Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil ends fast, gives Maharashtra 3 months to consider demands
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·21d ago
Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil on Thursday called off his hunger strike, but warned the Maharashtra government that he would launch a protest in Mumbai if his demands for reservations...
Schools told to light diyas for Modi’s birthday, BJP governments organise events
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·21d ago
At least 75 government schools in Delhi have been directed to light diyas, or earthen lamps, on their premises on Thursday to celebrate Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday, The Wire reported.
US House passes bill allowing 100% tariffs on India, other countries for buying Russian oil
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·21d ago
The United States House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a legislation allowing President Donald Trump to impose tariffs of up to 100% on India and other countries that purchase Russian oil...
When Delhi floods, the villages around it bear the brunt
Scroll.inby Vishal Narain·21d ago
As the monsoon approached the National Capital Region, residents had to negotiate familiar challenges of waterlogged roads, overflowing drains and urban flooding.
Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd writes about the teacher who urged him to study despite his Shudra status
Scroll.inby Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd·21d ago
One morning, school teacher Rajalingam came to my house when my mother was sprinkling buffalo and cow dung water around our house. He had on trousers, a bush shirt and rubber slippers on his feet.
A journalist exposing rape claims against Dera chief was killed. His son awaits justice 24 years on
Scroll.inby Safwat Zargar·22d ago
Anshul Chhatrapati grew up knowing his father was different. The name he inherited from him was itself a giveaway – Chhatrapati, a Sanskrit word for sovereign ruler, is most commonly associated...
Chhattisgarh: NIA court sentences 10 persons to life term for 2013 Jhiram Valley Maoist attack
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·22d ago
A National Investigation Agency court on Wednesday sentenced 10 persons to life imprisonment for their role in the 2013 Jhiram Valley Maoist attack that killed 29 persons, including senior Congress...
In Assam, eye testing at post offices is helping many see clearly again
Scroll.inby Murali Krishnan·22d ago
At a post office in Assam, Bandana Devi, has found herself doing a job that has little to do with letters, parcels or money.
Rush Hour: Pakistani, Indian naval ships collide, Congress asks Modi to roll back UPI charges & more
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·22d ago
The Ministry of External Affairs summoned the Pakistani charge d’affaires in Delhi to register a “strong protest” about the collision of a Pakistani naval vessel with an Indian Navy ship.
‘Have a spine’, roll back charges on UPI payments, Rahul Gandhi to Modi
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·22d ago
Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday demanded that the Union government roll back charges on Unified Payments Interface transaction, urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to “have a spine” and...
Readers’ comments: Ahmedabad was never a welcoming city
Scroll.inby Scroll·22d ago
I agree with the author’s strong criticism of the attacks on book readers in Ahmedabad, but would debate the headline “How Ahmedabad became an unwelcoming city”.
Youth protests: SC refuses to reconstitute panel probing police excesses
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·22d ago
The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to reconstitute an enquiry committee it has formed to investigate the alleged police excesses during the youth protests in July and violence against security...
Travel memoir: Assamese political activist Khairun Nessa Choudhury recalls her Hajj trip
Scroll.inby Teresa Rehman·22d ago
Nilufar Majumdar, a professional cake decorator, has treasured memories of her nani (grandmother), Khairun Nessa Choudhury.
Assam: Bulldozing homes of 73 Muslim families in Goalpara was unlawful, says HC
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·22d ago
The Goalpara district administration bulldozing of the homes of 73 Bengali Muslim families built on private agricultural land was unauthorised, the Gauhati High Court said.
India has no data on anaemic women for the first time in three decades
Scroll.inby Karan Babbar·22d ago
In the first instance since the National Family Health Surveys began in the 1990s, there is no estimate of the number of anaemic women and children in India in the latest round of the exercise.
A new book examines the emergence of women activists in colonial Andhra Pradesh
Scroll.inby Shaik Mahaboob Basha·22d ago
Social reform was not the exclusive preserve of men. With the spread of education and the resultant reform consciousness, women gradually developed an interest in social issues, particularly with...
Muslim man detained on suspicion of being undocumented Bangladeshi released from Bengal jail
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·23d ago
A Muslim man who had been detained on suspicion of being an undocumented Bangladeshi citizen and sent to a detention centre in June was released from jail on Tuesday, his cousin told Scroll.
In India, nicotine pouches are slipping through regulatory cracks
Scroll.inby Murali Neelakantan·23d ago
There’s a new menace in town, thanks to an “innovation” by Big Tobacco. A new study led by Indian Medical Research Council’s National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research has found that oral...
Rush Hour: Hindutva influencer gets bail, CBI books Arunachal activist in FCRA case and more
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·23d ago
Swatantra Bharadwaj, a Hindutva influencer who allegedly assaulted the father of a student activist during the Delhi youth protests, was granted three weeks of interim bail.
US judge blocks Trump’s new rules limiting visa duration for students, journalists
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·23d ago
A federal judge in the United States on Monday blocked the Donald Trump administration from implementing a new rule that would limit how long foreign students and journalists can remain in the US...
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