Why indie filmmakers are demanding screening fees – and turning down festivals if they aren’t paid
Scroll.inby Nandini Ramnath·25 Aug 2026
It’s always exhilarating in the beginning. Your blood-sweat-tears project is selected to be screened at a film festival in another city or a foreign country.
SC seeks response from 20 rebel TMC MPs in plea about delayed disqualification proceedings
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·25 Aug 2026
The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought responses from 20 rebel Trinamool Congress MPs on a plea by party leader Abhishek Banerjee challenging the delay by the Lok Sabha speaker in deciding the...
SC stays arrest of journalist who reported on alleged theft of Ram temple donations
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·25 Aug 2026
The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted protection from arrest to journalist Abhishek Upadhyay, who was among the first to report about the alleged theft of donations at the Ram temple in Ayodhya, in...
For children: A peepul tree in Lucknow’s Sikandar Bagh recounts the 1857 revolt
Scroll.inby Nandini Nayar·25 Aug 2026
The peepul of Sikandar Bagh! That is how the people of Lucknow know me. I am the tree that is the heart of the bagh, the centre around which it grew.
Bengal: TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee gets protection from coercive action in three FIRs
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·25 Aug 2026
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed that no coercive action be taken against Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee in three first information reports registered against him, Live Law...
Calcutta HC stays arrest warrant against TMC’s Mahua Moitra in provocative remarks case
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·25 Aug 2026
The Calcutta High Court on Monday stayed an arrest warrant issued against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra for failing to appear before a Krishnanagar court in a case about purportedly...
Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh released from prison for 17th time since rape conviction
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·25 Aug 2026
Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh walked out of jail on Tuesday after being granted a 21-day furlough, reported Hindustan Times.
A question of survival: Why Census 2027 must count Nomadic and Denotified Tribes separately
Scroll.inby Deepa Pawar·25 Aug 2026
Census 2027 is crucial to the Nomadic and Denotified Tribes whose existence, culture, livelihood and identities are deeply connected to the fundamental right of being counted.
US: Trump administration moves to impose over $100,000 fee on H-1B visas
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·25 Aug 2026
The United States on Monday proposed to impose a fee of over $100,000 on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers.
How public canteens in India are creating jobs, supporting women, and fostering democratic spaces
Scroll.inby Reetika Khera·25 Aug 2026
Canteens are under-researched not only in India, but elsewhere too. Therefore, in November-December 2023, we conducted The Canteen Survey 2023 in three states – Karnataka, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu.
The desperate wait of families of Indian men tricked into fighting Russia’s war
Scroll.inby Safwat Zargar·25 Aug 2026
From the frontlines of the Russia-Ukraine border, Manoj Singh Shekhawat sent a 21-second audio message to his family in Rajasthan on October 15.
Living and longer and living well are not the same thing. Here’s why ‘healthspan’ matters more
Scroll.inby Stuart Phillips, The Conversation·24 Aug 2026
I’ve spent more than three decades studying how exercise and diet keep us healthy. But one thing keeps showing up in the data: living longer and living well are not in sync.
Fiction: Joachim is in a rut in Mangalore, so he sets off for Bahrain. But life there is even harder
Scroll.inby Michelle D’costa·24 Aug 2026
Joachim remembers Crystal from time to time. He recently heard she eloped with a gangster, and no one has heard from her ever since.
Karnataka SIR: 19% voters removed from draft list
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·24 Aug 2026
The names of more than one crore persons were removed from the draft voter list of Karnataka published on Monday as part of the special intensive revision of electoral rolls, Moneycontrol reported.
Sohrabuddin Sheikh case: Brother moves Supreme Court against HC order acquitting 22
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·24 Aug 2026
Nayabuddin Sheikh, the brother of Sohrabuddin Sheikh, has moved the Supreme Court against the Bombay High Court’s decision to uphold the acquittal of 22 accused, including 21 police officers, in...
High Court summons Abhijit Iyer-Mitra, others in privacy suit by CJP’s Saurav Das
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·24 Aug 2026
The Delhi High Court on Monday summoned political commentator Abhijit Iyer-Mitra, media portals The Pamphlet, Law Beat and The Sunday Guardian, and social media account The Jaipur Dialogues in a...
No language should be politicised: Akhilesh Yadav on Marathi rule for auto, cab drivers
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·24 Aug 2026
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday criticised the Maharashtra government’s rule making Marathi mandatory for auto-rickshaw and cab drivers in the state, saying that no language should...
Delhi HC stays criminal defamation proceedings against Sudarshan TV, Suresh Chavhanke
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·24 Aug 2026
The Delhi High Court has stayed proceedings in a criminal defamation case filed against Sudarshan TV and its editor Suresh Chavhanke in connection with allegations that his channel had claimed that...
Kapil Dev, Gavaskar and 19 other ex-cricketers urge Pakistan to ensure medical care for Imran Khan
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·24 Aug 2026
Twenty-one former international cricket captains, including India’s Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev and Dilip Vengsarkar, on Sunday urged Pakistan to ensure that former Prime Minister Imran Khan is...
A new book suggests dressing consciously can be a practice in mindful living
Scroll.inby Manik Kaur·24 Aug 2026
Clothes are not just fabric. They are the first sentence of every story you tell about yourself, written before you have opened your mouth, before anyone has heard your name or understood your...
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