Barred from exam for wearing hijab, alleges Jamia student
New Delhi, Dec 22: A student of Jamia Millia Islamia has alleged she was not allowed to appear for the UGC-NET exam on Thursday for wearing hijab.
Umaiyah Khan, an MBA student, claimed she was asked to take off her hijab when she reached the exam centre in Rohini.
"It clearly says in Constitution that we are free to follow any religion yet this chauvinistic government servants didn't let me appear in my NET JRF 20 dec 2018 exam because I was convincing them to let me cover my head and it's in my religion.#Shame_india @NCWIndio @sioindialpl," she wrote on Twitter .
Dr Amirul Hasan Ansari, honorary director and professor, Jamia Millia Islamia, claimed Khan was ready to be frisked by women security staff, but was not allowed to take the exam.
He said Khan has written to the UGC in this regard.
An official from the National Testing Agency, which conducts the exam, said, "There are official guidelines but religious sentiments should not be hurt."
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
