Karnataka Hijab Row News LIVE Updates: After protests in Bagalkot turned violent and section 144 was imposed in Shivamogga as hijab versus saffron scarves protests escalated, the Karnataka CM ordered schools and colleges to be shut for the next three days. In Udupi, a group of protesters threw stones at each other and a saffron flag was hoisted outside a school. Follow IndiaToday.in for LIVE updates on the Karnataka hijab row.
Congress MLA Rizwan Arshad claimed on Wednesday that members of his party's student wing had brought back the tricolour where a saffron flag had been hoisted at a college in Karnataka the previous day.
The Chief Justice of the Karnataka HC, Ritu Raj Awasthi on Wednesday constituted a full bench comprising himself, Justice Krishna S Dixit and Justice JM Khazi which will look into the Hijab issue on Thursday.