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Burqa-clad women seek votes for BJP in Ahmedabad
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], Apr 20 (ANI): A group of Muslim workers of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), including some burqa-clad women on Saturday carried out a door to door campaign seeking votes in Jamalpur Darwaza area of Ahmedabad West Lok Sabha seat.
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Fake voting being conducted via burqa clad voters: BJP MLA Kanwar
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Amroha (Uttar Pradesh) [India] Apr 18 (ANI): BJP candidate and sitting Member of Parliament from Amroha constituency in Uttar Pradesh Kanwar Singh Tanwar on Thursday alleged that identities of burkha-clad women are not being verified properly at various polling booths in his constituency.
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BJP candidate Sanjeev Balyan alleges 'fake voting' in Muzaffarnaga
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr 11 (ANI): Former Union Minister and Muzaffarnagar BJP candidate Sanjeev Balyan on Thursday alleged “fake voting” in his Lok Sabha constituency, claiming that faces of "burqa-clad" voters were not being verified by poll officials.
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Burqa-clad man held for entering ladies toilet in Goa
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], Feb 17 (ANI): Goa Police has booked a 35-year-old man for wearing a 'burqa' and entering the ladies toilet at the Panaji bus stand on Saturday.
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Jailed Saudi blogger's wife calls for burqa ban in Ontario
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Ontario [Canada], Jul 2 (ANI): Ensaf Haidar, the wife of jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi has requested the Ontario premier Doug Ford to ban 'burqa' in public places.
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PTI supporters mock Reham Khan after her tweet against 'political
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb 26 (ANI): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf followers have been mocking cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan's second wife Reham Khan after she tweeted a picture of the PTI chief's new wife Bushra Maneka covering herself from head to toe along with a picture of modest Bur
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Burqa-clad women playing board game at Mecca's mosque spark contro
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Feb 23 (ANI): A photo of four Burqa-clad women playing a board game in the premises of Mecca's holy mosque went viral on social media and has sparked online controversy across Saudi Arabia.
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UP: Lady made to remove burqa at CM Adityanath's rally
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Balia (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Nov 22 (ANI): In a video clip that is going viral on social media a burqa clad Muslim lady is seen removing her burqa on being asked by police officers present at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's rally in Balia on Tuesday.
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Saudi Arabia intercepts ballistic missile near Riyadh
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], November 5 (ANI): Saudi Arabia has intercepted a ballistic missile fired from Yemen near the capital, Riyadh.
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'Burqa ban' comes into force in Austria
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Vienna [Austria], October 2 (ANI): Muslim women in Austria were forced by the police to remove their facial coverings on Sunday, as an anti-burqa law came into effect.
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Austria bans burqas in public places
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Vienna [Austria], June 10 (ANI): Austria has adopted a law that bans wearing burqas in public places.
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Egypt drafts bill to ban burqa, Islamic veils in public places
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Cairo (Egypt), Apr. 10 (ANI): The Egyptian Parliament is drafting a law banning women from wearing the niqab veil.
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