SIR violates law, alleges ex-Modi minister; asks if CEC Gyanesh Kumar was directed by his bosses
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·9d ago
Former Union minister RK Singh on Monday alleged that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar “and his bosses” were violating the law through the manner in which they were conducting the special...
Unrest in Ujjain over mosque demolition: HC disposes Muslim side appeal, part of structure razed
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·10d ago
The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday disposed of a petition filed by a mosque committee in Ujjain challenging a notice issued by the municipal corporation to remove a portion of the Shahi Masjid...
Hardy crops are failing in drought-hit parts of Karnataka
Scroll.inby Shivam Bhardwaj, ISignal·10d ago
Shiva Shekhar, a 40-year-old farmer from Padavalapatna village in Mandya district’s Nagamangala taluk, could not sow ragi this kharif.
SC sets four-month deadline for EC to decide on Trinamool Congress name, symbol dispute
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·10d ago
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Election Commission to decide within four months which of the two Trinamool Congress factions is authorised to use the party’s name and the “flowers and...
Fiction: Brothers Cyrus and Rumi will carry their deep-rooted grudges from old Bombay to the new
Scroll.inby Kersi Khambatta·10d ago
“Disgusting behaviour,” were the first words Adi Kerman snarled thickly at 7 am when he read the headline of the Indian Express, Mumbai edition, Saturday, April 26, 1997: Businessman Shot Dead in...
SC refuses to stay fee on UPI payments above Rs 2,000
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·10d ago
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the Union government’s decision to allow fee to be levied on Unified Payments Interface transactions above Rs 2,000, Live Law reported.
Punjab Police register FIR over alleged rape after protests at Lovely Professional University
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·11d ago
A first information report has been filed against an unknown person on charges of rape after students of Lovely Professional University in Punjab’s Phagwara staged protests against the alleged...
‘Rat Race’ by Mamta Kalia: When the hamster-on-wheel corporate life turns into a battlefield
Scroll.inby Sneha Pathak·11d ago
Mamta Kalia’s novella Daud first came out in Hindi in the year 2000. Translated by Jerry Pinto as Rat Race, the book maintains its freshness and relevance two and a haf decades later.
Badrinath DJ concert is ‘direct assault on sanctity’ of shrine, says veteran BJP leader MM Joshi
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·11d ago
Veteran Bharatiya Janata Party leader Murli Manohar Joshi on Friday criticised the organisation of music and DJ events at the Badrinath Dham in Uttarakhand, saying such programmes violate cultural...
What are EVs worth five years on? Not much, shows China’s used car market
Scroll.inby Indranil Ghosh, Rest of World·11d ago
This article was originally published in Rest of World, which covers technology’s impact outside the West. China’s used car dealers have set an expiry date for electric cars.
FIRs filed against three Gujarat-based political parties for defrauding government of Rs 560 crore
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·11d ago
The Gujarat Police has registered cases against three Gujarat-based registered unrecognised political parties and persons linked to them, reported The Indian Express on Sunday.
Sunday book pick: The superb satire of Rajshekhar Basu aka Parashuram in ‘Selected Stories’
Scroll.inby Sayari Debnath·11d ago
Rajshekhar Basu (1880-1960) was a man of many talents. He was a scientist and an industrial executive and wrote under the pen name “Parashuram.” Basu was among the most illustrious humorists of...
‘Dance is my breathing, my survival, my everything’: Mohiniattam exponent Sunanda Nair
Scroll.inby Sunil Warrier·11d ago
For 62-year-old Sunanda Nair, the journey from the Mumbai suburb of Goregaon to the world stage was never mapped out as a career plan. But dance simply kept opening doors.
Gyanesh Kumar ‘used to recruit for BJP’, alleges Rahul Gandhi after ex-Keralam IAS officer’s claims
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·11d ago
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday alleged that before Gyanesh Kumar took charge as the chief election commissioner, he had been used to “recruit for” the Bharatiya Janata Party.
The bid to improve safety in public parks cannot involve keeping the public out
Scroll.inby Tanya Shrivastava·11d ago
On Monday, a 17-year-old was allegedly gang raped in a public park in Delhi by three men claiming to be from the police. Her 17-year-old male friend was beaten.
‘A child’s innocent echo’: Writer Mohsin Khan on his novel ‘Allah Miyan’s Workshop’
Scroll.inby Abdullah Khan·11d ago
Seen through the eyes of a young boy named Gibran and set in the Avadh region of Uttar Pradesh, Allah Miyan’s Workshop explores faith, poverty, loss, and a child’s sense of wonder.
One hundred years of Mahasweta Devi: Stories of subaltern heroes who live on in memory
Scroll.inby Amritesh Mukherjee·11d ago
Picture a classroom in rural India. The textbook chapter on the freedom struggle lists your regular names – Gandhi, Nehru, Bose, Patel – with familiar photographs.
Since BJP victory, Bengal’s Christians have faced at least 35 attacks, disruptions of prayer service
Scroll.inby Ankita Mahalanobish, AltNews·11d ago
In the hinterland of Bengal, mostly hidden from the attention of the mainstream media, Hindutva outfits are mounting a sustained assault against small Christian communities.
Instead of pushing hard at exercise, try ‘slow jogging’
Scroll.inby Stephen Garland, The Conversation·12d ago
Avid runners are often chasing speed. Whether that’s improving their 5K or shaving seconds off their marathon time to nail a personal best.
‘The Disappearers’: Marlon James’s new novel gives voice to the gay men Jamaica erased
Scroll.inby Alison Donnell, The Conversation·12d ago
Marlon James’s 2026 novel, The Disappearers, has already been hailed as the novel of the century by The New York Times, and it is certainly magnificent and explosive in equal measure.
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