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"So Long After Independence...": Top Court Raps Mumbai College For Hijab Ban
Coming down heavily on a Mumbai college which had barred students from wearing burqas and hijab on campus, the Supreme Court asked the institution's authorities how they were empowering women by telling them what to wear.
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After Hijab, Burqa, Mumbai College Bans T-Shirts And Torn Jeans On Campus
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".
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Mumbai College Denies Entry To Girls Wearing Burqa, Cites Uniform Policy
A college here on Wednesday stopped girl students from entering the premises while wearing burqa, but relented after a protest by parents and students and intervention by senior police officials.
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"Those Opposing Burqa Should Be Paraded Naked": Ex-Samajwadi Party MLA
Reacting to an Uttar Pradesh college incident where students wearing burqa were stopped from entering the premises, former Samajwadi Party MLA Zameer Ullah Khan has said that "those who oppose burqa should be paraded naked to teach them a lesson".
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Girls In Burqa Denied Entry To UP College, Authorities Cite 'Dress Code'
Some students of the Hindu college in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad were denied entry to the college for wearing a burqa despite the prescribed uniform code for the students here.
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Karnataka Schoolgirl Asked To Change From Burqa To Appear For Exam
As Class 10 board exams began in Karnataka, a student in the state's Hubballi district was turned away for wearing the burqa and allowed to appear for the papers only after she returned, having changed into the school uniform.
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CBSE Set To Lift Ban On Veils, Headscarves In Pre-Medical Exams
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is considering allowing students appearing for the central medical examinations to wear burqas and headscarves.
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Karnataka college bans burqa from classrooms
Mangalore does it again. An undergraduate college in Mangalore in coastal Karnataka has now made it official that women students will not be allowed to enter classrooms if they wish to wear a burqa or even a hijab. St Aloysius College has now brought out a prospectus which reads - "Students must be neatly dressed in accordance with the rule of appr...
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Principal in Kashmir threatened to enforce burqa
In Kashmir, women students in a college are being told to wear a burqa. No, this is not a morality drive ordered by the administration.
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"So Long After Independence...": Top Court Raps Mumbai College For Hijab Ban
Coming down heavily on a Mumbai college which had barred students from wearing burqas and hijab on campus, the Supreme Court asked the institution's authorities how they were empowering women by telling them what to wear.
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After Hijab, Burqa, Mumbai College Bans T-Shirts And Torn Jeans On Campus
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".
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Mumbai College Denies Entry To Girls Wearing Burqa, Cites Uniform Policy
A college here on Wednesday stopped girl students from entering the premises while wearing burqa, but relented after a protest by parents and students and intervention by senior police officials.
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"Those Opposing Burqa Should Be Paraded Naked": Ex-Samajwadi Party MLA
Reacting to an Uttar Pradesh college incident where students wearing burqa were stopped from entering the premises, former Samajwadi Party MLA Zameer Ullah Khan has said that "those who oppose burqa should be paraded naked to teach them a lesson".
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Girls In Burqa Denied Entry To UP College, Authorities Cite 'Dress Code'
Some students of the Hindu college in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad were denied entry to the college for wearing a burqa despite the prescribed uniform code for the students here.
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Karnataka Schoolgirl Asked To Change From Burqa To Appear For Exam
As Class 10 board exams began in Karnataka, a student in the state's Hubballi district was turned away for wearing the burqa and allowed to appear for the papers only after she returned, having changed into the school uniform.
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CBSE Set To Lift Ban On Veils, Headscarves In Pre-Medical Exams
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is considering allowing students appearing for the central medical examinations to wear burqas and headscarves.
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Karnataka college bans burqa from classrooms
Mangalore does it again. An undergraduate college in Mangalore in coastal Karnataka has now made it official that women students will not be allowed to enter classrooms if they wish to wear a burqa or even a hijab. St Aloysius College has now brought out a prospectus which reads - "Students must be neatly dressed in accordance with the rule of appr...
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Principal in Kashmir threatened to enforce burqa
In Kashmir, women students in a college are being told to wear a burqa. No, this is not a morality drive ordered by the administration.
