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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Listening to 41 Modi interviews: Few tough questions, no rebuttals, no fact checks
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Varanasi poll: As 33 nominations are rejected, eight applicants allege that the process was rigged
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Bow and arrow or torch? In Maharashtra, confusion over new election symbols may help BJP, allies
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Ramachandra Guha: How would Vallabhbhai Patel have viewed the BJP’s pernicious misuse of his legacy?
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What a regal South Indian ornament in a famous Rossetti painting tells us about the British Raj
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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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Eco India: Even as technology lends a hand, India's farmers grapple with an uncertain future
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Eco India, Episode 260: Can technology's societal benefits extend to environmental sustainability?
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Video: How free and fair are Indian elections today?
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Watch: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan walks the Cannes red carpet with an injured arm
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Watch: Meet Figaro, the curious cat who loves to ‘help’ her human making pottery
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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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Is Anirban Bhattacharya Bengali cinema’s white knight?
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Start the week with a film: Why Farah Khan’s ‘Main Hoon Na’ endures
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‘Chandu Champion’ trailer: Kartik Aaryan in biopic of Paralympic gold medalist Murlikant Petkar
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‘It Ends With Us’ trailer: Blake Lively stars in drama about an abusive relationship
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‘Thalaimai Seyalagam’ review: Overcooked and unsavoury
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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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Badminton, Thailand Open, as it happened: Satwik-Chirag win second title of the season
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IPL 2024: Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat Chennai Super Kings to take the final playoffs spot
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Badminton, Thailand Open Super 500: Satwik-Chirag enter fourth final; Tanisha-Ashwini exit
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Boxing, Elorda Cup: Nikhat Zareen, Minakshi secure gold medals for India
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Shooting, Olympic Trials: Sift Kaur Samra, Niraj Kumar win 50m Rifle 3 Positions event