Dakshina Kannada, March 4 (TIWN) The controversy over wearing a hijab resurfaced in Karnataka's Dakshina Kannada district of Mangaluru on Friday.

The principals of the colleges have allowed the students to wear a cloth around their head and appear for exams in the college. The students have been told not to use pins over the cloth which resembles a hijab.  The girl students, who appeared for the exams with a piece of cloth around their head, were met with protests by a few students who asked the former to leave the examination hall.  This led to an argument between the two groups of students leading to a confrontation.  Later, the students started quarrelling at the entrance of the college. However, the police rushed to the spot and took control of the situation.  The principals of the colleges also held a peace meeting and the situation is under control now, according to the police.  The students have expressed their anger over the incident as the college was not affected with the hijab row until now, though it surfaced in other colleges.