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Jantar Mantar Offline: Six internet shutdowns in a week

Repeated internet cuts during student protests affect thousands beyond the protest site, from vendors to commuters

Minor girls scale 15-foot wall, escape Mumbai remand home

The girls, aged between 16 and 17, used tables...

On demonetisation anniversary, a look back at how hard the note ban hit ordinary Indians

Highlights of Scroll.in’s coverage of the disruption caused by...

4 Ways India Can Aim For Universal Primary Healthcare

Mumbai: India has to move from vertical to comprehensive...

Arun Ferreira alleges being punched during Police Investigation: Bhima Koregaon case

Human rights activists Sudha Bhardwaj, Adv. Arun Ferreira and...

Election Watch Chhattisgarh: No Media, No News, Only EVMs and governments

Adivasis are not allowed to cast their votes, journalists...

More than 10 Indian Workers died every day in Gulf Countries in the last six years

According to data tabled in Parliament in April 2018,...

BHU debars 11 protesting students from future courses

It would seem that the administration of Banaras Hindu...

Law Commission Report on Torture Criticised: Experts

While India persists in the claim that torture is...

‘Politicians And Bureaucrats Don’t Want To Devolve Powers To Local Governments’

Mumbai: In April 2018, India marked the silver jubilee...

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Jantar Mantar Offline: Six internet shutdowns in a week

Repeated internet cuts during student protests affect thousands beyond the protest site, from vendors to commuters

Law fraternity rallies behind student protesters, condemns Delhi police crackdown

Over 650 lawyers, SCBA, SCAORA and bar associations demand accountability as Delhi HC preserves evidence of July 20 action

26-Year Citizenship Battle Ends: Barpeta Tribunal rules Alam Khan is Indian

After decades of uncertainty, the Tribunal finds that credible evidence, not documentary imperfections, determines citizenship under the Foreigners Act

Three High Courts, One Message: Police power has constitutional limits

Recent High Court rulings reaffirm that violence, procedural shortcuts and administrative negligence are equally incompatible with the rule of law

‘Forum for Electoral Integrity’ petitions NHRC over mass voter disenfranchisement under SIR

The Forum for Electoral Integrity has petitioned the National Human Rights Commission to urgently intervene in the Election Commission’s SIR process, citing UN concerns, the coalition alleges the arbitrary, mass deletion of 52 million voters, disproportionately targeting Muslim and Bengali citizens through organised campaigns and opaque AI systems

A deleted tweet, an NSA order, and the shadow of past crackdowns

The clarification may address the immediate controversy, but years of preventive action against movements have deepened distrust

Debunking the ‘Quit India Was Useless’ Myth

In his viral video, Prakhar Shrivastava, a pro-Hindutva commentator on history, calls the Quit India Movement a “super-duper flop.”  Shrivastava’s claim is similar to the decades of the extremist Hindu organisations’ arguments downplaying 1942. Viceroy telegrams, Churchill’s private remarks, and Bose’s own broadcasts say otherwise.

Mumbai stands with students, but the state pushes back

From Shivaji Park to Chaityabhoomi, solidarity protests continue as criminal cases, restrictions and allegations of surveillance intensify