Readers’ comments: Ahmedabad was never a welcoming city
Scroll.inby Scroll26d ago
I agree with the author’s strong criticism of the attacks on book readers in Ahmedabad, but would debate the headline “How Ahmedabad became an unwelcoming city”.
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top 63%Youth protests: SC refuses to reconstitute panel probing police excesses
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff26d ago
The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to reconstitute an enquiry committee it has formed to investigate the alleged police excesses during the youth protests in July and violence against security...
Travel memoir: Assamese political activist Khairun Nessa Choudhury recalls her Hajj trip
Scroll.inby Teresa Rehman26d ago
Nilufar Majumdar, a professional cake decorator, has treasured memories of her nani (grandmother), Khairun Nessa Choudhury.
Assam: Bulldozing homes of 73 Muslim families in Goalpara was unlawful, says HC
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff26d ago
The Goalpara district administration bulldozing of the homes of 73 Bengali Muslim families built on private agricultural land was unauthorised, the Gauhati High Court said.
India has no data on anaemic women for the first time in three decades
Scroll.inby Karan Babbar26d ago
In the first instance since the National Family Health Surveys began in the 1990s, there is no estimate of the number of anaemic women and children in India in the latest round of the exercise.
A new book examines the emergence of women activists in colonial Andhra Pradesh
Scroll.inby Shaik Mahaboob Basha26d ago
Social reform was not the exclusive preserve of men. With the spread of education and the resultant reform consciousness, women gradually developed an interest in social issues, particularly with...
Muslim man detained on suspicion of being undocumented Bangladeshi released from Bengal jail
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff27d ago
A Muslim man who had been detained on suspicion of being an undocumented Bangladeshi citizen and sent to a detention centre in June was released from jail on Tuesday, his cousin told Scroll.
In India, nicotine pouches are slipping through regulatory cracks
Scroll.inby Murali Neelakantan27d ago
There’s a new menace in town, thanks to an “innovation” by Big Tobacco. A new study led by Indian Medical Research Council’s National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research has found that oral...
Rush Hour: Hindutva influencer gets bail, CBI books Arunachal activist in FCRA case and more
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff27d ago
Swatantra Bharadwaj, a Hindutva influencer who allegedly assaulted the father of a student activist during the Delhi youth protests, was granted three weeks of interim bail.
US judge blocks Trump’s new rules limiting visa duration for students, journalists
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff27d ago
A federal judge in the United States on Monday blocked the Donald Trump administration from implementing a new rule that would limit how long foreign students and journalists can remain in the US...
Delhi HC rejects Vimal Elaichi’s plea against FDA notices to Shah Rukh, Ajay Devgn, Tiger Shroff
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff27d ago
The Delhi High Court on Monday rejected a petition filed by the makers of Vimal Elaichi against show-cause notices issued by the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration to their brand ambassadors...
A new irrigation project threatens to displace both cheetahs and humans in Kuno
Scroll.inby Vaishnavi Rathore27d ago
In April, an Indian-born cheetah, KP-2, walked several hundred kilometres from Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh to Rajasthan’s Ranthambore National Park.
‘Deviously devoid of all language’: Five poems on the absurdity of suffering and the cosmic machine
Scroll.inby Aakriti Kuntal28d ago
Evening Evening, a marble plateau, sliced breath of the day Red pomegranate seeds splutter, turning the mouth’s estranged sky into a velvet sienna Stillness— lack of movement or lack of thought?
Rush Hour: Tarun Tejpal surrenders, Thackerays named in Disha Salian death case and more
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff28d ago
Journalist Tarun Tejpal surrendered before a Goa court to serve his 10-year sentence for raping and sexually harassing a junior colleague in 2013.
Journalist Tarun Tejpal surrenders before Goa court in 2013 rape case
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff28d ago
Journalist Tarun Tejpal surrendered before a Goa court on Monday to serve his 10-year sentence for raping and sexually harassing a junior colleague in 2013, reported PTI.
MP: Man accused of brewing spurious liquor that killed 16 held after alleged gunfight
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff28d ago
A 21-year-old man accused of brewing the spurious liquor that has killed 16 persons in Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar was arrested on Sunday, PTI quoted unidentified police officials as saying.
Bengal to shut 252 madrasas for allegedly violating regulations
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff28d ago
The West Bengal government is closing 252 madrasas and has sent show-cause notices to about 100 others after alleged violation of regulations were found during a survey, The Times of India...
In Pune, noise pollution debate raises the pitch ahead of Ganesh festival
Scroll.inby Divya Aslesha28d ago
When 37-year-old Pune resident Vidyanand Bapat last month publicly criticised the noise and traffic obstructions during the Ganesh festival, he struck a raw nerve.
In a new book, Harsh Mander looks at the far-reaching consequences of hate speech on social media
Scroll.inby Harsh Mander28d ago
When powerful and extensively financed political parties join hands with social media giants, both benefit formidably.
‘Disappeared’: In Bengal, Muslims picked up from homes in midnight raids, sent to detention centres
Scroll.inby Rokibuz Zaman28d ago
Parbin Khatun remembers the night of July 29 vividly. Khatun had returned to her home in Bengal’s Murshidabad district from Kolkata shortly after midnight.