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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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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Husna Bai: The tawaif who made Hindustani music a respectable profession for women artists
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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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Is the 2024 Lok Sabha election India’s last chance before the point of no return?
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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.
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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: Mount Ruang erupts in Indonesia, spewing columns of ash and lava
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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Watch: Dogs wag their tails to ‘conduct’ classical music orchestra
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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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‘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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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future
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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