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Hijab row | 58 students of Karnataka school suspended for holding protests in Shivamogga

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Bengaluru: Girl students in many parts of Karnataka were denied entry into their respective educational institutions on Saturday as they arrived in hijabs, despite a court order, as the issue showed no signs of abating after its flare-up about a fortnight ago that prompted the government to close down colleges and institutions for a couple of days.

Despite a government order and the Karnataka High Court's interim order restricting the students from wearing hijab or saffron scarves inside classrooms, the girls came to schools and colleges donning the headscarf.

As many as 58 students were suspended at Shiralakoppa in Shivamogga district for refusing to remove their hijab and staging a demonstration against the government pre-university college administration.