The journalist was shot dead in 2002 after his newspaper 'Poora Sach' published an anonymous letter narrating how Ram Rahim allegedly sexually harassed women at the Dera headquarters. Ram Rahim was listed as the main conspirator in the case.
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"For scholars of inequality, the book’s value lies less in its conclusions than in its provocations. It raises questions it does not always answer: how does caste travel through the algorithm?"
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In a moment when the US has shed pretense of liberal internationalism, & when the tradition of American anti-imperialism that Chomsky represented faces its severest test, the task is not to discard his legacy but to ask how to further it.
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Nepali Communist Party leader and former Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, widely known as Prachanda, won the Rukum East-1 seat. His party was leading in eight seats and had won two.
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“The interim leadership council agreed yesterday that no more attacks will be made on neighbouring countries and no missiles will be fired unless an attack on Iran originates from those countries,” Iran's President said.
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While the university’s Vice Chancellor Ujwala Chakradeo told The Indian Express that she was not aware of the event, Putul Sathe, a professor at the institute, told the Hindustan Times that the lecture had been cancelled because of “technical reasons”.
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Feminism and women’s rights, such narratives seem to say, can only be guaranteed by Western liberal democracies under the protection of their military might. scroll.in/article/1091...
It is an extension of how colonising empires framed their brutal conquests as civilising missions.
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Iran’s ambassador to the UN condemned US interference in selecting Khamenei’s successor.
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He said that Trump’s comments constituted a “clear violation of the principles of non-interference in the internal affairs of states and enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations”.
Such content could “potentially create panic among the general public, especially those having friends and family in the affected areas or residing in the affected areas”, said the broadcasting ministry.
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Like the warship attacked by the US, #IRISLavan had also taken part in the International Fleet Review held from February 15 to February 25 in Vishakhapatnam, where it had been docked alongside ships from several other countries.
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Like the warship attacked by the US, #IRISLavan had also taken part in the International Fleet Review held from February 15 to February 25 in Vishakhapatnam, where it had been docked alongside ships from several other countries.
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The hike came a day after India’s Ministry of Finance stated that the ongoing war in West Asia has heightened geopolitical risk around the Strait of Hormuz, driving oil prices upward.
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Today on Scroll:
- How ‘saving Muslim women’ helps justify self-serving wars of Western democracies
- As Nitish Kumar quits as Bihar CM, what will happen to his politics of social justice?
- True Story: How we investigated the illegal kidney trade stretching from Tamil Nadu to Singapore
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The Assam CM said this a week after the Gauhati High Court issued a notice on petitions seeking action against him for alleged hate speech against Muslims.
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In the middle of asking questions about the horrors that Iran has forced on its people, #ItWasJustAnAccident always finds the time for absurdist, bitter humour.
Read @nandiniramnath's full review of #JafarPanahi's film: scroll.in/reel/1091150...
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Say hello to #NowWatching – Scroll’s new recommendations & reviews newsletter. Curated by our film critic Nandini Ramnath, it’s your weekly guide to what deserves your time on screens big and small.
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Rapper-turned-politician #BalendraShah, who has been positioned as the Rastriya Swatantra Party’s prime ministerial candidate, was leading ousted Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, securing 6,551 votes in the Jhapa-5 seat.
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Hello Bachhon tries to emphasise the human connection, suggesting that AI cannot deliver what Physics Wallah – and Physics Wallah alone – provides.
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Presenting the state Budget 2026-’27, Karnataka CM #Siddaramaiah said the decision had been taken “to protect children from the harmful effects of excessive mobile and social media use”. He did not mention when the #socialmediaban would take effect.
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"He who has been chief minister of Bihar for 20 years is now saying that it was his life’s dream to become a Rajya Sabha MP."
"What can be more insulting than this? This is so embarrassing," Dipankar Bhattacharya tells Anant Gupta.
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#NitishKumar
Rahul Gandhi’s statement came soon after the United States granted Indian refiners a 30-day waiver to buy Russian oil stranded at sea amid the conflict in West Asia.
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"Like individuals, societies are marked by deep contradictions and conflicts. The central split arises from the impossibility of a fully integrated social system."
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An excerpt by Sebastian Vattamattam.
Navayana books
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Saurabh Shukla’s screenplay sets out to examine the complicated nature of a decades-old marriage, the perils of oversharing, and the difficulties involved in separation among senior citizens.
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Rastriya Swatantra Party registered its first victory in the Kathmandu-1 seat. Party candidate Ranju Neupane defeated Nepali Congress’ Prabal Thapa by more than 9,000 votes.
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"Unlike many other films on the subject of dysfunctional families that resemble plays or television serials, #Tighee relies on cinematic tools to make its points," Nandini Ramnath writes.
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“We want to be involved in the process of choosing the person who is going to lead #Iran into the future, so we don’t have to go back every five years and do this again and again,” US President #DonaldTrump said.
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China also has a significantly larger buffer stock of oil, experts observed. Since March 2025 it had “built a huge inventory of 1.2 billion barrels”. In contrast, India has a stock of around 100 million barrels, Kpler estimated. scroll.in/article/1091...
Vaishnavi Rathore reports on #WestAsiaCrisis
"There is another yearning at work in #Boong, for a world ruled by simplicity, diversity and humour. Seen from a knee-high perspective, the complexities of a conflict-ridden zone magically appears to be navigable," Nandini Ramnath reviews.
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The US wants to work with India to unlock its “limitless potential”, Christopher Landau said. However, New Delhi should understand that “we are not going to make the same mistakes with India that we made with China 20 years ago”, he added.
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The counsel for one of the petitioners told the court that there had been no security problems at the shed for the past 30 years, and that the authorities were deliberately preventing Muslim taxi drivers and passengers from offering namaz.
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