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A Owaisi's 'Tubelight' Jab At Himanta Sarma Amid 'Hijab-Clad PM' Remark Row
- Sunday January 11, 2026
- India News | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Srishti Kapoor
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi hit out at Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma as their war of words, that began over the former's remark that a woman wearing a hijab would become the prime minister of India, intensified.
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Protesters Are 'Enemies Of God': Iran Warns Of Death Penalty In Crackdown
- Saturday January 10, 2026
- World News | Edited by Anushree Jonko
Amid two weeks of mass protests, Iran's attorney general, Mohammad Movahedi Azad, has warned that anyone participating in demonstrations will be considered an "enemy of God", a charge that comes with the death penalty under Iranian law.
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www.ndtv.com
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Son Of Ousted Iran Shah Urges Protesters To 'Prepare To Seize' City Centres
- Saturday January 10, 2026
- World News | Edited by Anushree Jonko
The protests have spread across much of Iran over the last two weeks, beginning in response to soaring inflation but quickly turning political, with protesters calling for clerical rulers to step down.
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www.ndtv.com
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Asaduddin Owaisi's "Hijab-Clad PM Dream", BJP's "Go To Islamabad" Jibe
- Saturday January 10, 2026
- India News | Edited by Chandrajit Mitra
A war of words has ensued between the BJP and AIMIM over Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi's remark that a woman wearing a hijab would become the prime minister of India.
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www.ndtv.com
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Women Without Hijab, Kings In Western Suits: Iran During Pahlavi Dynasty Rule
- Friday January 9, 2026
- World News | Edited by Sanstuti Nath
Videos shared by activists on social media purported to show protesters chanting against Iran's government around bonfires as debris littered the streets in the capital, Tehran, and other areas.
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www.ndtv.com
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RJD Condemns Bihar Jewellery Shop Owners 'Restricting' Customers With Hijabs
- Thursday January 8, 2026
- India News | Indo-Asian News Service
A decision by a jewellery shop owners' body in Bihar to restrict the entry of customers with covered faces, including women wearing hijabs or niqabs, has triggered political controversy in the state.
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www.ndtv.com
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Opinion | 'Hijab' Policing, Work Diktats: How 'New' Bangladesh Is Failing Its Women
- Friday January 2, 2026
- Opinion | Aditi Bhaduri
From being targeted over 'dress codes' to resistance to women's work, Bangladesh's political reset has opened the door to forces openly hostile to women.
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www.ndtv.com
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Jadavpur University Student Says She Was Asked To Remove Hijab, Panel Probes
- Thursday January 1, 2026
- India News | Press Trust of India
The West Bengal Minorities Commission has initiated an inquiry into allegations that a hijab-wearing student of Jadavpur University was asked to remove her headscarf during an English examination on December 22 on suspicion of cheating.
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www.ndtv.com
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"Had A Muslim Man Lifted Hindu Woman's Veil...": Omar Abdullah On Hijab Row
- Thursday December 18, 2025
- India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, speaking on the hijab row in Bihar and the BJP's reaction to it, said today that one can expect no better from the party.
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www.ndtv.com
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"Mehbooba Mufti Also Got Burqa Removed": Omar Abdullah's Reminder Amid Row
- Thursday December 18, 2025
- India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, among the first to critcise his Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar over the hijab row, has hit his political rival Mehbooba Mufti with a throwback.
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"Against Pardah, But...": Javed Akhtar Slams Nitish Kumar Amid Hijab Row
- Thursday December 18, 2025
- India News | Edited by Saikat Kumar Bose
Poet-lyricist Javed Akhtar said that he is strongly against the concept of pardah or veil, but cannot accept Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's act of removing a Muslim doctor's veil by "any stretch of imagination"
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"Woman Can Go To Hell": Giriraj Singh's Shocker On Nitish Kumar Hijab Row
- Thursday December 18, 2025
- India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal
Union minister Giriraj Singh, who has emerged as the newest champion of Nitish Kumar in the hijab row, today had a message for the woman who refused to show her face to him.
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Hijab Row: Bihar Health Minister Unaware Of Doctor's Refusal To Join Duty
- Friday December 19, 2025
- India News | Press Trust of India
Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey on Thursday said he was not aware of reports that a female doctor had refused to join duty following an incident in which Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was seen publicly removing the veil from her face.
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www.ndtv.com
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"Misinterpreted": UP Minister After Backlash Over His Nitish Kumar Remark
- Thursday December 18, 2025
- India News | Press Trust of India
Attempting to defuse the controversy, the Nishad Party chief said the comment, made in Hindi and labelled misogynistic and crude, was light-hearted and made casually.
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www.ndtv.com
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"What's Wrong With It": Union Minister Jumps To Nitish Kumar's Defence
- Wednesday December 17, 2025
- India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, facing massive criticism after he was seen pulling down the hijab of a woman and exposing her face at a public event, has found another champion -- the BJP's Union minister Giriraj Singh.
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www.ndtv.com
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A Owaisi's 'Tubelight' Jab At Himanta Sarma Amid 'Hijab-Clad PM' Remark Row
- Sunday January 11, 2026
- India News | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Srishti Kapoor
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi hit out at Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma as their war of words, that began over the former's remark that a woman wearing a hijab would become the prime minister of India, intensified.
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www.ndtv.com
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Protesters Are 'Enemies Of God': Iran Warns Of Death Penalty In Crackdown
- Saturday January 10, 2026
- World News | Edited by Anushree Jonko
Amid two weeks of mass protests, Iran's attorney general, Mohammad Movahedi Azad, has warned that anyone participating in demonstrations will be considered an "enemy of God", a charge that comes with the death penalty under Iranian law.
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www.ndtv.com
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Son Of Ousted Iran Shah Urges Protesters To 'Prepare To Seize' City Centres
- Saturday January 10, 2026
- World News | Edited by Anushree Jonko
The protests have spread across much of Iran over the last two weeks, beginning in response to soaring inflation but quickly turning political, with protesters calling for clerical rulers to step down.
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www.ndtv.com
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Asaduddin Owaisi's "Hijab-Clad PM Dream", BJP's "Go To Islamabad" Jibe
- Saturday January 10, 2026
- India News | Edited by Chandrajit Mitra
A war of words has ensued between the BJP and AIMIM over Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi's remark that a woman wearing a hijab would become the prime minister of India.
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www.ndtv.com
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Women Without Hijab, Kings In Western Suits: Iran During Pahlavi Dynasty Rule
- Friday January 9, 2026
- World News | Edited by Sanstuti Nath
Videos shared by activists on social media purported to show protesters chanting against Iran's government around bonfires as debris littered the streets in the capital, Tehran, and other areas.
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www.ndtv.com
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RJD Condemns Bihar Jewellery Shop Owners 'Restricting' Customers With Hijabs
- Thursday January 8, 2026
- India News | Indo-Asian News Service
A decision by a jewellery shop owners' body in Bihar to restrict the entry of customers with covered faces, including women wearing hijabs or niqabs, has triggered political controversy in the state.
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www.ndtv.com
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Opinion | 'Hijab' Policing, Work Diktats: How 'New' Bangladesh Is Failing Its Women
- Friday January 2, 2026
- Opinion | Aditi Bhaduri
From being targeted over 'dress codes' to resistance to women's work, Bangladesh's political reset has opened the door to forces openly hostile to women.
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www.ndtv.com
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Jadavpur University Student Says She Was Asked To Remove Hijab, Panel Probes
- Thursday January 1, 2026
- India News | Press Trust of India
The West Bengal Minorities Commission has initiated an inquiry into allegations that a hijab-wearing student of Jadavpur University was asked to remove her headscarf during an English examination on December 22 on suspicion of cheating.
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www.ndtv.com
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"Had A Muslim Man Lifted Hindu Woman's Veil...": Omar Abdullah On Hijab Row
- Thursday December 18, 2025
- India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, speaking on the hijab row in Bihar and the BJP's reaction to it, said today that one can expect no better from the party.
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www.ndtv.com
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"Mehbooba Mufti Also Got Burqa Removed": Omar Abdullah's Reminder Amid Row
- Thursday December 18, 2025
- India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, among the first to critcise his Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar over the hijab row, has hit his political rival Mehbooba Mufti with a throwback.
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www.ndtv.com
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"Against Pardah, But...": Javed Akhtar Slams Nitish Kumar Amid Hijab Row
- Thursday December 18, 2025
- India News | Edited by Saikat Kumar Bose
Poet-lyricist Javed Akhtar said that he is strongly against the concept of pardah or veil, but cannot accept Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's act of removing a Muslim doctor's veil by "any stretch of imagination"
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www.ndtv.com
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"Woman Can Go To Hell": Giriraj Singh's Shocker On Nitish Kumar Hijab Row
- Thursday December 18, 2025
- India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal
Union minister Giriraj Singh, who has emerged as the newest champion of Nitish Kumar in the hijab row, today had a message for the woman who refused to show her face to him.
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www.ndtv.com
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Hijab Row: Bihar Health Minister Unaware Of Doctor's Refusal To Join Duty
- Friday December 19, 2025
- India News | Press Trust of India
Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey on Thursday said he was not aware of reports that a female doctor had refused to join duty following an incident in which Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was seen publicly removing the veil from her face.
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www.ndtv.com
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"Misinterpreted": UP Minister After Backlash Over His Nitish Kumar Remark
- Thursday December 18, 2025
- India News | Press Trust of India
Attempting to defuse the controversy, the Nishad Party chief said the comment, made in Hindi and labelled misogynistic and crude, was light-hearted and made casually.
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www.ndtv.com
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"What's Wrong With It": Union Minister Jumps To Nitish Kumar's Defence
- Wednesday December 17, 2025
- India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, facing massive criticism after he was seen pulling down the hijab of a woman and exposing her face at a public event, has found another champion -- the BJP's Union minister Giriraj Singh.
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www.ndtv.com