‘I Just Wanted..’: Iran Singer Arrested For Viral Concert Without Hijab | WATCH

15 Dec 2024

A 27-year-old Iranian singer, Parastoo Ahmady, was arrested on Saturday for playing in an online concert on YouTube without donning a headscarf. According to her attorney, Milad Panahipour, Ms. Ahmady was detained in the northeastern city of Sari within Mazandaran province at a distance of about 280 kilometres from Tehran...

WATCH: Pakistani Model Without ‘Hijab’ Dazzles At Miss World Grand Show Goes Viral

23 Oct 2024

In a notable departure from traditional norms, Pakistan's representative at the Miss World Grand Show recently participated without a hijab, sparking widespread discussion online. The video of her performance has gone viral, attracting attention both for its boldness and for challenging societal expectations surrounding women's attire in the country. The...

Principal expelled schoolgirls for wearing hijab, alleging students

13 Aug 2024

In a recent video that surfaced on the internet, a group of schoolgirls wearing hijabs were expelled by their principal for wearing their traditional attire, the hijab. This video was reportedly filmed in the Kotwali Dehat area of Bijnor district, Uttar Pradesh. The group of school-going girls featured in the...

Supreme Court Partially Stays Mumbai College’s Ban on Hijab, Stole

09 Aug 2024

The Supreme Court on Friday partially stayed a circular issued by Chembur College in Mumbai, which had banned students from wearing hijabs, stoles, or caps on campus. A bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Sanjay Kumar issued a notice on the petition challenging the ban and suspended the ban on...

Kolkata Teacher Resigns Citing ‘No Hijab’ Policy At College

11 Jun 2024

A professor at a private law school connected to the University of Calcutta resigned and stopped teaching after allegedly receiving a request from the institution's administration not to wear a headscarf while at work. But in the face of controversy and public outcry, college officials claimed it was just a...

Supreme Court to consider a three-judge panel to address the Karnataka Hijab ban row

23 Jan 2023

The Supreme Court of India has been approached by a group of girls from Karnataka on Monday requesting a directive to allow them to sit for examinations wearing hijab. A bench consisting of Chief Justice DY Chandarchud, Justices V Ramasubramanian and JB Pardiwala, took note of senior attorney Meenakshi Arora's...

Tunisha started wearing hijab after meeting Sheezan Khan, says uncle

28 Dec 2022

In the Tunisha Sharma death case, an intriguing new development has come in which the uncle of the popular television actor, Pawan Sharma claimed that Tunisha's behavior and lifestyle changed after she met Sheezan Khan. Meanwhile, Pawan Sharma also claimed that Tunisha started wearing a 'Hijab' (a headscarf worn by...

Clashes erupt over wearing of hijab, exams cancelled

23 Nov 2022

A scuffle had erupted between two group of students over wearing of hijab and namabali when one of them turned up at the school gate and demanded that they should be allowed entry wearing nambali while the other group of girls cam to school wearing hijab. The scuffle resulted in...

Woman arrested for eating at restaurant without hijab in Iran

01 Oct 2022

According to her family, a woman was arrested by the Iranian security forces for eating at a restaurant in public without a hijab. Donya Rad was arrested after an image of her and another lady eating in a restaurant in Tehran without wearing headscarves went viral online, according to CNN....

Iran protestors torch police station in video as unrest over Mahsa Amini’s death spread

22 Sep 2022

The unrest sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini grew more intense for a sixth day when, on Thursday, protesters torched police stations and vehicles in Tehran, the capital of Iran, as well as numerous other cities around the nation. Mahsa Amini, 22, passed away last week after the morality...