‘Deeply disturbing’: Media bodies on jailing of journalist Ravi Nair in Adani defamation case
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·14d ago
News associations on Wednesday expressed concern about the continued imprisonment of journalist Ravi Nair in a criminal defamation case filed by Adani Enterprises over a series of posts on X.
Before election commissioners flagged ‘centralisation’ of voter rolls, it was done in Bengal SIR
Scroll.inby Anant Gupta·14d ago
Vivek Joshi, one of India’s three election commissioners, raised an internal alarm in May about the “gradual centralisation” of voter lists, The Indian Express reported in its investigation about...
Rush Hour: Report on dissent in EC sparks row, Gujarat court declines to release Ravi Nair & more
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·15d ago
The Opposition accused Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of ruling “like a dictator”. They were responding to a report by The Indian Express said that the two other election commissioners...
Journalist Sudhir Chaudhary tells HC he has removed posts calling CJP volunteer ‘anti-national’
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·15d ago
Journalist Sudhir Chaudhary on Tuesday told the Delhi High Court that he had removed all his social media posts that misidentified a volunteer of the Cockroach Janta Party as the person who had...
SC refers pleas challenging election commissioner appointment Act to larger bench
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·15d ago
The Supreme Court on Wednesday referred the petitions challenging the constitutionality of a 2023 law that governs the appointment of members of the Election Commission to a larger bench, reported...
Gujarat HC refuses to release journalist Ravi Nair from custody in Adani defamation case
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·15d ago
The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday refused to grant interim relief to journalist Ravi Nair, who was seeking release from judicial custody in a criminal defamation case filed by Adani Enterprises...
SIR explained: What has happened since the voter list revision began
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·15d ago
Since it began in June 2025, the special intensive revision of electoral rolls has faced questions over the manner and pace of its implementation, amid concerns that the exercise could deny genuine...
This book traces the restoration and transformation of Delhi’s Sunder Nursery and its surroundings
Scroll.inby Geeta Wahi Dua·15d ago
The green space of New York is designed on an altogether different scale and enclosure. The permanent visibility of the city, its vibrancy of size and height, is forever present in Manhattan’s many...
Two election commissioners objected 14 times to SIR-related decisions: ‘Indian Express’ report
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·15d ago
Two of the three Election Commissioners have formally objected at least 14 times in the last 10 months to decisions and orders, pertaining to the special intensive revision of voter rolls, that...
‘Illegal, arbitrary’: Why experts say detention regime in Bengal has fewer safeguards than Assam
Scroll.inby Rokibuz Zaman·15d ago
Asarul Sheikh was returning from Kerala in the last week of August when he was stopped by the police from a railway station close to his home in Bengal’s Murshidabad district.
Delhi: 17-year-old gang raped in park allegedly by three men posing as police personnel
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·15d ago
A 17-year-old girl was gang raped allegedly by three men who posed as police personnel at a park near Kalkaji temple in southeast Delhi on Monday night, The Hindu reported.
Bihar minor harassment case: Main accused shot in leg ‘while fleeing’, arrested
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·16d ago
The main accused in the harassment and assault of a minor girl and her male friend in Bihar’s Jamui district was arrested after being shot in the leg during an alleged gunfight with the police, The...
Delhi SIR notices seem ‘machine-generated’, clarity needed on ‘logical discrepancies’, says SC
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·16d ago
The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice on a plea raising questions about the manner in which the special intensive revision of electoral rolls was being carried out in Delhi, Bar and Bench...
For children: Sarayu’s family and neighbours have strong opinions about her skin colour
Scroll.inby Lakshmi Iyer·16d ago
“Beta, you’re here!” Neha mami enveloped Sarayu in a warm hug the moment she stepped out of the car. Mami smelled of sandalwood, even at that early hour. Sarayu stepped into the house in a daze.
Odisha SIR: Over 17 lakh names deleted from final voter list
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·16d ago
The names of more than 17.6 lakh persons were deleted from Odisha’s final voter list published on Monday following the special intensive revision of electoral rolls, The Hindu quoted the state...
Ex-judge quits Maharashtra UCC panel, cites involvement of official from outside the state
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·16d ago
Former High Court Justice RC Chavan has resigned from a committee set up by the Maharashtra government to prepare a draft for implementing the Uniform Civil Code, PTI reported on Tuesday.
A new book examines how socially entrenched food biases in India can endanger health
Scroll.inby Sylvia Karpagam·16d ago
The fact that entrenched vegetarianism distances itself not just from meat, but also the meat-eater in physical as well as social ways, is largely ignored.
Journalist Ravi Nair to remain in jail as Gujarat HC gives Adani more time to respond to his plea
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·16d ago
The Gujarat High Court on Monday adjourned journalist Ravi Nair’s petition seeking release from judicial custody in a criminal defamation case filed by Adani Enterprises Limited about a series of...
Who is Durga’s mother? Assam elephant’s transfer to TN temple raises troubling legal questions
Scroll.inby Alok Hisarwala·16d ago
India gives elephants its highest level of wildlife protection and reveres them culturally and religiously.
Rush Hour: IIT-Bombay removes professor as dean, forgery case against Sonia Gandhi revived and more
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·17d ago
The Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay suspended a professor from his position as dean after he was accused of subjecting a student to caste-based discrimination.
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