Public Safety
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Railways plans to build 3,000 km of walls guarding tracks to prevent trespassing: Report
The walls will be 2.7 metres high and will be built along tracks that are flanked by residential areas.
Scroll Staff
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Mumbai and Delhi rank among bottom 20 on a list of the world’s safest cities
They took up the 16th and 18th positions from the bottom in the list of 60 cities studied.
Scroll Staff
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Watch: This pedestrian in Toronto could have died from an explosion but filmed it anyway
‘I thought maybe it was a car accident ––but I mean, no car accident I’ve ever heard before.’
Scroll Staff
Trending
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Australian journalist leaves country amid visa troubles, says ‘too difficult to do my job in India’
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Over 17,400 citizens write to EC seeking action against PM Narendra Modi for hate speech
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Rights group PUCL seeks disqualification of PM Narendra Modi for hate speech in Rajasthan
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Ramachandra Guha: Why 2024 is India’s most important election since 1977
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The Jammu and Kashmir voter who is fighting corruption in job recruitments
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What Tamil Nadu has failed to communicate to parents about the measles-rubella immunisation drive
India is conducting a mass immunisation drive to build herd immunity against measles, by plugging gaps that occur during routine immunisations.
Kamala Thiagarajan
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UP Police deny permission for David Guetta's Noida concert after Mumbai, Bengaluru shows cancelled
Prohibitory orders under Section 144 are in place in Uttar Pradesh because of the upcoming Assembly elections.
Scroll Staff
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Mumbai Police denies permission for David Guetta concert, a day after Bengaluru show is cancelled
The police said ‘legal formalities’ and ‘mandatory requirements’ were not done ahead of the show in Maharashtra’s Capital.
Scroll Staff
Video
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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Eco India: How can India deal with its mounting tyre waste?
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David Guetta’s Bengaluru concert today cancelled because of likely law and order trouble: Organisers
A senior officer refuted the claim of safety issues, saying they had only asked for the show to be rescheduled because of the APMC polls.
Scroll Staff
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Bangalore molestation incident becomes a tragic case of 'locals' against 'outsiders'
Long-term residents of the street on which the attack took place blame the general lack of safety on migrants from outside Karnataka.
Nayantara Narayanan
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Watch this miraculous rescue caught on camera at Lonavala station
Why jumping off trains is always risky business.
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The Reel
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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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In Cannes-bound ‘In Retreat’, a Ladakh that has rarely been seen before
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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Kick the stick and get Sunny Leone in return, says anti-smoking film
Will this mixed message do the trick? We doubt it.
Scroll Staff
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Outrage about Masarat Alam's release: What about the draconian law that keeps thousands in jail without trial?
A Supreme Court judgment called the Public Safety Act a "lawless law."
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan