Jeans Banned

Days after banning the hijab, a college in Mumbai has issued a new dress code barring students from wearing "torn" jeans, t-shirts, and "revealing dresses" on its premises.

A Mumbai college, which has been in news for imposing a ban on hijab, has now also barred students from wearing torn jeans, T-shirts, "revealing" dresses and jerseys, or a dress that reveals religion or shows "cultural disparity".

Kolkata-based AJC Bose College students described their principal's instruction to sign an affidavit with the declaration that they will not wear torn or artificially torn jeans to college as a diktat interfering with their freedom of expression.

The local government in this state has told staffers of the state education department not to wear casual outfits such as jeans and T-shirts in the office as the ongoing practice goes against the culture at workplaces.

Radharani temple in Barsana has issued an order that bars people wearing half-pants, bermuda shorts, and mini skirts from entering the temple.

The Assam government on Saturday issued a notification bringing a dress code for teachers in all state-run schools in the state and has banned jeans and leggings, officials said.

"Funky hairstyles, heavy jewellery, makeup and long nails" by the staff in hospitals will not be "unacceptable", the Haryana government has said as it prepares a "well-followed" dress code policy for healthcare professionals in the state.

A khap panchayat in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district has barred women from wearing jeans and men from wearing shorts, saying they are part of western culture and that people should wear traditional Indian clothes.

Wearing t-shirts to work is not dignified enough for government employees, the Madhya Pradesh government has decreed. Government officials and employees in the state's Gwalior division have been banned from wearing "faded jeans" and 't-shirts' in office.

The Bihar government has put a ban on wearing jeans and T-shirts in the state secretariat, irrespective of the employees' ranks.

A rigid dress code banning jeans pant, trousers and Bermuda shorts has been put in place at the Mahabaleshwar Temple in Gokarna, a popular pilgrimage centre, by its administration.

The "no jeans and top" diktat has been passed for girls above age 10.

The Government Medical College (GMC) of Amritsar has banned girls from wearing skirts, t-shirts, jeans and shorts in the college premises.

Texting under the table should be a thing of the past after French children returned to class on Monday following a nationwide ban on mobile phones in schools

A village less than three hours from Delhi does not let its girls and young women wear jeans or use mobile phones. The local leaders of Isaipur Khedi village in Haryana's Sonipat think girls could "misuse" mobile phones.

Days after banning the hijab, a college in Mumbai has issued a new dress code barring students from wearing "torn" jeans, t-shirts, and "revealing dresses" on its premises.

A Mumbai college, which has been in news for imposing a ban on hijab, has now also barred students from wearing torn jeans, T-shirts, "revealing" dresses and jerseys, or a dress that reveals religion or shows "cultural disparity".

Kolkata-based AJC Bose College students described their principal's instruction to sign an affidavit with the declaration that they will not wear torn or artificially torn jeans to college as a diktat interfering with their freedom of expression.

The local government in this state has told staffers of the state education department not to wear casual outfits such as jeans and T-shirts in the office as the ongoing practice goes against the culture at workplaces.

Radharani temple in Barsana has issued an order that bars people wearing half-pants, bermuda shorts, and mini skirts from entering the temple.

The Assam government on Saturday issued a notification bringing a dress code for teachers in all state-run schools in the state and has banned jeans and leggings, officials said.

"Funky hairstyles, heavy jewellery, makeup and long nails" by the staff in hospitals will not be "unacceptable", the Haryana government has said as it prepares a "well-followed" dress code policy for healthcare professionals in the state.

A khap panchayat in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district has barred women from wearing jeans and men from wearing shorts, saying they are part of western culture and that people should wear traditional Indian clothes.

Wearing t-shirts to work is not dignified enough for government employees, the Madhya Pradesh government has decreed. Government officials and employees in the state's Gwalior division have been banned from wearing "faded jeans" and 't-shirts' in office.

The Bihar government has put a ban on wearing jeans and T-shirts in the state secretariat, irrespective of the employees' ranks.

A rigid dress code banning jeans pant, trousers and Bermuda shorts has been put in place at the Mahabaleshwar Temple in Gokarna, a popular pilgrimage centre, by its administration.

The "no jeans and top" diktat has been passed for girls above age 10.

The Government Medical College (GMC) of Amritsar has banned girls from wearing skirts, t-shirts, jeans and shorts in the college premises.

Texting under the table should be a thing of the past after French children returned to class on Monday following a nationwide ban on mobile phones in schools

A village less than three hours from Delhi does not let its girls and young women wear jeans or use mobile phones. The local leaders of Isaipur Khedi village in Haryana's Sonipat think girls could "misuse" mobile phones.