Instead of chasing GDP growth, India must redesign its broken ladder of upward mobility
Scroll.inby Arun Maira·9 Sept 2026
India’s leaders must find systemic solutions to the country’s employment problems. The economy is not creating enough good jobs for young people, even if more were to pursue higher education and...
SIR: Raghav Chadha’s name added to Delhi draft voter roll, AAP alleges ‘illegal’ entry
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·9 Sept 2026
Days after Bharatiya Janata Party leader Raghav Chadha claimed that his name was deleted from the draft voter list prepared during the special intensive revision of electoral rolls in Punjab, the...
Memoir: Writer Ranbir Sidhu charts the shame and violence of spaces where his parents lived and died
Scroll.inby Ranbir Sidhu·9 Sept 2026
They are married on a cold September day in 1963 in London. My father arrived a year or two earlier from Kenya, which he left in the months during the run-up to Kenyan independence – the second...
Congress seeks FIR against Dhirendra Shastri for asking Hindus to avoid non-veg during Durga Puja
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·8 Sept 2026
The Congress’ West Bengal unit on Tuesday filed police complaints against Dhirendra Shastri, the head of the Bageshwar Dham temple, after he asked Hindus in the state to avoid eating non-vegetarian...
Can you teach yourself to detect AI writing? Maybe
Scroll.inby Celeste Rodriguez, The Conversation·8 Sept 2026
AI is quietly reshaping writing. It’s not just that prose is changing – the very structure of written language is genuinely changing too. It’s not just a new technology. It’s not a fad.
In arid Bundelkhand, farm ponds falter as monsoon dries up
Scroll.inby Shivam Bhardwaj·8 Sept 2026
“Very low rain this year; only one rain in this season till now,” said 35-year-old farmer Vipin Kumar Yadav from Manipur village in Mahua block of Uttar Pradesh’s Banda district, this July, as the...
‘Degrading demand’: French leaders on removal of Eiffel Tower women staffers for Hindu group’s visit
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·8 Sept 2026
French politicians across the spectrum on Tuesday said that the country’s values about gender equality were not negotiable, soon after women staffers at the Eiffel Tower were removed from their...
Gujarat High Court rejects Asaram’s temporary bail plea in 2013 rape case
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·8 Sept 2026
The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday rejected a plea by religious leader Asumal Harpalani, also known as Asaram Bapu, seeking 20 days of temporary bail in a 2013 rape case, Live Law reported.
Can NSA be invoked based on confession in police custody, SC asks UP in Sambhal violence case
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·8 Sept 2026
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Uttar Pradesh government whether detentions under the National Security Act can be made based on a confession made by an accused person while they are in...
‘Enough is enough’: Calcutta HC says it may bar more FIRs against Abhishek Banerjee
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·8 Sept 2026
The Calcutta High Court on Monday said that it may pass an order barring the registration of more first information reports against Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee without its...
CJI asks Aravallis panel if it is waiting for him to retire; SC declines six-month extension
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·8 Sept 2026
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to give a six-month extension to a committee it had constituted to submit a report on defining the Aravallis, The Indian Express reported.
How India and China managed the Kailash-Manasarovar pilgrimage in the 1950s
Scroll.inby Ajay Kamalakaran·8 Sept 2026
Two years after the Chinese army returned to Tibet in 1950, reports in the Indian media triggered alarm in parts of the country.
Interview: Are data centres really ‘development’ for India?
Scroll.inby Ananya Bhattacharya, Rest of World·7 Sept 2026
This article was originally published in Rest of World, which covers technology’s impact outside the West.
Monsoon Session not closed as Amit Shah ‘scrambling’ to pass delimitation bill, claims Congress
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·7 Sept 2026
The Congress on Monday claimed that the Monsoon Session of Parliament had not been formally closed despite 25 days having passed since its adjournment because the Union government was “scrambling...
Rush Hour: Delhi building collapse toll rises to 7, court summons journalist Sudhir Chaudhary & more
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·7 Sept 2026
The toll in the building collapse in Delhi’s Satya Niketan area rose to seven, even as search and rescue operations continued.
Dhirendra Shastri’s call for Hindus to avoid ‘dirty’ non-veg food during Durga Puja sparks row
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·7 Sept 2026
A row has erupted in West Bengal after Dhirendra Shastri, the head of the Bageshwar Dham temple, on Sunday said that Hindus must avoid eating non-vegetarian food during the Durga Puja festival and...
In a first, Gauhati HC asks Assam government to pay Rs 2 lakh to woman pushed into Bangladesh
Scroll.inby Rokibuz Zaman·7 Sept 2026
The Gauhati High Court has directed the Assam government to pay Rs 2 lakh as compensation to a Bengali-origin Muslim woman for expelling her to Bangladesh.
‘The Grave Exhumers and Other Stories’: A close-up of Muslim lives outside Kolkata’s urban premises
Scroll.inby Rhea Gangavkar·6 Sept 2026
The stories in The Grave Exhumers and Other Stories by Lutfor Rahaman were written when he was 21 years old.
Chhattisgarh: NIA court convicts 10 persons in 2013 Jhiram Valley Maoist attack
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·6 Sept 2026
A National Investigation Agency court on Saturday convicted 10 persons accused in the 2013 Jhiram Valley Maoist attack that killed 29 persons, including senior Congress leaders, reported The Indian...
Dolly Parton and Gloria Steinem: Two ways to fight for women’s freedoms
Scroll.inby Jael Silliman·6 Sept 2026
Two legends passed away in this past month – Dolly Parton and Gloria Steinem. While each has a distinct and vastly different persona, I see them both as pioneers of women’s rights and freedoms.
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