Bengal passes bill allowing staff transfers between state universities
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·11 Sept 2026
The West Bengal Assembly on Thursday passed a bill allowing the state government to transfer teaching and non-teaching staff from one state-run university to another, The Indian Express reported.
After pushback, Mira Road school scraps ‘no onion, garlic’ circular to students for Jain festival
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·11 Sept 2026
Following pushback from parties across the political spectrum, a school in Maharashtra’s Mira Road managed by the family of Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Narendra Mehta withdrew a circular asking...
Bengal: Congress leader arrested for burning Dhirendra Shastri effigy, says party
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·11 Sept 2026
The West Bengal Congress on Friday said that its leader Atanu Das has been arrested for holding a peaceful protest and burning the effigy of religious leader Dhirendra Shastri.
From the memoir-travelogue: Manav Kaul writes about meeting an enchanting stranger at a London cafe
Scroll.inby Manav Kaul·11 Sept 2026
The next day, the weather in London changed suddenly. Golden sunlight covered everything. I was sitting outside Paul Cafe at Gloucester Road, trying to put the darkness of the past into words.
IRCTC scam case: Court frames money laundering charges against Lalu Yadav, Rabri Devi and Tejashwi
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·11 Sept 2026
A Delhi court on Thursday framed money laundering charges against Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, his son Tejashwi Yadav and wife Rabri Devi in connection with alleged irregularities...
No statehood, Ladakh to get unique elected body, says government
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·11 Sept 2026
Neither statehood nor a legislature was being considered for Ladakh, The Hindu quoted the Union territory’s Chief Secretary Ashish Kundra as saying on Thursday.
Natalie Portman biofic? The controversy over Rachel Cusk’s ‘Life of M’ misses the point
Scroll.inby Liz Evans, The Conversation·10 Sept 2026
Rachel Cusk is prone to controversy. Her clinical gaze and razor-sharp brilliance, across a range of novels and memoirs, have long divided critical opinion, earning her a formidable reputation for...
Greater Noida executive magistrate who issued notice to student over youth protests suspended
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·10 Sept 2026
The Greater Noida executive magistrate who issued a show-cause notice to a student over his alleged campaign seeking participation in a protest by the Cockroach Janata Party has been suspended...
Flu shots prevent serious illness but why don’t many Indians take them?
Scroll.inby Charu Bahri, ISignal·10 Sept 2026
Aarti Rawal* is a 27-year-old resident of Delhi. In 2025 for the first time, Rawal took the flu vaccine on her doctor’s recommendation, “after a spell of long Covid in 2023 and 2024 messed up my...
Rush Hour: Xi to visit India, Bengal CM seeks arrest of those protesting religious leader and more
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·10 Sept 2026
Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit India for the first time in nearly seven years to attend the 18th BRICS Summit, China’s foreign ministry confirmed.
From a Kashmir anthology: From childhood to death, a man watches his mother struggle with loneliness
Scroll.inby Hriday Kaul Bharati·10 Sept 2026
As she worked the mud plaster onto the wall, she reached the doorpost and paused to rest for a moment.
NLSIU reverses decision to cancel convocation for 2026 batch
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·10 Sept 2026
The National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, has reversed its decision to cancel the convocation for the graduating batch of 2026, Live Law reported on Thursday.
SC rejects gangster Abu Salem’s plea for early release in 1993 Mumbai blasts case
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·10 Sept 2026
The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a petition filed by gangster Abu Salem seeking early release from prison in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts case, Bar and Bench reported.
‘Singh doesn’t know how to drive’: US Homeland Security gets flak for ‘anti-Indian’ post
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·10 Sept 2026
A social media post by the United States’ Department of Homeland Security that said “Mr Singh does not know how to drive” drew flak online, with politicians and Indian diaspora groups criticising...
War history: How India fought against Pakistan’s military attack in the Rann of Kutch in 1965
Scroll.inby Philip Rajkumar·10 Sept 2026
Since Partition in August 1947, Pakistan had laid claim to the northern half of the Great Rann of Kutch, up to the line of 24 degrees north latitude, covering an area of more than 9,000 square...
How Ahmedabad became an unwelcoming city
Scroll.inby Saachi D’Souza·10 Sept 2026
In 1972, community organiser Ela Bhatt and a group of women met at Ahmedabad’s Victoria Garden to discuss the conditions in which self-employed women worked.
An activist writes how the Chipko Movement inspired him to conserve forests in South India
Scroll.inby Pandurang Hegde·10 Sept 2026
Parvatiya Navjeevan Ashram is situated on a small hillock overlooking the Bhilangana Valley along the Bhilangana River, one of the tributaries of the Bhagirathi, in Tehri Garhwal district...
‘Killing the messenger’: HC stays FIR against journalist who reported school’s ‘poor condition’
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·10 Sept 2026
The Allahabad High Court stayed a first information report registered against a journalist for reporting the alleged poor infrastructure at a government school in Lucknow, The Indian Express...
William T Vollmann has written a 3,000‑page novel when the world appears to be done with big books
Scroll.inby Christopher Coffman, The Conversation·9 Sept 2026
With forecasters of doom debating the end of reading, of publishing and of literacy in general, what should we make of William T Vollmann’s forthcoming novel, A Table for Fortune?
Maharashtra FDA suspends licences of three ISKCON food outlets after finding rodent droppings
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·9 Sept 2026
The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration has suspended the licences of three food outlets at the International Society for Krishna Consciousness’ Juhu campus in Mumbai, The Hindu reported on...
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