obtained. Confirming the DEO’s negative involvement in the case, Minister Inder Singh Parmar said, “Prima facie information that is coming out is that the District Education Officer has given wrong information, that is why the DEO is guilty. Along with this, we are conducting a comprehensive investigation against him, it will also be ensured that he has been negligent, and will also take action against those who are guilty.” Further, slamming Damoh Collector Mayank Agarwal over the issue, the Minister stated that timely action should have been taken by the collector because the matter is not only about the school, it is about spreading malice in society. The controversy in Damoh, Madhya Pradesh, erupted when Hindu and Jain girls were seen wearing hijabs on the posters of meritorious students from a private school named Ganga Jamuna School.

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Hijab row: Indirect discrimination at the centre of the ongoing legal tangle
4 months, 1 week ago

Hijab row: Indirect discrimination at the centre of the ongoing legal tangle

Hindustan Times  

On August 9, the Supreme Court of India partly stayed the instructions regarding the dress code to be followed by students issued by Chembur Trombay Education Society’s NG Acharya and DK Marathe College, a private college in Mumbai. The petitioners, three female Muslim students, had approached the apex court challenging the judgment of a division bench of the Bombay High …

Gujarat: Muslim students asked to remove hijab before board exam, action against principal after outrage
9 months, 1 week ago

Gujarat: Muslim students asked to remove hijab before board exam, action against principal after outrage

India TV News  

An exam administrator was removed by the Gujarat Education Department from duty after he allegedly compelled Muslim girl students to remove their hijabs before a Class X examination in Bharuch on Thursday. Following complaints from the parents, the state education department swiftly removed the exam centre administrator, Ilaben Suratiya, who is also the principal of the school. CCTV footage reviewed …

What To Eat, Wear, or Practise: Can BJP Focus on Governance Instead of Policing?
10 months, 2 weeks ago

What To Eat, Wear, or Practise: Can BJP Focus on Governance Instead of Policing?

The Quint  

In another video, the Hawa Mahal MLA asks school authorities to stop students from wearing the hijab in school, which has a healthy mix of Hindu and Muslim kids. In a video that surfaced afterwards, he is seen on stage, leading the students in chants of "Bharat Mata Ki Jai” and "Saraswati Mata Ki Jai”. It also shows Acharya walking …

MP: Hindu girls made to wear hijab and sing Islamic songs on Eid in a school in Guna
1 year, 2 months ago

MP: Hindu girls made to wear hijab and sing Islamic songs on Eid in a school in Guna

Op India  

On 27 September, a day before Eid Milad-un-Nabi, a dance programme was organised in which all students, including Hindus, were made to wear the hijab and sing Islamic songs in a private school located in Guna, Madhya Pradesh. A small student is Hindu girls in a private school in Guna, MP made to wear hijab and sing Islam1c songs. Workers …

Damoh School Hijab Row: MP High Court Gives 4 Weeks To State Govt To Decide On School's Reply To Its Suspension Order
1 year, 5 months ago

Damoh School Hijab Row: MP High Court Gives 4 Weeks To State Govt To Decide On School's Reply To Its Suspension Order

Live Law  

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently directed the Competent authorities of the State Government to decide on the representation filed by Ganga Jamuna School in response to the Government's order suspending its recognition last month.The Damoh-based school is presently facing a probe by the state government on the allegations that the school management was forcing. The Madhya Pradesh High Court …

Hyderabad: School Principal, Teachers Booked in Hijab Row at Hayathnagar School
1 year, 5 months ago

Hyderabad: School Principal, Teachers Booked in Hijab Row at Hayathnagar School

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A school in Hayathnagar barred two Muslim Class 10 students from wearing headscarves, or hijabs, in classrooms, leading to a series of confrontations between the students and teachers. Police booked the principal and three teachers of Zee High School, where the alleged incident took place. The police said that the incident followed a previous conversation between school principal Purnadevi …

Madhya Pradesh: Hindu kids forced to read Bible in Addharshila children's home
1 year, 6 months ago

Madhya Pradesh: Hindu kids forced to read Bible in Addharshila children's home

Op India  

A case of preaching and attempting religious conversion has appeared in Damoh of Madhya Pradesh. A delegation from the State Commission for Protection of Child Rights reached Damoh on Sunday 11th June 2023 to investigate a complaint concerning a children’s home operated by Ajay Lal. Upon their arrival, Dr Nivedita Sharma and Onkar Singh, two members of the Madhya Pradesh …

Madhya Pradesh: Bail plea of principal of Damoh school rejected
1 year, 6 months ago

Madhya Pradesh: Bail plea of principal of Damoh school rejected

Op India  

On Wednesday, 14th June 2023, Special Judge Rajni Prakash Botam dismissed the bail applications of the three arrested accused in the case against Ganga Jamuna Senior Secondary School in Madhya Pradesh’s Damoh district. The defence lawyer, Anunay Shrivastav, argued in court that the statements of the complainants in the police FIR “did not appear to be written by a child, …

Damoh school case: Principal of Ganga Jamna School, where Hindu girls were wearing Hijab in a poster, teacher and a security guard arrested
1 year, 6 months ago

Damoh school case: Principal of Ganga Jamna School, where Hindu girls were wearing Hijab in a poster, teacher and a security guard arrested

Op India  

In a major development in the Ganga Jamna School row in Madhya Pradesh’s Damoh district, three persons including the school principal have been arrested by police, officials said on Sunday. According to the police, Ganga Jamna School in MP’s Damoh hit the headlines after purported posters of the school went viral on social media in which a few Hindu girls …

FIR against MP school amid headscarves row
1 year, 6 months ago

FIR against MP school amid headscarves row

Hindustan Times  

A private school in Madhya Pradesh’s Damoh district has been booked for allegedly forcing students to wear headscarves and embrace Islam, police said on Wednesday. HT Image A first information report was registered against Ganga Jamuna Higher Secondary School under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and Juvenile Justice Act on the directions of state home minister Narottam Mishra, …

Damoh school hijab row: MP education minister orders removal of DEO
1 year, 6 months ago

Damoh school hijab row: MP education minister orders removal of DEO

Hindustan Times  

Madhya Pradesh school education minister Inder Singh Parmar on Tuesday ordered the removal of the district education officer of Damoh accusing him of favouring a private school administration, which allegedly forced girls to wear headscarves. The controversy erupted last week after a poster of the school congratulating students for their performance in the board examination showed girl students, irrespective of …

Ink thrown on Damoh Education Officer for giving clean chit to Ganga Jamuna school in hijab controversy
1 year, 6 months ago

Ink thrown on Damoh Education Officer for giving clean chit to Ganga Jamuna school in hijab controversy

Op India  

On Tuesday, several Hindu activists and BJP workers threw ink on District Education Officer SK Mishra for allegedly shielding and giving clean chit to the Ganga Jamuna school. The controversy in Damoh, Madhya Pradesh, erupted when Hindu and Jain girls were seen wearing hijabs on the posters of meritorious students from a private school named Ganga Jamuna School. मध्यप्रदेश के …

Hijab row: Men throw ink on Damoh District Education Officer SK Mishra, raise 'Jai Shri Ram' slogan | VIDEO
1 year, 6 months ago

Hijab row: Men throw ink on Damoh District Education Officer SK Mishra, raise 'Jai Shri Ram' slogan | VIDEO

India TV News  

Hijab row: A group of people on Tuesday threw ink on Damoh District Education Officer SK Mishra and raised 'Jai Srhi Ram' slogans. Hijab row in Damoh A controversy erupted after a hoarding of topper girl students in Damoh Ganga Jamuna School's MP board examination in which Hindu girls were allegedly shown in the Hijab. Later, the matter was investigated …

Damoh hijab case: Private school attempts to mislead, says 'its scarf, not hijab'
1 year, 6 months ago

Damoh hijab case: Private school attempts to mislead, says 'its scarf, not hijab'

Op India  

On Friday, in the Damoh hijab case where Hindu and Jain girls were seen wearing Hijab on the posters of meritorious students from a private school, along with in several photos on Facebook, the school administrator Haji Mohammad Idris claimed that the students were wearing scarves and not hijabs. मध्यप्रदेश के दमोह ज़िले में एक स्कूल द्वारा हिंदू और अन्य …

Row in Madhya Pradesh's Damoh after poster shows schoolgirls in hijab, CM orders probe
1 year, 6 months ago

Row in Madhya Pradesh's Damoh after poster shows schoolgirls in hijab, CM orders probe

India Today  

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has ordered a probe into a poster put up by a private school in Damoh district in which schoolgirls, irrespective of their religion, were seen wearing hijab. Shivraj Singh Chouhan ordered a probe after an inquiry was already collected by Damoh district administration and the allegations of Hindu girls being forced to wear …

MP: Probe ordered against private school after posters of hijab-clad Hindu and Jain students surfaced
1 year, 6 months ago

MP: Probe ordered against private school after posters of hijab-clad Hindu and Jain students surfaced

Op India  

A major controversy erupted in Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh after it was claimed that a private school is forcing students to wear a “hijab.” The accusations were made following the publication of an Ganga Jamuna Higher Secondary School is a private, English-medium established in ward number 4 of the Futera neighbourhood in the Damoh region. Priyank Kanoongo, the head …

India’s Supreme Court panel split on allowing hijab in classrooms
2 years, 2 months ago

India’s Supreme Court panel split on allowing hijab in classrooms

Al Jazeera  

The matter arises from a ban in BJP-ruled Karnataka state that forbids students from wearing the headscarves in classrooms. “It is ultimately a matter of choice,” said the other judge, Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia, as he set aside the Karnataka High Court order. The issue of the hijab ban started when female Muslim students wearing hijab were barred in January this …

Hijab row: SC issues notice to Karnataka govt over plea challenging HC's order
2 years, 3 months ago

Hijab row: SC issues notice to Karnataka govt over plea challenging HC's order

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the Karnataka government over a plea challenging the high court’s order upholding a ban on hijab in educational institutions of the state. KARNATAKA HC ORDER The Karnataka High Court dismissed a clutch of petitions challenging a government order barring hijabs in schools and colleges in the state. One of the petitions …

Hijab row escalates: Insta post calls for beheading of Sri Ram Sena chief, BJP leader
2 years, 6 months ago

Hijab row escalates: Insta post calls for beheading of Sri Ram Sena chief, BJP leader

India Today  

The row over wearing hijab in classrooms witnessed a scary escalation in Karnataka as a post on social media called for the beheading of BJP leader Yashpal Suvarna and Sri Ram Sena chief Pramod Muthalik for money. BJP leader Yashpal Suvarna, who is also a member of the college administration, said, "Getting such messages and calls through social media is …

Judicial letdown: Karnataka High Court upholds ban on hijab in classrooms
2 years, 8 months ago

Judicial letdown: Karnataka High Court upholds ban on hijab in classrooms

The Hindu  

IN an interview in early February, three of the six girls who insisted on wearing the hijab in their classroom at Government Girls Pre-University College in Udupi and had filed a writ petition in the Karnataka High Court, spoke about their ambitions in life. The girls seemed to have lost some of that confidence on March 15 when five of …

Another Karnataka teacher suspended for allowing girl to wear hijab during exam in Kalaburagi
2 years, 8 months ago

Another Karnataka teacher suspended for allowing girl to wear hijab during exam in Kalaburagi

India Today  

A teacher in Karnataka's Kalaburagi district was allegedly suspended for allowing a girl student to wear hijab during an exam on Thursday. On Wednesday, seven teachers in the Gadag district were suspended for allowing girl students to wear the hijab as they appeared for the SSLC exams. READ: Karnataka hijab row: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed welcomes HC's verdict | Video …

Karnataka hijab row: The controversy explained
2 years, 9 months ago

Karnataka hijab row: The controversy explained

Hindustan Times  

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday dismissed a clutch of petitions challenging a government order barring hijabs in schools and colleges in the state. "We are of the considered opinion that wearing of hijab by Muslim women does not form a part of essential religious practice in the Islamic faith,” Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi said. READ: Karnataka hijab row: …

Karnataka HC hijab case judgment: Key takeaways
2 years, 9 months ago

Karnataka HC hijab case judgment: Key takeaways

India Today  

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday dismissed petitions filed by a section of Muslim students from the Government Pre-University Girls College in Udupi, seeking permission to wear hijab inside the classroom. - Wearing hijab by Muslim women does not form a part of essential religious practice in Islamic faith, Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi who headed the full bench of …

Karnataka HC verdict on hijab row today: The story so far
2 years, 9 months ago

Karnataka HC verdict on hijab row today: The story so far

India Today  

After days of protests, counter-protests, allegations, counter-allegations and back-to-back hearings, the Karnataka High Court is set to pronounce its verdict on the hijab case on Tuesday, March 15. THE ORIGIN On January 1, some Muslim students of pre-university college in Karnataka’s Udupi were not allowed to attend classes wearing a hijab, as the dress was against the prescribed norms of …

Data | Hijab row: Why the ban is a double blow to Muslim girl students
2 years, 10 months ago

Data | Hijab row: Why the ban is a double blow to Muslim girl students

The Hindu  

On December 30, 2021, a controversy erupted at the Government PU College for Girls in Udupi, Karnataka, after 12 students submitted a memorandum to the principal seeking permission to wear hijabs in classrooms. Moreover, agitations against Muslim girls wearing hijabs have erupted in parts of the State, instilling fear among the students. According to the National Family Health Survey -5, …

Hijab not essential practice of Islam: Karnataka govt to HC
2 years, 10 months ago

Hijab not essential practice of Islam: Karnataka govt to HC

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Defending its orders banning headscarves in classrooms, the Karnataka government on Friday argued before the three-judge bench of the Karnataka high court that wearing hijab is not an essential religious practice in Islam and preventing it does not violate the Constitutional guarantee of religious freedom. Advocate general Prabhuling Navadgi, while arguing on behalf of the state, said that …

OPINION | How radicals are trying to target Modi in the name of ‘hijab’
2 years, 10 months ago

OPINION | How radicals are trying to target Modi in the name of ‘hijab’

India TV News  

The ‘hijab’ controversy has come to a boil in Karnataka for more than a month now, but people are still unaware of the machinations by some radical outfits in stoking this issue. The target is clear: to defame Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath, as assembly elections are under way in Uttar Pradesh.The PFI meet in …

Opinion | How our enemies are using ‘hijab’ to defame India
2 years, 10 months ago

Opinion | How our enemies are using ‘hijab’ to defame India

India TV News  

With the ‘hijab’ controversy spreading to nearly 50 schools across Karnataka, the issue is now being misused by vested interests abroad to project India in a bad light. On Tuesday, in as many as 50 schools of Karnataka, in Chickmagalur, Tumakuru, Kodagu, Mandya, Kalaburgi and Udupi, parents of Muslim girl students insisted on their wards wearing ‘hijab’ inside classrooms, but …

High school students in a Udupi school turn up with hijab
2 years, 10 months ago

High school students in a Udupi school turn up with hijab

The Hindu  

Teachers at the Government Urdu Secondary School in a village in Kaup taluk of Udupi district were taken aback when some students turned on February 15 wearing a hijab, as they had not been wearing it earlier. A few girls among the 30-odd students from Classes 8 to 10 of the school in Fakiranakatte of Mallaru village, who were earlier …

Karnataka Hijab Row Intensifies as Students Skip School, Exams; HC Adjourns Hearing Till Wednesday
2 years, 10 months ago

Karnataka Hijab Row Intensifies as Students Skip School, Exams; HC Adjourns Hearing Till Wednesday

News 18  

The hijab row in Karnataka continued to take the centre stage on Tuesday as more than 35 students, who were denied entry into their classrooms for wearing their headscarves, began a demonstration on the school campus in Kodagu district. The hijab controversy has started a debate across the country with the Karnataka High Court taking up the matter for hearing, …

Hijab Row: Hijab wearing woman will one day be PM of India, says Asaduddin Owaisi
2 years, 10 months ago

Hijab Row: Hijab wearing woman will one day be PM of India, says Asaduddin Owaisi

Firstpost  

The comments were made in a 43-second video, which comes amidst the raging hijab row and after the AIMIM chief came out in support of Muskan who was seen being heckled in Mandya district of Karnataka in a now-viral video Keeping the pot boiling amid the Karnataka hijab row and the Uttar Pradesh Assemby polls, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on …

Hijab Row: Bengal School Vandalised After Authorities Allegedly Prohibit Girls from Wearing Headscarf
2 years, 10 months ago

Hijab Row: Bengal School Vandalised After Authorities Allegedly Prohibit Girls from Wearing Headscarf

News 18  

The Hijab row has entered West Bengal with a school in Murshidabad district prohibiting girl students from wearing hijab and burqa to class. Students and locals alleged that school authorities asked girls not to wear hijab inside school premises. The incident comes amid the ongoing row over hijab on the high school and college campuses in certain parts of Karnataka, …

Hijab controversy: Religion should not be taken to schools, says Ramdas Athawale
2 years, 10 months ago

Hijab controversy: Religion should not be taken to schools, says Ramdas Athawale

India TV News  

Highlights Ramdas Athawale on Feb 13 said that religion should not be taken to schools Hijab protests began on Feb 4 at Govt Girls PU college in Karnataka's Udupi district The Supreme Court on Feb 11 refused to hear urgent pleas relating to the hijab row in Karnataka Amid the ongoing controversy of Hijab, Union Minister of Social Justice and …

Hijab row: Locals vandalise school in Bengal's Murshidabad; 18 held
2 years, 10 months ago

Hijab row: Locals vandalise school in Bengal's Murshidabad; 18 held

India Today  

A school in West Bengal's Murshidabad district was vandalised by the locals on Saturday after the school allegedly forbade girl students from wearing a hijab and burqa to the class. On Friday, the school headmaster reportedly told girl students not to come to school wearing hijab/burqa or their name would be removed from the school registry. Watch | Hijab showdown: …

Hijab Row: Plea Moved in SC Challenging HC Interim Order Curbing Religious Dress
2 years, 10 months ago

Hijab Row: Plea Moved in SC Challenging HC Interim Order Curbing Religious Dress

The Quint  

A bench comprising of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justices Krishna Dixit and JM Khazi of the Karnataka High Court, had on Thursday passed an order prohibiting any student from wearing any religious clothing while they consider the legal issues involved. "It is a matter of a few days only," the chief justice had said, rejecting the argument raised …

Hijab controversy: Karnataka HC restrains students from wearing hijab, saffron shawls within classrooms
2 years, 10 months ago

Hijab controversy: Karnataka HC restrains students from wearing hijab, saffron shawls within classrooms

India TV News  

Highlights Karnataka HC requested state government to reopen eductional institutes HC restrained all the students from wearing anything related to their faith within the classrooms In the order, the judges expressed their pain over the ongoing agitations related to the issue The Karnataka High Court, in its interim order pending considerations of all petitions related to the Hijab row, has …

India court: No religious clothes until hijab row settled
2 years, 10 months ago

India court: No religious clothes until hijab row settled

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — A court in a southern Indian state told students on Thursday not to wear any religious clothing until it delivers a verdict on petitions seeking to overturn a ban on hijabs, headscarves used by Muslim women. But till the matter is resolved, no student should insist on wearing religious dress,” the Press Trust of India news agency …

Karnataka Hijab row spreads to Puducherry, student reportedly told to remove headscarf
2 years, 10 months ago

Karnataka Hijab row spreads to Puducherry, student reportedly told to remove headscarf

India Today  

Several activists gathered outside a government school in Puducherry, on Monday, February 7, and held protests after a Muslim girl was allegedly not allowed to wear a hijab inside the class. Activists who protested outside the school, however, allege that the girl student had been wearing a hijab for the last three years while attending classes and asked why it …

Karnataka hijab row: Kamal Haasan says issue creating communal divide, shouldn't happen in Tamil Nadu
2 years, 10 months ago

Karnataka hijab row: Kamal Haasan says issue creating communal divide, shouldn't happen in Tamil Nadu

India Today  

Actor-turned politician Kamal Haasan tweeted on Wednesday about the ongoing hijab row in Karnataka and said the issue is creating a "communal divide among innocent students". It is creating a communal divide among innocent students," Makkal Needhi Maiam chief Kamal Haasan said. The progressive forces in the state must be more careful in times like these," Kamal Haasan..... — Kamal …

'Horrifying': Malala Yousafzai reacts to Karnataka hijab row
2 years, 10 months ago

'Horrifying': Malala Yousafzai reacts to Karnataka hijab row

India Today  

Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai reacted to the hijab controversy in Karnataka, saying "refusing to let girls go to school in their hijabs is horrifying" and "leaders must stop the marginalisation of Muslim women." Screenshot of Malala Yousafzai's tweet on Karnataka hijab row. Malala made the remarks while sharing a news report on the hijab row where several Muslim students across …

Karnataka Congress leader says Udupi hijab issue should be resolved within the campus
2 years, 10 months ago

Karnataka Congress leader says Udupi hijab issue should be resolved within the campus

India Today  

Congress leader UT Khader said that the hijab issue should be solved within the campus by involving the students, parents, principal and school management. Meanwhile, in Koppa district section of college students wore saffron scarves, protesting against allowing hijab inside classrooms. The Congress leader also said parents should take up the issue and student organisations from outside the campus should …

Karnataka government sets up expert committee to resolve hijab row
2 years, 10 months ago

Karnataka government sets up expert committee to resolve hijab row

India Today  

The Karnataka government has set up an expert committee to resolve the issue involving hijbas inside classrooms. Six Muslim girls in Udupi district were barred from attending classes for wearing hijabs as it was against the uniform policies of the school. "All students of the Women's Government Pre-University College in Udupi must adhere to the uniform rule till the committee …

Girl Told to Remove Hijab at Kansas High School, Students Rally in Support With Peaceful Protest
4 years, 2 months ago

Girl Told to Remove Hijab at Kansas High School, Students Rally in Support With Peaceful Protest

News 18  

Officials at a Kansas high school are investigating after a student was told to remove her Islamic head scarf, known as a hijab, prompting other students to stage a demonstration. A spokeswoman for the Geary County School District said officials are still determining details of the incident, but a student reported an employee at Junction City High School told her …

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