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Bihar BJP Chief's Burqa Remark, Deputy Chief Minister's Ghoonghat Parallel
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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BJP Urges Poll Body To Verify Women In Burqas In Upcoming Bihar Polls
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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Afghan Women Shift From Burqas To Abayas Amid Taliban Restrictions
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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"So Long After Independence...": Top Court Raps Mumbai College For Hijab Ban
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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Man Enters Women's Toilet At Kochi Mall Wearing Burqa, Records Videos
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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Students To Remove Burqa Before Exam, Minister's "Less Clothes" Shocker
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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"Not Animals Held Captive...": Afghan Women Protest Taliban's Burqa Diktat
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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"Sharia Directives": Taliban Order Afghan Women To Cover Fully In Public
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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Woman In Burqa, Who Threw Bomb At Security Camp In J&K, Arrested
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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Video: Cops Hit Muslim Women With Sticks In Ghaziabad Over Hijab Protest
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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Afghanistan Girls' Football Team Flees To Pakistan
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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Taliban Say Burqa Not Mandatory For Women, Hijab Is
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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Burqa An "Evil Custom": UP Minister's Remark Triggers Row
After his remarks calling burqa (veil worn by women) an "evil custom" triggered a row, Uttar Pradesh minister Anand Swaroop Shukla today clarified, saying women should have the freedom to wear their choice of clothes.
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BJP Issues Showcause Notice To UP Minister Over Burqa Remarks
A day after Uttar Pradesh Minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh stoked controversy by demanding a ban on burqa worn by Muslim women, the state BJP too note of his behavior and demanded to know, why he shoul not be expelled.
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Women's College In Patna Revokes Ban On Burqa In Classrooms, On Campus
A college for women in Patna on Saturday withdrew its ban on wearing burqas on campus after it had earlier prohibited it as part of the institute's new dress code.
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Bihar BJP Chief's Burqa Remark, Deputy Chief Minister's Ghoonghat Parallel
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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BJP Urges Poll Body To Verify Women In Burqas In Upcoming Bihar Polls
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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Afghan Women Shift From Burqas To Abayas Amid Taliban Restrictions
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.
-
"So Long After Independence...": Top Court Raps Mumbai College For Hijab Ban
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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Man Enters Women's Toilet At Kochi Mall Wearing Burqa, Records Videos
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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Students To Remove Burqa Before Exam, Minister's "Less Clothes" Shocker
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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"Not Animals Held Captive...": Afghan Women Protest Taliban's Burqa Diktat
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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"Sharia Directives": Taliban Order Afghan Women To Cover Fully In Public
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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Woman In Burqa, Who Threw Bomb At Security Camp In J&K, Arrested
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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Video: Cops Hit Muslim Women With Sticks In Ghaziabad Over Hijab Protest
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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Afghanistan Girls' Football Team Flees To Pakistan
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.
-
Taliban Say Burqa Not Mandatory For Women, Hijab Is
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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Burqa An "Evil Custom": UP Minister's Remark Triggers Row
After his remarks calling burqa (veil worn by women) an "evil custom" triggered a row, Uttar Pradesh minister Anand Swaroop Shukla today clarified, saying women should have the freedom to wear their choice of clothes.
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BJP Issues Showcause Notice To UP Minister Over Burqa Remarks
A day after Uttar Pradesh Minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh stoked controversy by demanding a ban on burqa worn by Muslim women, the state BJP too note of his behavior and demanded to know, why he shoul not be expelled.
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Women's College In Patna Revokes Ban On Burqa In Classrooms, On Campus
A college for women in Patna on Saturday withdrew its ban on wearing burqas on campus after it had earlier prohibited it as part of the institute's new dress code.
