UDUPI, India (RNS) — Babu Habibullah, 44-year-old seller of miniature kitchen utensil sets, was busy setting up his stall at a fair at a Hindu temple in Mulki, a village in Karnataka, a state on ...

The hijab, according to a landmark Indian court ruling on Tuesday, has "something to do with culture but certainly not with religion". A three-judge bench in the southern state of Karnataka upheld ...

People participate in a march against bans on Muslim women and girls wearing the hijab in classes at some colleges in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, in New Delhi, India, February 9, 2022.

Muslim students allege that behind the counterprotests in Karnataka was Hindu Jagran Vedike, a nationalist group associated with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a far-right Hindu organization ...

The conflict began in September at a college preparatory institution for girls in Udupi, a city in southwestern Karnataka. When several Muslim students showed up in hijabs, some teachers whose ...

As per the High Court’s directive, Hindu devotees will be allowed to perform puja to the Shivalinga between 2 pm and 6 pm on Mahashivratri, while Muslim community members can conduct Urs-related ...

Muslim students arrive for classes as a policewoman stands guard outside a government school for girls after a recent hijab ban in India's southern state of Karnataka on Feb. 16, 2022.

Over 50 Muslim neighbours in the area who are observing Ramzan fasting took part in the final journey and helped in burying the body as per the Hindu tradition.

Karnataka government makes appointments to cultural academies, draws objections. May 8, ... A Muslim cleric from Hubballi Mohammed Ali Khaji has been appointed as the Chairman for the Academy.

Krishna puja sees Muslim, Hindu youth join hands in Karnataka Their other friends, including Praveen, Nagnath, Ramesh and Akram, contributed Rs 2,000 each and the group spent close to Rs 15,000 ...

In Varanasi, Muslim men in skull caps and Hindu pilgrims wearing saffron clothes make their way to a temple-mosque complex that's the subject of an ongoing dispute.