Supreme Court delivers split verdict on Karnataka hijab ban
The HinduA two-judge Bench of the Supreme Court, on Thursday, delivered a split verdict on the appeals of students who had challenged the Karnataka High Court decision that wearing hijab is not an essential practice of Islam. Uddhav faction alleges Election Commission ‘biased’ towards Shinde group With the Andheri East bypoll turning out to be a bitter flashpoint for the rival Sena factions, the Uddhav Thackeray-led group accused the Election Commission of India of showing an alleged ‘bias’ towards the ruling Sena faction led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde in recent the allocation of party symbols and names. In the letter, which ticked off the ECI on 12 points, the Thackeray faction claimed that the ECI’s “intentionally uploading” of their confidential letter on the website helped the Shinde group to decode its strategy. Amit Shah credits PM Modi for ‘resolving’ J&K mess left by Nehru Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for “resolving the mess” created by the country’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in Jammu and Kashmir. He said Article 370 granting special status to Jammu and Kashmir was a “grave error” and Mr. Modi rectified it in 2019 Mr. Shah was launching Gujarat BJP’s Gaurav Yatra from three routes in Ahmedabad district and from Navsari in south Gujarat.