Human Tragedy
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At least six people drown as footbridge collapses in Neelum Valley in PoK
While eight people were rescued, around six were still missing, the police said.
Scroll Staff
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Fire in Bandra slum sparks memories of 2011 blaze that gutted the same settlement
The fire started hours after the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation began to demolish houses there.
Mridula Chari
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Iran: All miners trapped after explosion in Golestan coalfield have died, says minister
Fears that poisonous gases were still present in the tunnels hindered rescue operations.
Scroll Staff
Trending
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Faltering economy, poor citizens, South Asia’s bully: The reality of India’s global ambitions
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‘Physical building of WhatsApp University’: Satire on viral video of Galgotias University students
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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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Why are so many young Indians trading in cryptocurrency, especially in tier-two cities?
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Sugar in Nestlé baby food sold in African countries shows how corporations influence public policy
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A country for the cow: The chronicle of a visit to cow vigilante victim Pehlu Khan’s village
The Mewat farmer lynched by cow vigilantes in Alwar has left behind a broken family, and a fearful community questioning its place in the Indian republic.
Harsh Mander
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Why hundreds of women have died in the government’s horrific sterilisation camps
The Supreme Court has ordered the union government to persuade state governments to end holding sterilisation camps within three years.
Sandhya Srinivasan
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Kerala temple fire: Will the state finally ban dangerous fireworks displays?
Nobody respects the rules on pyrotechnics. Are stricter measures needed?
TK Devasia
Video
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‘Physical building of WhatsApp University’: Satire on viral video of Galgotias University students
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Watch: Meet Sparkles, the new avatar of Boston Dynamics’ robot dog with a special costume
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Watch: Diljit Dosanjh invites young fan on stage, dances with him during his sold-out Vancouver show
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Watch: School authorities turn classroom into swimming pool to encourage attendance during heatwave
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Watch: Woman recreates pet parrot’s choreography
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How fireworks keep killing: From manufacturing accidents to pollution to disastrous blazes
Hazardous material and competitive displays are an explosive combination.
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
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Video: The horrible moment when Kollam temple's fireworks display turned disastrous
More than 100 people are dead.
Scroll Staff
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On the first Monday after the Kolkata flyover tragedy, fear was a constant emotion
Pedestrians kept a safe distance but rickshaw-pullers and hawkers set up shop for the first time after last week's tragedy.
Angikaar Choudhury
The Reel
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Watch: In animated prequel, Baahubali and Bhallaladeva unite to defeat the warlord Raktadeva
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‘Naach Ga Ghuma’ review: Soft landings in saga of a woman and her missing maid
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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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‘The Fall Guy’ review: Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt sparkle in entertaining action comedy
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‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ trailer: Barry Jenkins directs prequel to 2019 photorealistic animated film
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'They come and take photos to put on Facebook': Kolkata rescuers frustrated with disaster tourists
Eye-witnesses recall the horror of the few seconds when an under-construction flyover collapsed in the congested Girish Park area.
Angikaar Choudhury
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Photos: Japan marks fifth anniversary of disastrous earthquake and tsunami that killed 18,000
The country observed a minute’s silence at 2.46 pm, the time the 9.0-magnitude quake struck in 2011 and led to the Fukushima radiation leak.
Scroll Staff
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17 killed in road accident in Rajasthan’s Pratapgarh district
Most of the passengers in the overcrowded vehicle, which drove into a parked truck, were young labourers on their way back to their villages after working in a town nearby.
Scroll Staff
The Field
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Hockey, FIH Pro League: Salima Tete to lead Indian women’s team for European leg
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Badminton, Thomas and Uber Cup 2024: Indian women exit in quarter-final after loss to Japan
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Squash, Saurav Ghosal interview: ‘People enjoyed watching me, this was the legacy I wanted to leave’
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Boxing, Asian U22 & Youth C’ships: Aryan, Yashwardhan, Priyanshu among Indians in semi-finals
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Shifting goalposts: AIFF chief Kalyan Chaubey needs to come clean on the ISL not having relegation