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Kalawa

Lenskart publishes updated style guide after massive outrage against anti-Hindu rules, allows bindi, mangalsutra, tilak, kalawa and other religious accessories

OpIndia Staff - 18 April, 2026

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...

Uttar Pradesh: Police personnel cuts candidate’s kalawa at Varanasi recruitment exam centre, UPPRPB takes cognisance, initiates action

OpIndia Staff - 15 March, 2026

After the video surfaced online, the recruitment board clarified that officials were already instructed not to remove religious or cultural symbols such as kalawa and mangalsutra and said disciplinary action has been initiated against the concerned personnel.

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NIA convicts ISIS terrorists Atif and Faisal for the murder of retired principal Ram Shukla in 2016, had shot him after noticing his Kalawa...

OpIndia Staff - 5 September, 2023

ISIS terrorists Atif Muzaffar and Mohammad Faisal Khan shot the retired Hindu teacher in broad daylight in October 2016 after seeing a Kalawa on his wrist and a Tilak on his forehead

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