US faith leaders say New York event organisers did not tell them about Mohan Bhagwat link
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·3 Sept 2026
Two religious leaders in the United States who appeared alongside Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat at an event in New York on Saturday said that the organisers had not told them that...
HC declines urgent relief to ‘Anandabazar Patrika’ journalists in ‘saffron hooliganism’ headline FIR
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·2 Sept 2026
The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday declined urgent relief to Anandabazar Patrika journalists against whom a first information report has been filed after the newspaper used the phrase “saffron...
VD Savarkar ‘never hated Muslims, wanted them to progress’, grandnephew tells court
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·2 Sept 2026
Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar “never hated Muslims”, rather “showed the way for their progress”, his grandnephew Satyaki Savarkar told a Pune court on Tuesday, reported Bar and Bench.
Mankind destroyed whatever was gifted as life: Tagore’s lament for the environment 87 years ago
Scroll.inby Utpal Chattopadhyay·2 Sept 2026
About a century ago, long before environmental degradation became the crisis of our times, Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore had sounded early warning bells about the destruction of forests.
Will Rahul Gandhi’s ‘smash the patriarchy’ call attract young, urban women to Congress?
Scroll.inby Divya Aslesha·2 Sept 2026
Vaishnavi Patil, 26, was supposed to share the stage with Rahul Gandhi at a Congress party event for women in Pune last month.
How a male Marathi theatre star defined the role of the perfect Hindu wife in the 20th century
Scroll.inby Radhika Raghav, The Conversation·1 Sept 2026
For much of the 20th century, the most admired wife in Marathi-speaking India was not a woman at all.
Rush Hour: Modi reiterates call for austerity, CJP cancels September 5 march and more
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·1 Sept 2026
The Cockroach Janta Party withdrew its call for a march in Delhi on September 5. This came after the Supreme Court ordered that all first information reports registered in the country in connection...
China, US and India should compensate Nepal for climate change, says Kathmandu days after floods
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·1 Sept 2026
China, the United States and India, the top industrial emitters of carbon dioxide, have a “historical responsibility to compensate” Nepal as it deals with the consequences of climate change, the...
Journalist who reported on Ram temple donation case claims police sought data on his online activity
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·1 Sept 2026
A journalist who reported on the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram temple in Ayodhya told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that the Ghaziabad Police was seeking information about his digital...
Mythological fiction: The story of the Kurus of Hastinapur begins with Satyavati’s mythical birth
Scroll.inby Christopher C Doyle·1 Sept 2026
3304 BCE Shuktimati, the Chedi kingdom The courtiers and ministers present in the room wore looks of disgust, some fanning the air in front of their faces, others trying to hold their breath in a...
Jet fuel prices for domestic airlines hiked by over 5%, commercial LPG rates up by Rs 10
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·1 Sept 2026
The jet fuel prices for domestic airlines were increased by Rs 6.2 per litre on Tuesday, a hike of more than 5%, NDTV Profit quoted unidentified sources at Indian Oil Corporation Limited as saying.
Rush Hour: 33% voters deleted from Delhi draft list, SC stays FIR against ‘Mohammed’ Deepak & more
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·31 Aug 2026
The names of 47.7 lakh voters in Delhi have been removed from the draft voter list as part of the special intensive revision of electoral rolls.
CRPF declined to share details of pellet gun use during youth protests under RTI, TMC leader says
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·31 Aug 2026
Trinamool Congress spokesperson Saket Gokhale said on Monday that the Central Reserve Police Force declined to share information about its ammunition log and details about the use of pellet guns...
Short fiction: A man boards a bus in sweltering heat and worries that the journey will kill him
Scroll.inby Chitra Gopalakrishnan·31 Aug 2026
The cacophonous calls of the female cuckoo, hidden somewhere in the vast outdoors, are maddening.
Supreme Court refuses to stop CJP’s September 5 march
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·31 Aug 2026
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to pass an urgent order restricting the march that the Cockroach Janta Party has planned in Delhi on September 5, Live Law reported.
‘Modi has made my life hell,’ says 15-year-old girl booked for remarks about PM during youth protest
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·31 Aug 2026
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has “turned my life into hell”, a 15-year-old girl has purportedly alleged in a video being widely shared on social media.
Delhi SIR: One in three voters removed from draft list
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·31 Aug 2026
The names of 47.7 lakh voters in Delhi were removed from the draft voter list as part of the special intensive revision of electoral rolls, The Indian Express reported.
SC stays FIR filed against ‘Mohammed’ Deepak for confronting Bajrang Dal
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·31 Aug 2026
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed a case against Dehradun gym owner Deepak Kumar, who had opposed the harassment of an elderly Muslim shopkeeper by alleged Bajrang Dal members in January, Live Law...
For children: Why the Siberian crane that used to spend every winter in Bharatpur stopped visiting
Scroll.inby Tara Gandhi·31 Aug 2026
Bharatpur! The name always makes birdwatchers like me most excited since this town in Rajasthan is famous for the Keoladeo Ghana National Park, where thousands of waterbirds congregate.
Bangladesh says it is holding ‘positive dialogue’ on joining Makkah defence pact
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·31 Aug 2026
Bangladesh State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humaiun Kobir on Sunday said that “positive dialogue” was underway regarding Dhaka joining the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement, reported Prothom Alo.
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