Photo of Jamui teen who was harassed posted from Bihar chief minister’s account, staffer booked
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·12d ago
The Bihar Police on Friday registered a first information report against a staffer at the chief minister’s office for posting the photos of a minor girl who was molested by a group of men in Jamui...
Chhattisgarh church notices ask non-Christians to ‘enter at own risk’ amid Hindutva backlash fears
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·13d ago
More than 10 churches in Chhattisgarh’s Dhamtari district have in the past month put up notices outside their premises asking non-Christians to enter at their own risk amid fears of backlash by...
Women wrestlers challenge Brij Bhushan’s acquittal, say ‘ideal victim’ standards applied
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·13d ago
Four women wrestlers have moved a Delhi court against the acquittal of former Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in a sexual harassment case, Live Law reported on Friday.
J&K: BJP protests Omar Abdullah’s statehood resolution
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·13d ago
Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday protested against a reference to a 2000 autonomy resolution made in a fresh one moved by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah seeking statehood...
Why didn’t the Supreme Court stop the SIR?
Scroll.inby Shoaib Daniyal·13d ago
Welcome to The India Fix by Shoaib Daniyal, a newsletter on Indian politics. As always, if you’ve been sent this newsletter and like it, to get it in your inbox every week, sign up here (click on...
‘Bakaiti’ season 2 review: New problems and volume control
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·13d ago
The Hindi show about idle chatter that leaves serious injuries has returned. In Bakaiti season 2 on Zee5, the cash-strapped Kataria family from Ghaziabad faces fresh obstacles while continuing to...
Delhi court allows US citizen, six Ukrainians held by NIA to visit families abroad for a month
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·13d ago
A Delhi court on Thursday permitted a United States citizen and six Ukrainians, who were arrested by the National Investigation Agency in March for allegedly having links to ethnic armed groups in...
Memoir of motherhood: A novelist (and mother of two) writes about the anxieties of raising daughters
Scroll.inby Diksha Basu·13d ago
On superstition Despite all these sunny joyous claims I now speak of, it was all also so difficult that in the early months of motherhood, I sometimes Googled non-life-threatening reasons to get...
‘Don’t Be Shy!’ review: Coming of age film mistakes Instagram philosophy for insight
Scroll.inby Udita Jhunjhunwala·13d ago
Prime Video’s new Hindi original film centres on Shyamili ‘Shy’ Das (Aarushi Bajaj), a college student who has her entire life mapped out.
Review: ‘Hunkkaar’ comes off as heavy-handed while trying to be hard-hitting
Scroll.inby Nandini Ramnath·13d ago
A 17-year-old girl walks into a police station with her parents and accuses an elderly man of rape.
‘Tujhya Aaila’ review: A bittersweet curio about a childhood game
Scroll.inby Nandini Ramnath·13d ago
Sujay Dahake’s Tujhya Aaila unfolds like a memory from childhood that did not make much sense back then but has lingered in the consciousness.
Wendell Berry spent his life farming, writing. His legacy is an ethic of care for the natural world
Scroll.inby Hannah Green, The Conversation·14d ago
The American farmer, novelist and poet Wendell Berry, died on August 31, aged 92. Berry farmed in Port Royal, in his native Kentucky, for over 40 years.
CEC Gyanesh Kumar should resign, turn approver, says Rahul Gandhi
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·14d ago
Rahul Gandhi, the leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, on Thursday said that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar should resign from his post and “turn approver”.
Folktale: Newlywed Jai becomes a goddess after her boat capsizes in Chilika Lake during a cyclone
Scroll.inby Monalisa Jena·14d ago
It was a warm afternoon, and the boat was sailing peacefully upon the silvery waters of the lake.
HC says ‘surprising’ that Congress Nandigram candidate arrested in sixth case while in custody
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·14d ago
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday said it was “surprising” that Congress’ Nandigram bye-election candidate was arrested in yet another criminal case dating back to 2007 while he was in custody...
How newspapers covered report about election commissioners’ objections to SIR decisions
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·14d ago
Many Indian newspapers on Thursday led their front pages with reports about The Indian Express’ investigation about two election commissioners having objected 14 times in 10 months to decisions...
Noida workers’ protest: SC revises order, revokes stay on quashing of activist’s NSA detention
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·14d ago
The Supreme Court on Thursday revised its ruling from a day earlier, which stayed an Allahabad High Court order quashing the National Security Act detention of a 25-year-old Delhi University...
YouTuber Ajeet Bharti denied anticipatory bail by HC for remarks about Bhim Army chief
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·14d ago
The Delhi High Court on Thursday denied anticipatory bail to YouTuber Ajeet Bharti in a case pertaining to his allegedly derogatory and casteist remarks about Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) MP...
Kargil War: When the 27 Rajput battalion climbed a perilous mountain peak to launch attacks
Scroll.inby Konsam Himalay Singh·14d ago
The mountain did not change after the first attempt. It stood as it had before, silent and watchful, offering no indication of what it would demand.
HC asks EC why it allotted symbol used by another party to rebel TMC faction
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·14d ago
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday questioned the Election Commission’s decision to allot the “envelope” poll symbol, earlier used by the Indian Secular Front, to the rebel faction of the...
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