Hijab row: 58 students suspended

Bengaluru: Amid the hijab row in Karnataka, 58 students at Shiralakoppa in Shivamogga district who had refused to remove their hijab and staged a demonstration against the government pre-university college administration were suspended and were told that they should not come to the college, a student told the media.

On Saturday, the students came to the college, raised slogans and demanded their right to wear hijab. However, they were not let in. “The principal told us that we have all been suspended and there is no need for us to come to the college,” the students complained. -(PTI)

Rare display of harmony amid row
Mysuru: Amid the hijab row, there was a rare display of harmony by over 120 Muslims including women who wore hijabs and sported saffron shawls too and Hindu men who sported Muslim caps. Over 100 Hindus and 30 Christians tied friendship bands on Muslims and hugged each other at the ‘National Integration celebration’ near Gandhi statue in front of the court in Mysuru on Saturday.

A-G: No state ban
The state government has told the High Court that its order dated February 5 did not ban the headscarf but only delegated the powers to decide the school uniform to the College Development Committees (CDC).