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Hijab row: 'Decision on reopening PU and Degree Colleges likely on Feb 14'

The government on Thursday had decided to resume classes for high school students up to class 10 from February 14, and for Pre-University and Degree Colleges thereafter

Hijab row: No religious symbols 'for now', reopen schools, orders HC

The bench declined, at this stage, the arguments of petitioners seeking orders to the government for allowing students to wear hijab to classrooms

Hijab row: Prohibitory orders clamped in Bengaluru from Feb 9 to 22

Any gathering, protest or agitation within the radius of 200 meters from the school premises, PU colleges, Degree colleges or other similar education institutes in Bengaluru city, will not be allowed

Karnataka hijab row: Priyanka Gandhi lends support to girls

The Congress leader, on her official Twitter handle, said whether it is a 'bikini, a ghoonghat, a pair of jeans or a hijab it is a woman's right to decide what she wants to wear.'

'Being observed internationally, not a good devp', K'taka HC on Hijab row

'The government can give orders, but people can question them,' the bench noted

Clubhouse chat targets Muslim women; FIR registered after DCW notice

The Delhi Commission for Women Tuesday issued a notice to the Delhi Police demanding action against some people who made "obscene comments against Muslim women" on an app

Sulli Deals app creator Aumkareshwar Thakur sent to 4-days police custody

Sulli Deals app creator Aumkareshwar Thakur, has been sent to police custody for four days by a court, informed Delhi Police on Sunday.

Bulli Bai case: Mastermind's intention was to get publicity, say police

The investigation in the Bulli Bai' application case has so far suggested that the intention of the mastermind was to get publicity and make an identity of his own, the Delhi Police said on Friday. The probe has so far not revealed anyone else's involvement in motivating Niraj Bishnoi (21) into doing such activities and his action can be attributed to the type of social media content he consumed, it said. Police officials said there is a possibility about his alleged involvement in the earlier Sulli Deals' case and that they are investigating the matter. There is a possibility that his network is linked to Sulli Deals. The devices used by him are being scanned. Through him, we might also reach the culprits of Sulli Deals, they said. Interestingly, in a case registered in southwest district where a woman journalist had registered a complaint, Bishnoi had allegedly posed as a media person and tried to mislead the investigation by the cyber cell unit, police said. During the Sulli De

'Bulli Bai' app 'mastermind' suspended by his college in Madhya Pradesh

The alleged mastermind behind the creation of 'Bulli Bai' app, Niraj Bishnoi, has been suspended by the Madhya Pradesh-based engineering college, where he was a B Tech student

'Bulli Bai' case: Mumbai Police makes 3rd arrest, Nepal link found

The police said that they have arrested one 21-year-old Mayank Rawal and have also detected links to Nepal

Delhi Police sends 'Bulli Bai' case to IFSO unit, plans to get MLAT nod

Police said the Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations (IFSCO) unit is also probing the 'Sulli Deals' mobile application case that emerged in July last year

Mumbai Police question engineering student detained in 'Bulli Bai' app case

The Cyber Cell of Mumbai Police on Tuesday continued its questioning of the 21-year-old engineering student detained from Bengaluru in conection with the 'Bulli Bai' app case.

Bulli Bai case: Police writes to Twitter to remove objectionable content

Delhi Police have sought information from social media giant Twitter about the account that first tweeted about the 'Bulli Bai' app and asked it to remove the offensive content, sources said on Monday

Centre working with Delhi, Mumbai police, says Vaishnaw on 'Bulli Bai'

Mumbai Police has also filed a FIR against unknown persons based on complaints that doctored photographs of women were uploaded for auction on 'Bulli Bai' application hosted by GitHub platform

Girls in Afghanistan call on Taliban to reopen education institutions

According to claims of the Taliban officials, girl students of secondary and high school have been allowed to attend schools in seven of 34 provinces.

Taliban's cultural commission bans women from playing any sport

The decision has raised many questions over the future of Afghanistan in international cricket and other sports.

An unapologetic activist

Book cover of We Are Not Here To Be Bystanders: A Memoir of Love and Resistance

Writer, literary historian Rakhshanda Jalil on being Muslim in modern India

Jalil shares her thoughts on interfaith sensitivity versus appeasement politics, the onus of secularism, a gender-just nikahnama and more

SC defers hearing on PIL seeking entry of women in mosques across country

"We are adjourning for 10 days for a different reason," the bench, which also comprised justices S Abdul Nazeer and Krishna Murari, said

SC notice to Centre on plea seeking to allow Muslim women to enter mosques

A bench headed by Justice S A Bobde issued notice to the Centre and asked it to respond to the plea filed by a Pune-based couple