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The pure feast of colour that is Kamal Amrohi’s ‘Pakeezah’

The pure feast of colour that is Kamal Amrohi’s ‘Pakeezah’

The interweave of emotion and colour stands out in a restoration carried out by...

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‘SC will not do anything’: Why lawyers are disillusioned by court silence on Delhi police excesses

‘SC will not do anything’: Why lawyers are disillusioned...

Lawyers pointed out that the Supreme Court has not passed any significant order...

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Delhi police officer alleges caste discrimination by journalist who accused him of sexual assault

Delhi police officer alleges caste discrimination by journalist...

A first information report has been registered against the journalist.

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Pakistan and Turkey will send help to Saudi Arabia but are unlikely to fight Houthi rebels

Pakistan and Turkey will send help to Saudi Arabia but...

Under the Mecca pact, Islamabad has committed only to the defence of holy cities...

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SC says won’t accept ‘lame excuses’ from EC for claiming it lost Karnataka vote count videos

SC says won’t accept ‘lame excuses’ from EC for claiming...

‘Your whole purpose is to hold an election, and you need to have a document,’ said...

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Delhi metro was ‘operational’ on October 10, people stayed away due to CEC protests, SC told

Delhi metro was ‘operational’ on October 10, people stayed...

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation said that nearly 32 lakh passengers travelled in...

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Centre to sell 60.7% stake in IDBI Bank to Canadian firm for Rs 52,000 crore

Centre to sell 60.7% stake in IDBI Bank to Canadian firm...

The divestment would bring the ‘largest foreign direct investment so far’, said...

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Sheikh Hasina says Bangladesh PM’s decision to skip BRICS Summit was ‘immature’: Report

Sheikh Hasina says Bangladesh PM’s decision to skip BRICS...

The former Bangladesh prime minister said it was ‘deeply unfortunate’ if her presence...

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Saudi Arabia overturns death sentence of Sri Lankan worker over alleged blasphemous comment

Saudi Arabia overturns death sentence of Sri Lankan worker...

Anojan Sivarasa, 27, was convicted in September for an allegedly derogatory comment...

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Madhya Pradesh: 80 newborn deaths in six months at Seoni hospital, BJP MLA seeks probe

Madhya Pradesh: 80 newborn deaths in six months at Seoni...

MLA Dinesh Rai Munmun alleged doctors were absent at night and nurses were not trained...

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Ramachandra Guha: 70 years ago, Ambedkar’s conversion to Buddhism struck a blow against caste system

Ramachandra Guha: 70 years ago, Ambedkar’s conversion to...

However, he died a mere seven weeks later, leaving unwritten the books he had planned...

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Bihar: 13 minors dead as boat capsizes in Raghopur

Bihar: 13 minors dead as boat capsizes in Raghopur

The administration said that boat operations at night were restricted and that the...

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Rahul Gandhi ‘spreading lies’ about SIR to cover Congress poll defeats: Amit Shah amid CEC protests

Rahul Gandhi ‘spreading lies’ about SIR to cover Congress...

The Congress accused the home minister of using ‘bombast, bluff and bluster’.

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CJP’s Ashutosh Ranka, Saurav Das arrested for trespassing at Jantar Mantar

CJP’s Ashutosh Ranka, Saurav Das arrested for trespassing...

The leaders, who are also accused of violating a bond and obstructing a public servant...

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By rewriting textbooks, India is weakening spirit of enquiry mandated by the Constitution

By rewriting textbooks, India is weakening spirit of enquiry...

As Indian students are forced to view medieval history through a polarised lens,...

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How Adani profited from government coal import order that raised electricity prices across India

How Adani profited from government coal import order that...

Coal imports mandated by power ministry in 2022 delivered a bonanza to the Adani...

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Why relocating wild animals is rife with complications

Why relocating wild animals is rife with complications

The social dimensions of moving wildlife were considered much less consistently...

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Bombay HC says it will not permit ‘illegal detentions’ amid protests against CEC Gyanesh Kumar

Bombay HC says it will not permit ‘illegal detentions’...

Around 600 persons were detained on Saturday and another 300 on Sunday, a petition...

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Why Anne Carson has won the Nobel Prize for Literature: For her bold, inventive, breathtaking work

Why Anne Carson has won the Nobel Prize for Literature:...

The distance between classical literature and contemporary life shrinks thoroughly...

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The economy is made of people: Lessons from the Economics Nobel for India

The economy is made of people: Lessons from the Economics...

Macroeconomic outcomes cannot be fully understood without examining the individual...

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China says India naming locations in Ladakh ‘illegal, invalid’

China says India naming locations in Ladakh ‘illegal, invalid’

New Delhi stated that ‘no amount of denial by the Chinese side can change’ that...

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Rush Hour: CJP leaders held for ‘sneaking’ into Jantar Mantar, 2 FIRs over INDIA bloc march and more

Rush Hour: CJP leaders held for ‘sneaking’ into Jantar...

Become a Scroll member to get Rush Hour – a wrap of the day’s important stories...

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Punjab SIR: Over 13 lakh names deleted

Punjab SIR: Over 13 lakh names deleted

After the final list was published, the AAP and Opposition parties praised Mitra...

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Two FIRs registered after Opposition march demanding CEC Gyanesh Kumar resignation

Two FIRs registered after Opposition march demanding CEC...

It is not clear how many persons have been named in the case or the charges invoked.

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Centre postpones rollout of UPI payments fee above Rs 2,000 to after Diwali

Centre postpones rollout of UPI payments fee above Rs 2,000...

While the charges were scheduled to take effect on October 15, the NPCI said its...

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CJP’s Ashutosh Ranka, Saurav Das detained after ‘sneaking’ into Jantar Mantar

CJP’s Ashutosh Ranka, Saurav Das detained after ‘sneaking’...

The incident took place after the area was removed from the list of designated protest...

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SC stays trial in defamation case against Rahul Gandhi for ‘choron ke sardar’ remark about PM Modi

SC stays trial in defamation case against Rahul Gandhi...

The court issued notices to the Maharashtra government and the complainant seeking...

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CJP’s Ashutosh Ranka, Saurav Das detained after ‘sneaking’ into Jantar Mantar, says Abhijeet Dipke

CJP’s Ashutosh Ranka, Saurav Das detained after ‘sneaking’...

The incident took place after the area was removed from the list of designated protest...

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Punjab SIR: Over 13 lakh names deleted from final voter list

Punjab SIR: Over 13 lakh names deleted from final voter...

The number of electors in the state reduced to about 2.01 crore from 2.14 crore...

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CJP’s Ashutosh Ranka, Saurav Das detained in Delhi, says Abhijeet Dipke

CJP’s Ashutosh Ranka, Saurav Das detained in Delhi, says...

They were detained after they ‘sneaked into’ Jantar Mantar, the campaign’s founder...

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Rahul Gandhi, INDIA bloc leaders move SC against EC, seek audit of SIR deletions

Rahul Gandhi, INDIA bloc leaders move SC against EC, seek...

The petition was filed after the Opposition’s request for a meeting with Chief Justice...

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Why weight lost by restricting calories doesn’t often stay off

Why weight lost by restricting calories doesn’t often stay...

For many, the feeling of constant hunger is the main reason they don’t continue...

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Can smallpox return from 500-year-old virus fragments?

Can smallpox return from 500-year-old virus fragments?

The variola virus material found in Chile consists only of damaged genetic fragments...

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CEC protest updates: Opposition moves SC against SIR, Jantar Mantar denotified as protest site

CEC protest updates: Opposition moves SC against SIR, Jantar...

Six metro stations in central Delhi were closed ahead of the demonstrations on Monday.

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After Jantar Mantar denotified as protest site, Congress says ‘panic has gripped Modi-Shah’

After Jantar Mantar denotified as protest site, Congress...

Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke said that the government did not have...

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Rush Hour: Jantar Mantar denotified as protest site, SC clarifies stance on Form 6 and more

Rush Hour: Jantar Mantar denotified as protest site, SC...

Become a Scroll member to get Rush Hour – a wrap of the day’s important stories...

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‘Private parts kicked, phones taken away’: Detained Delhi protestors allege assault in police vans

‘Private parts kicked, phones taken away’: Detained Delhi...

They were picked up in Central Delhi, driven around the city and left at a community...

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Nobel economics prize awarded to Robert Hall, Michael Woodford for stabilisation models

Nobel economics prize awarded to Robert Hall, Michael Woodford...

Their models have ‘significantly improved our ability to implement’ effective economic...

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CEC protest updates: Opposition marches to Supreme Court, Jantar Mantar denotified as protest site

CEC protest updates: Opposition marches to Supreme Court,...

Six metro stations in central Delhi were closed ahead of the demonstrations on Monday.

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CEC protest updates: Jantar Mantar is no longer a protest site

CEC protest updates: Jantar Mantar is no longer a protest...

Six metro stations in central Delhi were closed ahead of the demonstrations on Monday.

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Jantar Mantar removed as protest site

Jantar Mantar removed as protest site

The police designated three alternative venues for the demonstration.

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CEC protests: At least 11 journalists detained while covering demonstrations in Delhi

CEC protests: At least 11 journalists detained while covering...

Global media watchdog Reporters Without Borders said that the police action against...

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Jantar Mantar removed from list of protest sites

Jantar Mantar removed from list of protest sites

It was de-notified as a venue for demonstrations based on recommendations made by...

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CEC protest updates: Opposition march to SC today, CJI declines meeting

CEC protest updates: Opposition march to SC today, CJI...

Six metro stations in central Delhi were closed ahead of the demonstrations on Monday.

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Indian killed in Riyadh airport attack

Indian killed in Riyadh airport attack

Separately, two Indian seafarers were missing after a drone strike on a commercial...

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‘Angh’: How a film from Nagaland hopes to crack the Oscars – without being India’s official pick

‘Angh’: How a film from Nagaland hopes to crack the Oscars...

Director Theja Rio, producer Nancy Nisa Beso and sales agent Gaurav Dhingra tell...

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Infections are causing cancer, finds new research

Infections are causing cancer, finds new research

Just five pathogens, including HPV, were found to be the main causes.

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CEC protests: In Maharashtra and Goa, demonstrators detained, barred from assembling

CEC protests: In Maharashtra and Goa, demonstrators detained,...

Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leaders who were protesting outside the party...

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CEC protests: At least 10 journalists detained while covering demonstrations in Delhi

CEC protests: At least 10 journalists detained while covering...

Reporters from ‘Indian Express Hindi’, ‘Hindustan Times’, ‘Peek TV’, Reporter TV,...

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Maharashtra’s recognition of women farmers will break gender barriers

Maharashtra’s recognition of women farmers will break gender...

Women Farmers Certificates will recognise women engaged in agriculture or allied...

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CEC protests: At least nine journalists detained while covering demonstrations in Delhi

CEC protests: At least nine journalists detained while...

Reporters from ‘Indian Express Hindi’, ‘Hindustan Times’, ‘Peek TV’, Reporter TV,...

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PM Modi, Amit Shah at ‘war with citizens’ to protect Gyanesh Kumar, says CJP

PM Modi, Amit Shah at ‘war with citizens’ to protect Gyanesh...

The Cockroach Janta Party urged the youth across India to continue protests in their...

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CEC protest updates: Neha Bora detained in Delhi, demonstrators stopped from assembling in Mumbai

CEC protest updates: Neha Bora detained in Delhi, demonstrators...

The Supreme Court passed an interim order directing that people peacefully assembling...

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CEC protest updates: AISA’s Neha Bora detained, MP John Brittas allegedly assaulted by police

CEC protest updates: AISA’s Neha Bora detained, MP John...

The Supreme Court passed an interim order directing that people peacefully assembling...

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‘Beyond Our Births’: A debut novel questions the validity of a person’s identity markers

‘Beyond Our Births’: A debut novel questions the validity...

Antara Mukherjee’s novel is a meditation on love – of its undefined, inexplicable...

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CEC protest updates: Supreme Court bars ‘illegal’ detentions even as Left leaders, CJP members held

CEC protest updates: Supreme Court bars ‘illegal’ detentions...

A Delhi court also ordered the release of Cockroach Janta Party leaders Abhijeet...

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SC interim order bars ‘illegal’ detentions, directs normal metro, rail services amid CEC protests

SC interim order bars ‘illegal’ detentions, directs normal...

The court said it had taken note of the alleged violations of its Friday order that...

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Court orders release of CJP leaders Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka

Court orders release of CJP leaders Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav...

They were detained from inside an aircraft after it landed in Delhi on Saturday,...

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How Modi put Delhi under siege to protect Gyanesh Kumar

How Modi put Delhi under siege to protect Gyanesh Kumar

Protesters played a cat-and-mouse game with the police all day even as thousands...

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‘A focus on literature that is part of everyday life’: Onaiza Drabu on editing a Kashmiri anthology

‘A focus on literature that is part of everyday life’:...

An interview with the editor of ‘The Big Book of Kashmiri Literature’.

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How TV channels covered the protests as ‘anarchy’ and ignored the detentions of journalists

How TV channels covered the protests as ‘anarchy’ and ignored...

The police allowed mainstream television channels to broadcast from Central Delhi...

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‘Citizens being silenced’: What ordinary Indians think of the crackdown on the Delhi protests

‘Citizens being silenced’: What ordinary Indians think...

They questioned the harsh response of the police against peaceful protestors in...

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‘Magazine’ trailer: A young man tries his hand at farming in his village

‘Magazine’ trailer: A young man tries his hand at farming...

Shubham Shevade’s Marathi film stars Raghav Vartak, Nilesh Mane, Vedika Kulkarni,...

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Lessons for the 21st century from Mary Shelley’s 1826 novel ‘The Last Man’

Lessons for the 21st century from Mary Shelley’s 1826 novel...

Set in the late 21st century, the novel is about a lethal contagion spread by human...

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Manipur: Nine killed within 24 hours in three districts

Manipur: Nine killed within 24 hours in three districts

Violence began after a 42-year-old woman was shot near her neck in the Kuki-dominated...

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‘Allah Miyan’s Workshop’: Explorations of faith and prejudice in a boy’s coming-of-age story

‘Allah Miyan’s Workshop’: Explorations of faith and prejudice...

Mohsin Khan’s novel has been translated from the Urdu by Maaz Bin Bilal.

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CEC protest updates: Former CMs, AISA’s Neha Bora, ‘Scroll’ journalists among thousands detained

CEC protest updates: Former CMs, AISA’s Neha Bora, ‘Scroll’...

CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke, its convenors Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das, and YouTuber...

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Scroll’s Ayush Tiwari, Shoaib Daniyal detained in Delhi, Divya Aslesha in Pune during CEC protests

Scroll’s Ayush Tiwari, Shoaib Daniyal detained in Delhi,...

Journalists from ‘Newslaundry’, ‘Navbharat Times’, ‘The Quint’, Reuters and Reporter...

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‘I screamed and screamed that I am a reporter’: Scroll’s Divya Aslesha detained by Pune Police

‘I screamed and screamed that I am a reporter’: Scroll’s...

She was covering a protest led by Left activists in Pune’s Shaniwar Wada area.

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CEC protest updates: CJP leaders, AISA’s Neha Bora, Scroll journalists among thousands detained

CEC protest updates: CJP leaders, AISA’s Neha Bora, Scroll...

Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke, convenors Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav...

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‘Everybody claims to be a journalist these days’: Delhi Police detain Scroll’s Ayush Tiwari

‘Everybody claims to be a journalist these days’: Delhi...

He was among the hundreds of people detained in and around Delhi on Saturday.

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CEC protest updates: CJP’s Abhijeet Dipke, ex-Kerala CM, Scroll journalists among hundreds detained

CEC protest updates: CJP’s Abhijeet Dipke, ex-Kerala CM,...

YouTuber Dhruv Rathee and several Cockroach Janta Party leaders were also detained.

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‘Grief Burns Like Fever’: This novel is a flashback of depravity during the surreal pandemic years

‘Grief Burns Like Fever’: This novel is a flashback of...

Minakshi Thakur’s book spans every economic stratum of our society and how each...

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Roadblocks to democracy: What’s really at stake when the state restricts transport services?

Roadblocks to democracy: What’s really at stake when the...

The curbs announced ahead of Saturday’s protest in Delhi show how curtailing movement...

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Scroll’s Ayush Tiwari detained while covering protest against CEC

Scroll’s Ayush Tiwari detained while covering protest against...

The Scroll reporter was not at the Jantar Mantar protest site and had prominently...

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