Hindustan Times News | 15th March 2022 | 6 PM

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The Karnataka high court ruled that hijab is not an essential part of Islam, Samajwadi Party - along with its allies - got 51 percent of the votes in the postal ballot, Rohit Sharma shed light on his all-round abilities and his impressive DRS calls and other top news in this bulletin.
In a landmark verdict, the Karnataka high court on Tuesday ruled that hijab is not an essential part of Islam, in a way underlining the state government’s restriction on the use of the headscarf by Muslim girls and women in educational institutions. The three-judge bench of chief justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, justice Krishna S Dixit and justice JM Khazi said that taking a holistic view of the entire matter, the bench has formulated a few questions and answered accordingly. Days after India accidentally fired a missile into Pakistan, defence minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said standard operating procedures (SOPs) for “operations, maintenance, and inspection” of such systems were being reviewed. In a statement in both Houses of Parliament on the March 9 incident that drew strong reaction from Pakistan, Singh said, “We attach the highest priority to safety and security of our weapon systems. If any shortcoming is found, the same would be immediately rectified.” Five days after Uttar Pradesh saw the BJP’s big win in the state assembly polls, former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav, the party’s key challenger, said that his Samajwadi Party – along with its allies – got “51 per cent of votes in the postal ballot”. “The SP alliance got 51.5% votes in the postal ballot and accordingly, the victory of the SP alliance in 304 seats is telling the truth of the election,” Yadav tweeted. Amazon has gone on the attack in its bitter dispute with two retail giants, accusing them of fraud in newspaper ads on Tuesday after Reliance Industries suddenly took over many of Future Retail stores. Amazon has been contesting the planned $3.4 billion sale of Future Group’s retail assets to Reliance, first announced in 2020, and the case is currently before the Supreme Court. Actor Kangana Ranaut has heaped praises on The Kashmir Files after watching the film, and claimed that the film has purged Bollywood of its ‘sins’. In a video, Kangana said that those in the film fraternity who are ‘hiding in holes like rats’ should step out and promote the film. Kangana also congratulated the team for making the  movie. The Kashmir Files, directed by Vivek Agnihotri, features actor Anupam Kher and actor-producer Pallavi Joshi. Cricket fans have witnessed a a mighty change in India’s 24-year-old youngster, in his approach towards batting, especially in red-ball cricket, but captain Rohit Sharma on Monday shed light on his all-round abilities and his impressive DRS calls which he felt were among the significant factors in his performance in the recently-concluded series against Sri Lanka where India won 2-0 following a 238-run win in the Bengaluru pink-ball Test.