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.’
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Trending
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Why the exodus from Bhutan of young people and qualified workers is a worry for India
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Seven firms that failed drug quality tests gave money to political parties through electoral bonds
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Why did a Union minister say he would apply for Indian citizenship under CAA?
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Electoral bonds: What we know so far, what we will know soon – and what we may never know
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Why the Opposition is alleging that a WhatsApp forward from Modi is a poll code violation
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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.
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Video
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Watch: Actor Vijay’s car is damaged after thousands of fans throng to meet him in Trivandrum
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‘Time to forget about it’: Miriam Margolyes, who acted in ‘Harry Potter’ films, tells adult fans
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Watch: Protestors lie on the ground together along the seashore in Spain to represent Gaza victims
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Watch: From Sonu Nigam to Shilpa Rao, prominent singers sing ‘Yaaron Dosti’ in a tribute to KK
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Watch: Pilot makes a special announcement with baby daughter to celebrate her first flight with him
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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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‘Adrishyam’ trailer: Eijaz Khan and Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya play undercover agents
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Prithviraj Sukumaran on what makes ‘The Goat Life’ special: ‘A deeply meditative character study’
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Start the week with a film: A riveting game of mind control in ‘The Manchurian Candidate’
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‘Crew’ trailer: Tabu, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Kriti Sanon play stewardesses involved in smuggling
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‘I wanted to land this film correctly’: Why actor Kunal Kemmu chose to direct ‘Madgaon Express’
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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