Dress Diktat

Saudia Airlines, Saudi Arabia's national carrier has enforced a strict new dress code for people flying with them. The airline, on its website, requested its guests to 'abide' by the dress code in order to not offend or cause discomfort to other passengers because of their clothes.

Goa's Art and Culture department has withdrawn its circular on dress code in office and allowed semi-formal and smart casuals for its staff in a fresh direction.

If you work for the Karnataka state government, you had better put some thought into what you decide to wear to work in the morning. Men must wear a shirt and trousers or a pjyama-kurta, while women must stick to saris or churidars, according to a circular sent out to all employees.

The Supreme Court today said that Khap panchayats' diktat on dress code for women and asking them not to carry mobile is unlawful.

In a women's college in Bhiwani in Haryana, wearing jeans and t-shirts will invite a fine of Rs. 100. This dress code, college authorities say, is a way to check incidents like eve-teasing as also to maintain discipline and decorum inside the college.

A woman teacher, who was suspended for a fortnight from an aided higher secondary school in Malappuram district for allegedly refusing to fall in line with the management's diktat to wear a "light green" overcoat, has approached the State Human Rights Commission, seeking justice.

A young girl in a salwar kameez, not yet out of her teens, stands before a group of peers and denounces jeans and other western wear as provocative. Others join in, explaining how wearing such clothes is an invitation to lewd comments from boys. In UP's Muzaffarnagar, the Khaps seem to have had their way. These young girls were speaking at meeting...

A girl was allegedly stripped in a class by a woman teacher in West Bengal after she ignored the teacher's diktat on dress code, police officials said on Thursday.

Saudia Airlines, Saudi Arabia's national carrier has enforced a strict new dress code for people flying with them. The airline, on its website, requested its guests to 'abide' by the dress code in order to not offend or cause discomfort to other passengers because of their clothes.

Goa's Art and Culture department has withdrawn its circular on dress code in office and allowed semi-formal and smart casuals for its staff in a fresh direction.

If you work for the Karnataka state government, you had better put some thought into what you decide to wear to work in the morning. Men must wear a shirt and trousers or a pjyama-kurta, while women must stick to saris or churidars, according to a circular sent out to all employees.

The Supreme Court today said that Khap panchayats' diktat on dress code for women and asking them not to carry mobile is unlawful.

In a women's college in Bhiwani in Haryana, wearing jeans and t-shirts will invite a fine of Rs. 100. This dress code, college authorities say, is a way to check incidents like eve-teasing as also to maintain discipline and decorum inside the college.

A woman teacher, who was suspended for a fortnight from an aided higher secondary school in Malappuram district for allegedly refusing to fall in line with the management's diktat to wear a "light green" overcoat, has approached the State Human Rights Commission, seeking justice.

A young girl in a salwar kameez, not yet out of her teens, stands before a group of peers and denounces jeans and other western wear as provocative. Others join in, explaining how wearing such clothes is an invitation to lewd comments from boys. In UP's Muzaffarnagar, the Khaps seem to have had their way. These young girls were speaking at meeting...

A girl was allegedly stripped in a class by a woman teacher in West Bengal after she ignored the teacher's diktat on dress code, police officials said on Thursday.