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Burqa, hijab are very freeing identity markers, Sita is tired of patriarchy: The Hindu journalist Lavanya Narayanan attacks IPL ceremony, peddles anti-Hindu rhetoric

Rukma Rathore -
"Please take one good long look at Sita's face. She's so done with this patriarchy-pavitrta shit," Lavanya claimed in a post.
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Lenskart publishes updated style guide after massive outrage against anti-Hindu rules, allows bindi, mangalsutra, tilak, kalawa and other religious accessories

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Eyewear retailer Lenskart has released a revised in-store style guide for its employees following days of intense public criticism and social media backlash over...
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Lenskart CEO admits ‘outdated’ style guide flagged tilak/bindi but permitted hijab: What Peyush Bansal said and what the Feb 2026 document reveals

Shriti Sagar -
Page 7 of the document states that Lenskart employees are prohibited from wearing sacred threads (kalava) and bindis (bindis), while they may wear hijabs.
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Leftists hound Hindu female professor at Jadavpur University over Hijab row: Read how rules are flouted in educational institutions in the name of ‘Islamophobia’

Rukma Rathore -
Some students from the arts faculty, affiliated with the Students Federation of India (SFI), the youth wing of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), exhibited a poster accusing a section of the department staff of 'Islamophobia.'
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Nitish Kumar acted as a guardian, he is correct: Union Minister Giriraj Singh on hijab controversy in Bihar

Rukma Rathore -
An incident that occurred during an appointment letter distribution program involving Nitish Kumar led to the row.
Opinions

Kerala hijab row: Edu Minister’s diktat to allow hijab shows how CPM govt has turned institutional autonomy into a theatre of Muslim appeasement

Jinit Jain -
The St. Rita Public School hijab row has laid bare the CPM government’s brand of “secularism” in Kerala, one that bends for Muslims, bargains with Christians, and bullies Hindus.
Crime

Kerala: Church pushes back against ruling CPIM’s Muslim appeasement and hijab directive in Catholic school, Christians in the State first raised alarms about love...

OpIndia Staff -
On Tuesday (13th October), Kerala Education Minister V Sivankutty, disregarding the school dress code, directed the school to allow an eighth standard female student to wear hijab in the school. The management of the CBSE-affiliated school, run by the Latin Catholic Church, had declined the female student’s request to be allowed to wear a hijab, citing the school dress code.
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Kerala govt asks Christian institution to allow Muslim student to wear hijab, Edu Minister calls St Rita school’s dress code implementation ‘unconstitutional’

OpIndia Staff -
The management of the CBSE-affiliated school, run by the Latin Catholic Church, had declined the female student's request to be allowed to wear a hijab, citing the school dress code.

Kerala: Catholic school shuts for two days after Muslim father threatens, creates ruckus over daughter not allowed to attend school wearing hijab

OpIndia Staff -
A hijab dispute at St. Rita’s Public School in Palluruthy has snowballed into a community flashpoint, forcing the CBSE-affiliated institution, run by the Latin...
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Bar Council rules do not allow face veil for women advocates: Jammu & Kashmir High Court

OpIndia Staff -
Justice Moksha Khajuria Kazmi and Justice Rahul Bharti observed that the Bar Council of India (BCI) rules regarding the dress code for advocates restrict such attire and emphasised the significance of maintaining decorum and professional identification in courtrooms.
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