Karnataka

Karnataka Congress leaders – detained Thursday morning during protests demanding minister KS Eshwarappa’s resignation in connection with contractor Santosh Patil’s death – protested again in front of the Vidhana Soudha to emphasise calls…
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Karnataka Minister of Primary and Secondary Education B C Nagesh on Monday said that the state government has given an option to the teachers who are insisting on wearing hijab to take up exam duty. Speaking to ANI, the minister said, “We…
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A police case has been filed against unknown people for allegedly threatening the Karnataka High Court Chief Justice over the recent court order on hijab ban in the southern state. In a First Information Report, lawyer Umapathi S alleged…
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A hijab is not an essential religious practice, the Karnataka High Court said today in a huge setback to students who had challenged a ban on wearing the hijab in class.Five petitions had challenged the ban in court. Ahead of the order,…
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The Karnataka High Court bench, hearing the hijab matter, on Wednesday, made it clear that the students should wear uniforms prescribed by the schools and colleges until the final verdict in the case. Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, who…
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Hours after the killing of a member of the rightwing Bajrang Dal in Karnataka’s Shivamogga, the police made its first arrests. CCTV footage has emerged of one man being arrested from the neighbourhood where Harsha, 26, was stabbed on…
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There is tension in Karnataka's Shivamogga after a 26-year-old member of right-wing outfit Bajrang Dal was stabbed to death last night. After incidents of arson, police have been deployed in large numbers and the administration has…
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Even as the Karnataka High Court hears arguments on allowing religious clothing in educational institutions, another government college in the state has turned into a site of protest for sending away students who insisted on wearing the…
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While countries around the world are grappling with COVID-19's new variant Omicron and India has already reported 36 cases, a member of Karnataka’s genomic surveillance committee, Dr Vishal Rao has said that it might be too early to call…
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As COVID-19 cases rise among students in schools and colleges and the looming fear of the Omicron variant, the Karnataka Education Minister BC Nagesh said that the government is closely monitoring the situation and will not hesitate to…
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