Udupi Muslim girls hope HC will let them wear hijab to class, principal deems them ‘beyond help

Udupi: As they have been doing for weeks now, five students of a women’s Pre-University (PU) college in Karnataka’s Udupi district arrived at the institution’s gates Monday morning, their heads covered with a hijab (headscarf). With the institute banning entry to students wearing hijab since December last year, the five —  A.H. Almas, H. Shifa, Aliya Assadi and two minor students aged 17, remained standing outside the gates of the college.