All students must avoid wearing the hijab, saffron shawls or any religious clothing in class "until further orders", the Karnataka High Court said in an interim order.
Parents of six Muslim girl students, who are protesting for their right to wear hijab at the pre-university college in Udupi, have lodged a police complaint that the personal details of their children are being shared by some people on social media.
Malala Yousafzai breaks silence on Karnataka hijab row, says ‘refusing girls inside schools in hijab horrifying - Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai has issued a statement on the ongoing debate surrounding the hijab row erupting in Karnataka.
A minister in Karnataka, BC Nagesh, claimed today that the burqa-clad college student who was caught on camera yesterday standing up to a mob in saffron, made the first move in her show of defiance.