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No jewellery to customers wearing burqa, mask, veil in Varanasi: Traders body

No jewellery to customers wearing burqa, mask, veil in Varanasi: Traders body

Published on Jan 10, 2026 03:57 pm IST

Burqa row turns deadly: Shamli man kills wife, 2 daughters, buries bodies

Police conducted excavation inside the house, leading to the recovery of bodies. (Sourced)

Updated on Dec 17, 2025 10:49 pm IST

Goregaon college revokes burqa ban after students protest

Goregaon college revokes burqa ban after students’ protest

Published on Dec 05, 2025 06:38 am IST

Australian senator sparks outrage as she wears burqa in Parliament. Watch

In a statement later posted by Hanson on Facebook, she said her actions were in protest of the bill, calling the garment a “garb that risks national security and the ill-treatment of women.”(Reuters)

Published on Nov 25, 2025 10:38 am IST

‘Ban it’: Australian senator wears burqa in Parliament; sparks row

Senators react as One Nation leader Pauline Hanson wears a burqa in the Senate chamber at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, November 24, 2025.(Reuters)

Updated on Nov 24, 2025 10:41 pm IST

Who is Pauline Hanson? Australian politician sparks uproar with burqa stunt

One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson wears a burqa in the Senate chamber at Parliament House in Canberra, Monday, Nov. 24, 2025. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)(AP)

Updated on Nov 24, 2025 07:22 pm IST

Railway Firing: RPF constable had forced burqa-clad passenger to chant 'Jai Mata Di'

Railway Firing: RPF constable had forced burqa-clad passenger to chant 'Jai Mata Di'

Updated on Sept 15, 2025 06:05 pm IST

New generation of Afghan women shift from burqa

New generation of Afghan women shift from burqa

Published on Mar 19, 2025 10:44 am IST

If burqa is allowed in voting, it should not be a problem in exams: Waghmare

Shiv Sena leader Raju Waghmare reacted to Maharashtra Minister Nitesh Rane's request to ban burqa at examination centres, and said if Burqa is allowed during voting, then there should not be any problem with it during examinations. (Representative image/AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi, File)(AP)

Updated on Jan 30, 2025 12:52 pm IST

Maharashtra board exams 2025: Minister Nitesh Rane seeks ban on burqa

Maharashtra minister and BJP leader Nitesh Rane said in his letter to school education minister Dada Bhuse that if examinees are allowed to wear burqas, it will be difficult to determine whether electronic devices or other means are being used to cheat. (Representative image/PTI)

Published on Jan 29, 2025 06:43 pm IST

Tourists allegedly mock Muslim woman in burqa, Dubai Police investigate

Tourist's viral video filming a burqa-clad woman in Dubai sparked outrage and police investigation.(X/@ALMKRIA)

Updated on Jan 05, 2025 11:50 am IST

Swiss ‘burqa ban’ to take effect from January 1. What are the exceptions?

The face-covering ban will not apply on airplanes or within diplomatic and consular premises. (File) (Pic used for representation)(REUTERS)

Updated on Nov 08, 2024 02:03 pm IST

SC partly stays Mumbai college circular banning 'hijab, burqa, cap and naqab' on campus

SC partly stays Mumbai college circular banning 'hijab, burqa, cap and naqab' on campus

Updated on Aug 09, 2024 03:05 pm IST

Supreme Court stays Mumbai college's hijab ban, asks why tilak, bindi exempt

A Mumbai-based private college had imposed a dress code under which students cannot wear a hijab, naqab, burka, stoles, caps and badges inside the premises. (AFP / Representational)

Updated on Aug 10, 2024 09:07 am IST

‘Targeting Muslim’: Owaisi on BJP's demand for verification of burqa-clad voters

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi (HT File Photo)(HT_PRINT)

Updated on May 24, 2024 10:37 am IST

Chembur degree college bans hijab, niqab and burqa

Chembur degree college bans hijab, niqab and burqa

Updated on May 17, 2024 09:05 am IST

‘FIRs like medals for speaking truth’: BJP's Madhavi Latha

BJP candidate Madhavi Latha checks identity of voters at a polling station during the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections, in Hyderabad.(PTI)

Published on May 14, 2024 04:14 pm IST

Hyderabad BJP candidate booked for asking women voters to lift burqa

BJP candidate Madhavi Latha checks identity of voters at a polling station during the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections in Hyderabad on Monday. (PTI)

Updated on May 13, 2024 04:49 pm IST

Muslim body objects to ‘burqa’ on the catwalk

As many as 13 students from the fashion designing course walked the ramp donning ‘Burqa and Hizab’. (HT Photo)

Published on Nov 28, 2023 10:05 pm IST

Burqa-clad male techie plants camera in Kerala mall's female washroom, arrested

Abhimanyu works in a leading IT firm based at the Infopark, police said.

Published on Aug 18, 2023 11:47 am IST

Karnataka bus driver denies entry to Muslim students without burqa

A bus driver refused to allow Muslim female students without burqa to board the bus in Kalaburagi district (Agencies/Representative use)

Updated on Jul 28, 2023 12:50 am IST

Man in burqa at Karnataka bus stop questioned over suspicion of free travel

A video of the man's exchange with locals was posted online.(Twitter)

Published on Jul 08, 2023 07:31 pm IST

Parents are locking daughters' graves in Pakistan to avoid rape: Report

Reports have revealed that necrophilia cases are on the rise in the country.

Published on Apr 29, 2023 04:29 pm IST

Kenyan university boy wears burqa, beats top players in women's chess

The imposter male player participating in women's chess competition. (@KinyanBoy/ Twitter )

Published on Apr 15, 2023 07:01 pm IST

Burqa review: Sincere, mature debate on religion, repression and humanity

Burqa review: The story is centered on Najma, a young Muslim widow who is observing Iddat.

Published on Apr 08, 2023 11:07 am IST

Mangaluru Police: Monitoring threat to women for removing burqa for selfies

Social media group named ‘Muslim Defence Force’ has said that women wearing burqas in public spaces are not to open them and take selfies(AFP file photo)

Published on May 06, 2022 10:23 am IST

School staff attacked after students told to wear uniform instead of burqa

Police rescued the teachers and the headmaster, who had locked themselves up inside the school building (REPRESENTATIONAL PHOTO)

Updated on Feb 13, 2022 04:19 am IST

AR Rahman defends daughter Khatija, says he’d wear burqa too, ‘but a male isn’t supposed to wear one’

AR Rahman’s daughter Khatija has been criticised for wearing a burqa before.

Updated on Feb 22, 2020 04:11 pm IST

UP BJP leader seeks ban on burqa, says Ravana’s sister Surpanakha used it to hide her face

The BJP leader said people are sporting burqas in Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh protest against the new citizenship law, and added, “The burqa helps terrorists”.(Anshuman Poyrekar/HT Photo)

Updated on Feb 10, 2020 10:20 pm IST

JD Women’s College in Patna bans burqa inside classroom

Representative(Hindustan Times)

Updated on Jan 25, 2020 12:57 pm IST

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