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Leave us alone: Karnataka Muslim girl Muskan Khan’s father tells Al-Qaeda chief

Mandya (Karnataka) | Terror outfit Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri’s praise for Karnataka student B.V. Muskan Khan — who had received widespread attention for her “Allahu Akbar” slogans while confronting a mob chanting “Jai Shri Ram”, has received a cold shoulder from her father Mohammed Hussain. Reacting to Muskan’s video and praising her, al-Zawahiri called the Mandya […]

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Karnataka HC dismisses plea seeking permission to wear hijab in classrooms

Bengaluru | The Karnataka High Court’s special bench on Tuesday dismissed petitions filed by students seeking direction for permission to wear hijab in classrooms. The court said, “Wearing of hijab was not an essential part of Islam.” “The prescription of uniform is constitutional and students can’t object to it.” The court dismissed all the petitions filed […]

Mukarram Khan (File Image Via IANS)

Hijab row: Karnataka Congress leader arrested in Hyderabad

Kalaburagi (Karnataka) | The Karnataka Police on Tuesday arrested Congress leader Mukarram Khan in Hyderabad for making a controversial statement on hijab. Khan had given provocative statements during the protests on the hijab row, which had gone viral. In the video, he had said that those who oppose students wearing hijab will be ‘chopped to pieces’ […]

Naveen Gyangoudar lots his life in Ukraine's Kharkhiv (IANS)

Karnataka boy’s death in Ukraine: BJP MLA says more students can be brought in place of body

Dharwad  (Karnataka) | Karnataka BJP MLA Arvind Bellad stirred a controversy on Thursday by stating that more students could be brought back in the place of a dead body, while answering a question on the plight of students from the state and bringing back the body of medical student Naveen Shekarappa Gyanagoudar, who was killed in […]

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Karnataka HC upholds 10-year jail term for ‘rapist’ father

Bengaluru | Karnataka High Court has upheld a 2016 judgement of a lower court that handed down 10 years imprisonment to a man for sexually assaulting his then 13-year-old daughter. The court has also dismissed the accused father’s appeal. A bench headed by Justice K.S. Mudagal, in a recent judgment, did not consider the argument of […]