Abhijeet Dipke, CJP leaders detained from aircraft ahead of protest against CEC
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·2d ago
Cockroach Janta Party leaders Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were detained from inside an aircraft by the police shortly after they arrived in Delhi on Saturday ahead of a protest by...
Wave of protests shows that Indian democracy’s greatest strength is its ‘million mutinies’
Scroll.inby Bhopinder Singh·2d ago
In 1990, when VS Naipaul published India: A Million Mutinies Now, he gave India a phrase that has acquired an almost prophetic resonance: “a country of a million little mutinies.” He was not...
‘The North East does not seem to matter beyond violence’: Journalist Hoihnu Hauz on her new book
Scroll.inby Neha Kirpal·2d ago
When violence broke out in Manipur in 2023, Hoihnu Hauzel was “in a state of disbelief”. Her home was burnt down and her family had to flee to a neighbouring state.
CEC protest updates: 45 metro stations shut, mobile internet suspended in central Delhi
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·2d ago
Several youth groups are expected to launch a protest at Jantar Mantar on Saturday to demand the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
Roadblocks to democracy: What’s really at stake when the state restricts transport services?
Scroll.inby Gaurav Mittal·2d ago
For decades, blocking transport has been among the most recognisable tactics of protest politics in India.
At Pune’s MPSC protest, angry young aspirants say they have been betrayed by the state
Scroll.inby Divya Aslesha·2d ago
As 23-year-old Sakshi Ejgar prepared hard in Pune for the prestigious Maharashtra Public Service Commission exams, she felt growing anger as she studied “good governance”, one of her main subjects.
In Silicon Valley, AI companies are poaching talent from tech giants
Scroll.inby Ananya Bhattacharya, Rest of World·2d ago
This article was originally published in Rest of World, which covers technology’s impact outside the West. Silicon Valley’s artificial intelligence talent wars are now playing out in Asia.
Rush Hour: SC bars blanket closure of metro ahead of CEC protests, Delhi becomes fortress and more
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·2d ago
The Supreme Court barred the authorities in Delhi from completely shutting down metro services on Saturday during a planned protest at Jantar Mantar against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh...
Meta blocks viral video in post alleging that BJP candidate in Bengal bye-poll ‘looted votes’
Scroll.inby Anant Gupta·2d ago
On Thursday night, Meta took down a viral video that purported to show Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Shankharav Sarkar going behind the screen of a polling booth where an electronic voting...
‘Does not advance shared ambitions’: MEA on US suspending IT firms from green card programme
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·2d ago
India on Friday said that the United States’ decision to suspend several information technology companies from the permanent labour certification programme goes against advancing the shared...
Fiction: A young girl continues working in an overheated silk factory despite endless exploitation
Scroll.inby Anita Agnihotri·2d ago
“Poobi! E…i Poobi!” Sheetli called her from the back, giggling. Poobi ran off, remnants of food still on her fingers. She was dressed in a floppy, faded gown, the one she was eating in.
Brij Bhushan Singh gets time to respond to plea against his acquittal in sexual harassment case
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·2d ago
A Delhi court on Friday granted former Wrestling Federation of India Chief Brij Bhushan Singh time to file his response to an appeal filed by four women wrestlers challenging his acquittal in a...
CEC protests updates: 57 metro stations to be shut, police warn residents against joining stir
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·3d ago
The Delhi Police has imposed restrictions, including orders prohibiting gatherings, curbs on travel to and within the city and warnings against joining the protest at Jantar Mantar on Saturday to...
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to South African jurist Navi Pillay for promoting international law
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·3d ago
The Nobel Peace Prize was on Friday awarded to South African jurist Navi Pillay for her efforts to promote peace and international law.
Bengal bye-polls: BJP leads in Nandigram, Rejinagar
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·3d ago
The Bharatiya Janata Party was leading in the Nandigram and Rejinagar Assembly bye-elections in West Bengal as counting of votes was underway on Friday.
‘Dragged out of train’: Pune students detained while on way to Delhi protest against Gyanesh Kumar
Scroll.inby Tabassum Barnagarwala·3d ago
On October 8, Shravani Bua, a student leader from Maharashtra, was travelling with 13 other students to Delhi on the Goa Express when the group was intercepted first at Bhusawal station in Jalgaon...
Delhi lockdown: Trains cancelled, police ask metro to shut 57 stations ahead of protests against CEC
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·3d ago
Travel to and within Delhi has been restricted ahead of Saturday’s protest at Jantar Mantar against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, with the Indian Railways cancelling trains arriving at...
For children: Dhiman looks for his journalist father who disappears during the 1971 liberation war
Scroll.inby Lesley D Biswas·3d ago
April 16, 1971 Dhiman was sitting beside Ma on the bed, munching on peanuts and picturing a monkey floating down a river on a log.
‘Reporting Live’ review: A solid thriller about crusading journalism
Scroll.inby Nandini Ramnath·3d ago
Television reporter Sandhya and cameraman Vinod might quarrel like siblings, but they are a well-matched team, chasing stories of land grabbing and corruption in high places for their network Azaad...
Rush Hour: Three FIRs against Rahul Gandhi, literature Nobel for Anne Carson and more
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·3d ago
At least three first information reports were filed against Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi for allegedly assaulting police personnel and obstructing them during the INDIA bloc’s protest against the...
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