SC asks UP Police to explain notice sent to X seeking data on journalist’s account in road rage case
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·7 Sept 2026
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Ghaziabad police commissioner to file an affidavit explaining what information it had sought from social media platform X in connection with a road rage...
A new book on Indian laws demystifies the ‘right to privacy’ and examines how it has improved lives
Scroll.inby Priya Jain·7 Sept 2026
Justice Jasti Chelameswar focused on the distinction between “freedom from intrusion” and “freedom of decision”.
Singapore must never allow prejudice against any community: PM Lawrence Wong on anti-Indian abuse
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·7 Sept 2026
Singapore must never allow prejudice against any community to become normalised, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said on Sunday about online abuse targeting persons of Indian origin in the country.
Pune: Third protest in a week seeks ban on loudspeakers, DJs during religious festivals
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·7 Sept 2026
Thousands of Pune residents on Sunday held a march to the headquarters of the municipal corporation to demand a ban on high-decibel sound systems during religious festivals and stricter action...
Maharashtra: VHP calls for barring Muslims from garba events, demands Aadhaar checks
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·7 Sept 2026
The Vishva Hindu Parishad has called for a ban on Muslims from taking part in garba events in Maharashtra and set “guidelines” for the organisers to verify the identity of participants, India Today...
Madhya Pradesh: 11 dead in Sagar district after consuming spurious liquor
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·7 Sept 2026
Eleven persons died over two days due to spurious liquor poisoning in Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar district, PTI reported on Sunday.
As RSS chief Bhagwat’s UK plans are kept under wraps, protestors symbolically gather near Parliament
Scroll.inby Vaishnavi Manju Pal·7 Sept 2026
When Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat arrived in Britain on September 3 on the last leg of an international tour that had started in the US on August 25 and also taken him to Canada...
Start the week with a film: In ‘Unidentified’, lifting the veil off murder in a conservative society
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·7 Sept 2026
Cultural context is everything in Unidentified (2025). The film’s synopsis – a woman who is a fan of true crime shows gets obsessed with identifying a murdered Jane Doe – sounds garden variety.
Remembering ‘Got Japan’: This book dissects upper-caste life in Himalayan towns in colonised India
Scroll.inby Sanjay Joshi·7 Sept 2026
In 1906, a young Brahmin named Bholadutt Pande decided to travel to Japan and the United States to seek better educational opportunities than were available to him in British India.
Delhi building collapse: Toll rises to six, CM orders magisterial inquiry
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·7 Sept 2026
The toll due to the building collapse in Delhi’s Satya Niketan area has risen to six, with search and rescue operations continuing at the spot, ANI reported.
Long gaps between meals affect older people differently, shows study
Scroll.inby Adrián Carballo Casla, The Conversation·6 Sept 2026
Going for much of the day without eating is often promoted as a way to improve health or lose weight.
‘Kin’: Tayari Jones’s new novel is a story of and by women, and of their shared passions
Scroll.inby Hrishita Ghosh·6 Sept 2026
I found myself reading slowly through Tayari Jones’s new novel, Kin till the second half, where it opened up like a flower that had been tightly furled for too long.
In a surprising reversal of trends, world’s mangrove forests are expanding
Scroll.inby Catherine Lovelock, The Conversation·6 Sept 2026
Mangroves are perplexing plants. They breathe through their roots, appear to stand on stilts and grow best in hot, salty seawater drawn in and out by the tide.
Sunday book pick: ‘How We Disappeared’ honours the ‘comfort women’ of Japan-occupied Singapore
Scroll.inby Sayari Debnath·6 Sept 2026
“I arrived home, or where it used to be, and all that was left was a wreckage. Just ash and charred wood where our lives used to be.
Manipur SIR: Over 6% voters removed from final list
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·6 Sept 2026
Electoral registration officers in Manipur on Sunday published photo electoral rolls for all of the state’s 60 Assembly constituencies as part of the special intensive revision process.
Census 2027: Population count in four poll-found states advanced to December
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·6 Sept 2026
The Union government on Saturday advanced the population enumeration phase of the Census in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Goa – states where Assembly elections are due to be held between...
Ramachandra Guha: For 120 years, Indian students have fought to change politics and public life
Scroll.inby Ramachandra Guha·6 Sept 2026
In early July, as the students’ protests in Jantar Mantar were taking shape, the Trinamool Congress MP, Mahua Moitra, was one of the first politicians to show up in person and offer solidarity.
UP: ‘Illegal’ mosque demolished in Saharanpur, Opposition MP claims house arrest
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·5 Sept 2026
The authorities in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday demolished a mosque situated within the Saharanpur district magistrate’s office complex, The Times of India reported.
1,375 dead in Nepal-China flash flood, 275 Indians missing
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·5 Sept 2026
The toll in the flash flood and mudslide in Nepal and China, which occurred on August 26, rose to 1,375 on Saturday. Of these, 1,344 deaths were reported in Nepal.
September Indian nonfiction: Six new titles that revisit the past to question the present
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·5 Sept 2026
All information sourced from publishers. It Started with Words: The Epidemic of Hate Speech in New India, Harsh Mander Since 2014, hate speech in India has moved from the political fringe to the...
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