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Abhijeet Dipke, CJP leaders detained from aircraft ahead...
Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were detained after the plane landed in Delhi.
CEC protest updates: CJP’s Abhijeet Dipke, hundreds of...
YouTuber Dhruv Rathee and other Cockroach Janta Party leaders were also detained.
Wave of protests shows that Indian democracy’s greatest...
Just as when VS Naipaul wrote those words, today’s upheavals will transform India.
October global nonfiction: Histories of the world from...
Gloria Steinem’s memoir, a history of slave trading in Britain, a love letter to...
CEC protest updates: 45 metro stations shut, mobile internet...
More than 240 trains have been cancelled as the authorities turn the national capital...
‘The North East does not seem to matter beyond violence’:...
Hauzel’s ‘Stories the Fire Could Not Burn’ is a personal account of the ethnic conflict...
In Silicon Valley, AI companies are poaching talent from...
Corporations like OpenAI and Anthropic are looking to build teams in countries like...
CEC protests updates: 24-hour mobile internet blackout...
The SC barred the authorities from imposing a complete closure of metro and rail...
True Story: Why Gyanesh Kumar’s exit may not end the rigging...
India’s election body has failed to check vote suppression in recent years.
JNU sacks professor, a Congress MP, over sexual harassment...
Angomcha Bimol Akoijam had denied the allegations, stating that they had been made...
‘Does not advance shared ambitions’: MEA on US suspending...
New Delhi said that United States Vice President JD Vance’s remarks, describing...
Assam woman found dead near railway tracks after complaining...
While the railway police said they suspect she fell from the running train, her...
CEC protests updates: 26,000 security personnel deployed,...
The SC barred the authorities from imposing a complete closure of metro and rail...
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to South African jurist Navi...
Pillay, who is of Indian-Tamil origin, showed that legal measures can help prevent...
CEC protests updates: 57 metro stations to be shut, police...
Around 26,000 Central Armed Police Forces personnel will be deployed in Delhi until...
‘Why are they stealing our votes?’: Bengaluru protest brings...
Hundreds of people attended the event in Freedom Park, which was addressed by leaders...
At least 10,000 detained across India ahead of October...
Several student groups and activists alleged that the police are detaining persons...
‘Eyes’ review: A clear-eyed look at a culture of stalking...
The seven-episode Malayalam series is out on Sony LIV.
Why does Hindutva hate Durga Puja being called the ‘autumn...
The India Fix: A newsletter on Indian politics from Scroll.in.
Delhi: Five killed in Seemapuri building collapse
The bodies were recovered a day after the incident took place on Wednesday.
‘Is Ambani real boss,’ asks Elon Musk after accusing ‘oligarchs’...
‘Welcome to India, Elon,’ Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said in response. ‘Wait till...
Opposition MPs protest at Raj Ghat on day 3 of stir demanding...
The demonstrations came after the police detained INDIA bloc leaders, including...
Rush Hour: Three FIRs against Rahul Gandhi, literature...
Become a Scroll member to get Rush Hour – a wrap of the day’s important stories...
Activist Umar Khalid wins international human rights defender...
His incarceration is evidence of India’s ‘expanding use of anti-terror laws against...
Is 2026 the beginning of the end of the Modi era?
When protests begin attracting large numbers of people who are willing to risk police...
US proposes $70,000 fee for foreign students seeking temporary...
More than 1.4 lakh Indians were participating in the optional practical training...
Stock market slides to 32-month low, investors lose Rs...
Foreign funds have sold securities worth $4.8 billion in nine days, taking the net...
EC online portal designed to centralise voter deletions...
Flaws in the Election Commission’s online platform set were flagged to the poll...
Tribute: Nana Patekar was a force of nature
His intensity was uncomfortable to watch at times. Even when he was quiet, there...
Delhi SIR: EC holds special camps for persons ‘left out’...
In the national capital, 47.7 lakh voters were removed from the draft voter list...
Three FIRs against Rahul Gandhi for ‘assaulting police’...
Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who also took part in the demonstration near Jantar...
Gauhati HC rejects woman’s citizenship plea, says ‘sympathy...
Interest of the country must be given ‘paramount consideration’, it held, while...
Elon Musk accuses ‘oligarchs’ of stalling Starlink’s launch...
His comments came hours after one of SpaceX’s executives said she hoped the satellite...
What questions and debates in Parliament say about India’s...
There was a focus on energy and forests but financial and institutional dimensions...
Three years since October 7, Gaza has faded from headlines....
If a less extreme government takes office after the polls on October 27, will the...
Rush Hour: Rahul Gandhi detained for third time in two...
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Rahul Gandhi detained at Jantar Mantar during day 2 of...
This was the third time in two days that the Congress leader had been removed from...
Delhi HC refuses to direct security personnel to wear body...
The court directed the Union government to decide on the appeal within six months.
Opposition MPs at Jantar Mantar for day 2 of protests demanding...
This came a day after 50 INDIA bloc legislators, including Rahul Gandhi, were detained...
SC to ‘take a call’ on recalling split verdict in pleas...
The application asked why Justice Sharma, who heard the case, had not disclosed...
Henri Kagan, Kenso Soai win chemistry Nobel for research...
Discoveries by them have been ‘decisive’ for developing pharmaceuticals, said the...
Ground report: Muslim voters stopped, Opposition arrested,...
In Rejinagar, Scroll found that the police were intimidating Muslim voters, detaining...
‘Any dissent termed anti-national’: Ex-bureaucrats urge...
The retired officers urged serving officials to follow the law even when doing so...
CEC Gyanesh Kumar postpones Chhattisgarh visit amid nationwide...
The two-day visit was rescheduled due to ‘unavoidable reasons’, the Chhattisgarh...
Kashmir-born filmmaker detained in the US by ICE two weeks...
For Arfat Sheikh, his detention in the US comes after a life shaped by his father’s...
RBI raises repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.5% amid rising...
This was the first hike in the lending rate in four years.
SIR: Hyderabad BJP booth agent booked for misusing Form...
The agent had allegedly submitted forms with voter details already printed on them,...
Bengal bye-poll rigged, say Muslim voters turned away from...
In Rejinagar, Scroll found that the police were intimidating Muslim voters, detaining...
'Police acting like BJP agent': Bengal bye-poll rigged,...
In Rejinagar, Scroll found that the police were intimidating Muslim voters, detaining...
How Netanyahu and Modi turn security failures into political...
Their strategy is to make citizens more afraid of the enemy than angry with the...
‘Police acting like BJP agent’: Bengal bye-election was...
In Rejinagar, Scroll found that the police were turning away Muslim voters from...
Godrej Literature Live! The Mumbai Litfest announces its...
The winners will be announced at a special ceremony in Mumbai on October 25.
Ethiopia is slipping into a war again that could expand...
The conflicts will intersect with the civil war in neighboring Sudan, causing a...
Bangladesh measles outbreak claims 900 lives – and serves...
Even a small dip in vaccination rates can leave pockets of unprotected children.
11 Indians injured in attack on ship in Strait of Hormuz
The targeting of commercial shipping, seafarers and civilian infrastructure in the...
Rahul Gandhi, Opposition MPs protest near EC office demanding...
The sit-in at Delhi’s Akashvani Bhawan began after he and other INDIA bloc legislators...
For children: Moyna’s happy world in the Sunderbans begins...
An excerpt from ‘Down by the Mangroves’, by Sheela and Praba.
Godrej Literature Live! The Mumbai Litfest announces longlists...
The winners will be announced at a special ceremony in Mumbai on October 25.
Delhi withholds additional charge for police officer accused...
The decision to give Vivek Bhagat the duty of additional deputy commissioner was...
Bengal SIR tribunal judges say EC portal delaying disposal...
They flagged that the system does not allow virtual hearings or for appellants to...
Maharashtra to cut water supply by 10% from October 16...
The new water strategy will be in force until August 31, 2027, said water resources...
Rahul Gandhi, MPs briefly detained as Opposition marches...
The march came as protests are being held across the country calling for Gyanesh...
Jeffrey Archer, British author and former politician, dies...
He had been forced to resign as London’s first elected mayor after being convicted...
The world order is ‘complicated’. Can Indian foreign policy...
New Delhi’s global posturing has always coexisted with a pragmatic practice closer...
Delhi withholds giving additional charge to police officer...
The decision to give Vivek Bhagat the duty of additional deputy commissioner was...
‘Are they above the Assembly?’ Why Jammu and Kashmir politicians...
Two senior officials wrote to the Speaker, urging him not to take up Omar Abdullah’s...
‘Sohla’ trailer: Marathi movie is about a rite of passage...
Saaikat Bagbaan’s film stars Pravin Dalimbkar, Devdatta Ghone, Varsha Malwadkar,...
How El Niño is causing droughts in parts of the world and...
It is a result of climactic conditions being shaped by the warming Pacific Ocean...
SIR: Telangana poll chief orders action against persons...
Allegations that some booth-level agents have been filing Form 7 applications in...
Rush Hour: SC says it did not approve Form 6 changes, medicine...
Become a Scroll member to get Rush Hour – a wrap of the day’s important stories...
SC asks Delhi Police to create fear that those committing...
‘If you have to be a little more harsh do not hesitate. There will be people who...
Ex-TMC MP Koel Mallick joins BJP, gets Rajya Sabha ticket
The actor-politician was among the four Trinamool Upper House MPs who quit the party...
SIR: Modified Form 6 not approved by Supreme Court, says...
The observation came after the Election Commission claimed that a declaration attached...