Kerala Dress Code

Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Saturday termed the ongoing hijab row as a "conspiracy" and said it was not a question of choice but whether a person would follow the regulations, dress code of an institution or not.

Sister Lucy Kalapura, a nun expelled earlier this month on charges of indiscipline, has alleged that she was locked inside her convent at Wayanad on Sunday. Police have registered a case of wrongful confinement under Section 342 of the Indian Penal Code.

A nun who was expelled from her congregation in Kerala on disciplinary grounds last year amid a controversy over the alleged rape of a colleague has appealed against the decision before the Catholic Church in Rome. Sister Lucy, who now lives in Wayanad district, claims that she is being targeted for participating in protests against rape accused Bi...

A 53-year-old nun has been dismissed from her congregation nine months after she came out in support of a nun who accused a bishop, Franco Mulakkal of sexual assault. Sister Lucy has been accused of violating various canonical norms. The list includes appearing on television and social media, buying a car, making monitory transactions by publishing...

AIIMS MBBS Entrance Examination is scheduled to be conducted on 28 May 2017 and in a latest 'important advisory', the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) clarified its position on the questions raised on the 'harsh dress code'.

Four teachers were today suspended pending inquiry for allegedly forcing students to take off their clothes, including inner wear, as part of strict measures to stop cheating in a national medical entrance examination on Sunday.

Four teachers in Kerala have been removed by a school where a student said she was made to remove her bra in public over exam cheating fears, minutes before sitting a crucial test.

A woman medical aspirant from Kerala appearing for the National Eligibility and Entrance Test at the state's Kannur centre on Sunday was shocked when she was asked by officials to remove her innerwear before sitting for the exam. Another candidate, who was wearing a pair of jeans, was asked to remove a pocket as well as metal buttons from it. No, i...

Women wearing salwars and churidars entered the centuries-old Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday for the first time. The historic day was however marred by protests.

A centuries-old temple in Kerala's capital Thiruvananthapuram has broken its dress code.

The Thiruvananthapuram Medical College has stirred up a controversy after a circular issued by authorities has barred students from wearing casuals like jeans and short top.

In a first in Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram, nearly 200 members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender or LGBT paraded across the streets, dressed in varied hues, demanding the revocation of section 377 of the Indian Penal Code or IPC and asking for a life of dignity.

18-year-olds starting at a Northern Kerala college will have to wear a uniform of a kurta, a churidaar and an overcoat instead of a dupatta, said officials at the women's college in the district of Kozhikode. Kerala is averaging about 27 degrees currently, the temperature can climb to 45 degrees during summers.

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.

Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Saturday termed the ongoing hijab row as a "conspiracy" and said it was not a question of choice but whether a person would follow the regulations, dress code of an institution or not.

Sister Lucy Kalapura, a nun expelled earlier this month on charges of indiscipline, has alleged that she was locked inside her convent at Wayanad on Sunday. Police have registered a case of wrongful confinement under Section 342 of the Indian Penal Code.

A nun who was expelled from her congregation in Kerala on disciplinary grounds last year amid a controversy over the alleged rape of a colleague has appealed against the decision before the Catholic Church in Rome. Sister Lucy, who now lives in Wayanad district, claims that she is being targeted for participating in protests against rape accused Bi...

A 53-year-old nun has been dismissed from her congregation nine months after she came out in support of a nun who accused a bishop, Franco Mulakkal of sexual assault. Sister Lucy has been accused of violating various canonical norms. The list includes appearing on television and social media, buying a car, making monitory transactions by publishing...

AIIMS MBBS Entrance Examination is scheduled to be conducted on 28 May 2017 and in a latest 'important advisory', the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) clarified its position on the questions raised on the 'harsh dress code'.

Four teachers were today suspended pending inquiry for allegedly forcing students to take off their clothes, including inner wear, as part of strict measures to stop cheating in a national medical entrance examination on Sunday.

Four teachers in Kerala have been removed by a school where a student said she was made to remove her bra in public over exam cheating fears, minutes before sitting a crucial test.

A woman medical aspirant from Kerala appearing for the National Eligibility and Entrance Test at the state's Kannur centre on Sunday was shocked when she was asked by officials to remove her innerwear before sitting for the exam. Another candidate, who was wearing a pair of jeans, was asked to remove a pocket as well as metal buttons from it. No, i...

Women wearing salwars and churidars entered the centuries-old Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday for the first time. The historic day was however marred by protests.

A centuries-old temple in Kerala's capital Thiruvananthapuram has broken its dress code.

The Thiruvananthapuram Medical College has stirred up a controversy after a circular issued by authorities has barred students from wearing casuals like jeans and short top.

In a first in Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram, nearly 200 members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender or LGBT paraded across the streets, dressed in varied hues, demanding the revocation of section 377 of the Indian Penal Code or IPC and asking for a life of dignity.

18-year-olds starting at a Northern Kerala college will have to wear a uniform of a kurta, a churidaar and an overcoat instead of a dupatta, said officials at the women's college in the district of Kozhikode. Kerala is averaging about 27 degrees currently, the temperature can climb to 45 degrees during summers.

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.