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‘This is a hospital, not an Islamic one’: cop urges objectivity as GMC Doda students protest over burqa row

‘This is a hospital, not an Islamic one’: cop urges objectivity as GMC Doda students protest over burqa row

Scores of students and interns at the Government Medical College (GMC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district staged a protest on Wednesday, September 30, after a professor allegedly barred a student wearing an abaya from entering the labour room, sparking a wider row over burqas and hospital dress codes

2 Oct 2026 10:43 AM IST

Pregnant women in burqa allege repeated checks at Hyderabad mall

Pregnant women in burqa allege repeated checks at Hyderabad mall

3 May 2026 12:59 PM IST

Allahabad High Court refuses to quash FIR in Moradabad ‘burqa’ conversion case against two students

Allahabad High Court refuses to quash FIR in Moradabad ‘burqa’ conversion case against two students

The Allahabad High Court has declined to quash an FIR against two Class 12 students accused under Uttar Pradesh's...

17 April 2026 3:54 PM IST

After Bihar, Chhattisgarh jewellery markets bar entry of women wearing burqa

Former police officer and Muslim affairs expert Shoaib Ahmed Khan criticised the framing of the decision, saying that...

15 Jan 2026 8:49 PM IST

Man kills wife for not wearing burqa, buries her and two daughters in courtyard

Man kills wife for not wearing burqa, buries her and two daughters in courtyard

A man was arrested for allegedly killing his wife and two young daughters and burying their bodies in a seven-foot-deep...

17 Dec 2025 10:47 AM IST

‘Fake voters should not be allowed to vote,’ says Yogi Adityanath on burqa identification row

‘Fake voters should not be allowed to vote,’ says Yogi Adityanath on burqa identification row

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday accused the Congress-RJD alliance in Bihar of creating...

16 Oct 2025 5:30 PM IST

UP polls: Police to check by removing burqa; Muslim women worried

UP polls: Police to check by removing burqa; Muslim women worried

Muslim women voters worried that police will remove their burqas to search them at polling booths; Samajwadi Party...

19 Nov 2024 10:09 PM IST

Ktaka man held for abusing burqa-clad woman for travelling with friend of different faith

K'taka man held for abusing burqa-clad woman for travelling with friend of different faith

The accused, identified as Jakir Ahmad, objected and questioned the woman for travelling with the non-muslim youth and...

28 Aug 2023 11:33 AM IST

Wear burqa or your father, brother go to jail: Taliban tells women

Wear burqa or your father, brother go to jail: Taliban tells women

Kabul: Taliban issued an order mandating women to cover faces in public, and failing to do so will invite dismissal of...

7 May 2022 11:53 PM IST