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Man Arrested For Travelling In Women's Coach In Burqa On Mumbai Train
- Thursday February 19, 2026
- Mumbai News | Press Trust of India
A 57-year-old man was arrested from Nashik for allegedly travelling in the women's compartment of a suburban train in Mumbai while wearing a burqa earlier this month, officials said on Wednesday.
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www.ndtv.com
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London Mayor Candidate Condemned For Burqa Remarks: "People Hiding Their Faces For Criminal Reasons"
- Saturday January 17, 2026
- World News | Edited by Nikhil Pandey
Reform UK's London mayoral candidate Laila Cunningham faces widespread criticism after comments linking burqa-wearing women to criminal suspicion, raising concerns about Islamophobia and social division.
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www.ndtv.com
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After Bihar, Chhattisgarh Jewellery Markets Bar Entry Of Women With Burqa
- Thursday January 15, 2026
- India News | Reported by Anurag Dwary
A decision taken behind closed doors of jewellery markets across Chhattisgarh and Indore has triggered a storm that goes far beyond shop shutters and CCTV cameras, turning into a fierce debate over security, religious freedom, and political intent.
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www.ndtv.com
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Bihar BJP Chief's Burqa Remark, Deputy Chief Minister's Ghoonghat Parallel
- Sunday October 5, 2025
- India News | Reported by Raman Rai, Edited by Saikat Kumar Bose
Bihar BJP chief Dilip Jaiswal's demand for the verification of burqa-clad voters during the upcoming Bihar election has sparked a massive row, with the RJD accusing the BJP of resorting to the politics of "hatred".
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www.ndtv.com
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BJP Urges Poll Body To Verify Women In Burqas In Upcoming Bihar Polls
- Saturday October 4, 2025
- India News | Press Trust of India
The BJP on Saturday urged the Election Commission to hold the upcoming Bihar assembly elections in one or two phases, and to ensure that women in burqas are properly verified against their voter ID photographs at the polling booths.
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www.ndtv.com
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Afghan Women Shift From Burqas To Abayas Amid Taliban Restrictions
- Wednesday March 19, 2025
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a symbol of the Taliban's oppression of women.
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www.ndtv.com
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"So Long After Independence...": Top Court Raps Mumbai College For Hijab Ban
- Friday August 9, 2024
- India News | Reported by Sunil Prabhu, Edited by Rohit Paul
Coming down heavily on a Mumbai college which had barred students from wearing burqas and hijab on campus, the Supreme Court asked the institution's authorities how they were empowering women by telling them what to wear.
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www.ndtv.com
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Man Enters Women's Toilet At Kochi Mall Wearing Burqa, Records Videos
- Thursday August 17, 2023
- Kerala News | Press Trust of India
A 23-year-old IT professional has been arrested for allegedly entering a women's washroom wearing a burqa in a popular mall in Kerala and recording their videos on his mobile phone.
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www.ndtv.com
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Students To Remove Burqa Before Exam, Minister's "Less Clothes" Shocker
- Saturday June 17, 2023
- Telangana News | Asian News International
The girl students alleged that in this confusion, they were prevented from appearing in the examination for about half an hour.
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www.ndtv.com
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"Not Animals Held Captive...": Afghan Women Protest Taliban's Burqa Diktat
- Tuesday May 10, 2022
- World News | Agence France-Presse
About a dozen women protested in the Afghan capital on Tuesday against the Taliban's new edict that females must fully cover their faces and bodies when in public.
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www.ndtv.com
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"Sharia Directives": Taliban Order Afghan Women To Cover Fully In Public
- Saturday May 7, 2022
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Afghanistan's supreme leader and Taliban chief on Saturday ordered the country's women to wear the all-covering burqa in public -- one of the harshest controls imposed on women's lives since the hardline Islamists seized power.
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www.ndtv.com
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Woman In Burqa, Who Threw Bomb At Security Camp In J&K, Arrested
- Thursday March 31, 2022
- India News | Written by Nazir Masoodi
The police have arrested the burqa clad women who threw a petrol bomb on a CRPF picket in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday
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www.ndtv.com
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Video: Cops Hit Muslim Women With Sticks In Ghaziabad Over Hijab Protest
- Wednesday February 16, 2022
- Ghaziabad News | Edited by Debanish Achom
A video has emerged of policemen hitting Muslim women in burqa during a protest against the hijab ban in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad.
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www.ndtv.com
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Afghanistan Girls' Football Team Flees To Pakistan
- Wednesday September 15, 2021
- Agence France-Presse
Members of Afghanistan's national girls' football team fled across the border into Pakistan dressed in burqas, a month after the hardline Taliban swept back into power.
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sports.ndtv.com
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Taliban Say Burqa Not Mandatory For Women, Hijab Is
- Tuesday August 17, 2021
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The Taliban gave the first indication on Tuesday since coming to power that they would not make the full burqa compulsory for women as they did when they last ruled Afghanistan.
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www.ndtv.com
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Man Arrested For Travelling In Women's Coach In Burqa On Mumbai Train
- Thursday February 19, 2026
- Mumbai News | Press Trust of India
A 57-year-old man was arrested from Nashik for allegedly travelling in the women's compartment of a suburban train in Mumbai while wearing a burqa earlier this month, officials said on Wednesday.
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www.ndtv.com
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London Mayor Candidate Condemned For Burqa Remarks: "People Hiding Their Faces For Criminal Reasons"
- Saturday January 17, 2026
- World News | Edited by Nikhil Pandey
Reform UK's London mayoral candidate Laila Cunningham faces widespread criticism after comments linking burqa-wearing women to criminal suspicion, raising concerns about Islamophobia and social division.
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www.ndtv.com
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After Bihar, Chhattisgarh Jewellery Markets Bar Entry Of Women With Burqa
- Thursday January 15, 2026
- India News | Reported by Anurag Dwary
A decision taken behind closed doors of jewellery markets across Chhattisgarh and Indore has triggered a storm that goes far beyond shop shutters and CCTV cameras, turning into a fierce debate over security, religious freedom, and political intent.
-
www.ndtv.com
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Bihar BJP Chief's Burqa Remark, Deputy Chief Minister's Ghoonghat Parallel
- Sunday October 5, 2025
- India News | Reported by Raman Rai, Edited by Saikat Kumar Bose
Bihar BJP chief Dilip Jaiswal's demand for the verification of burqa-clad voters during the upcoming Bihar election has sparked a massive row, with the RJD accusing the BJP of resorting to the politics of "hatred".
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www.ndtv.com
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BJP Urges Poll Body To Verify Women In Burqas In Upcoming Bihar Polls
- Saturday October 4, 2025
- India News | Press Trust of India
The BJP on Saturday urged the Election Commission to hold the upcoming Bihar assembly elections in one or two phases, and to ensure that women in burqas are properly verified against their voter ID photographs at the polling booths.
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www.ndtv.com
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Afghan Women Shift From Burqas To Abayas Amid Taliban Restrictions
- Wednesday March 19, 2025
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a symbol of the Taliban's oppression of women.
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www.ndtv.com
-
"So Long After Independence...": Top Court Raps Mumbai College For Hijab Ban
- Friday August 9, 2024
- India News | Reported by Sunil Prabhu, Edited by Rohit Paul
Coming down heavily on a Mumbai college which had barred students from wearing burqas and hijab on campus, the Supreme Court asked the institution's authorities how they were empowering women by telling them what to wear.
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www.ndtv.com
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Man Enters Women's Toilet At Kochi Mall Wearing Burqa, Records Videos
- Thursday August 17, 2023
- Kerala News | Press Trust of India
A 23-year-old IT professional has been arrested for allegedly entering a women's washroom wearing a burqa in a popular mall in Kerala and recording their videos on his mobile phone.
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www.ndtv.com
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Students To Remove Burqa Before Exam, Minister's "Less Clothes" Shocker
- Saturday June 17, 2023
- Telangana News | Asian News International
The girl students alleged that in this confusion, they were prevented from appearing in the examination for about half an hour.
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www.ndtv.com
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"Not Animals Held Captive...": Afghan Women Protest Taliban's Burqa Diktat
- Tuesday May 10, 2022
- World News | Agence France-Presse
About a dozen women protested in the Afghan capital on Tuesday against the Taliban's new edict that females must fully cover their faces and bodies when in public.
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www.ndtv.com
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"Sharia Directives": Taliban Order Afghan Women To Cover Fully In Public
- Saturday May 7, 2022
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Afghanistan's supreme leader and Taliban chief on Saturday ordered the country's women to wear the all-covering burqa in public -- one of the harshest controls imposed on women's lives since the hardline Islamists seized power.
-
www.ndtv.com
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Woman In Burqa, Who Threw Bomb At Security Camp In J&K, Arrested
- Thursday March 31, 2022
- India News | Written by Nazir Masoodi
The police have arrested the burqa clad women who threw a petrol bomb on a CRPF picket in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday
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www.ndtv.com
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Video: Cops Hit Muslim Women With Sticks In Ghaziabad Over Hijab Protest
- Wednesday February 16, 2022
- Ghaziabad News | Edited by Debanish Achom
A video has emerged of policemen hitting Muslim women in burqa during a protest against the hijab ban in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad.
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www.ndtv.com
-
Afghanistan Girls' Football Team Flees To Pakistan
- Wednesday September 15, 2021
- Agence France-Presse
Members of Afghanistan's national girls' football team fled across the border into Pakistan dressed in burqas, a month after the hardline Taliban swept back into power.
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sports.ndtv.com
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Taliban Say Burqa Not Mandatory For Women, Hijab Is
- Tuesday August 17, 2021
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The Taliban gave the first indication on Tuesday since coming to power that they would not make the full burqa compulsory for women as they did when they last ruled Afghanistan.
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www.ndtv.com