March 15, 2024 7:15 am
The Bharuch District Education Officer (DEO) Swati Raulji had on Wednesday ordered an inquiry into the incident after receiving a complaint from the parents of one of the students whose hijab was removed.
January 30, 2024 1:57 pm
On Monday morning, Acharya visited the Government Girls Secondary School in Jaipur’s Gangapol locality. In a video that surfaced afterwards, he can be seen pulling up a school administrator over some students wearing the hijab.
January 18, 2024 3:19 pm
The ban was unwarranted, but favouring religious symbolism over education speaks of an insidious indoctrination
December 23, 2023 6:22 pm
Taking it to X he said, “ PM @narendramodi 's sab ka saath-sabka vikas is bogus. @BJP4India is doing the work of dividing people and dividing society on the basis of clothes, dress, caste. I have told (officials) to withdraw the hijab ban.”
August 31, 2023 5:22 am
Principal Afsha Sheikh, mathematics teacher Anas Athar, and guard Rustom Ali, were arrested two months ago after a controversy erupted that girl students were being forced to wear hijab by the school authorities.
August 06, 2023 7:12 pm
In similar statements, the Congress and the Left Front alleged that the BJP was trying to divert people's attention from real issues like unemployment by playing the communal card.
August 04, 2023 11:15 pm
Some students said the issue started when outsiders came and objected to minority girls in hijabs. When 16-year-old student Iliyas Sarkar Suman protested, he was assaulted by the group.
June 01, 2023 7:48 am
Earlier, it was alleged that a poster of Ganga Jamuna Higher Secondary School in Damoh showed girls, including Hindu students, wearing headscarves that looked like hijab.
June 01, 2023 9:42 am
Newly appointed Karnataka School Education Minister Madhu Bangarappa weighs in on Congress’s promise of revising school textbooks, the main challenges before the education department, and the need for funds to improve infrastructure.
May 11, 2023 12:57 am
“In view of the above, you are directed to ensure that these instructions are communicated to the cinemas/theatres in your district and send a compliance report on 15.05.2023”, the notification added.