Swatantra Bharadwaj had been arrested after outrage over his purported claim that he had avoided detention because of a phone call from the BJP’s Kapil Mishra.

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Canada deports four Indians in extortion crackdown

More than 100 foreign citizens had been deported and 188 were issued a removal notice as of September 3 for alleged links to organised crime and violence.

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Fiction: A college lecturer is caught in the machinery of state repression during the Emergency

An excerpt from ‘Diary of an Unseen Witness’, by Ampassayya Naveen, translated from the Telugu by Kalpana Kannabiran.

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SC junks ex-Delhi mayor plea for FIR against UP Police raid on his home in search of journalist

Farhad Suri alleged that the officers had raided his home without a warrant to look for Abhishek Upadhyay, who reported on the Ram Temple donation theft case.

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Rush Hour: Tarun Tejpal surrenders, Thackerays mentioned in Disha Salian death case and more

Become a Scroll member to get Rush Hour – a wrap of the day’s important stories delivered straight to your inbox every evening.

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Gurugram: Man who rammed car into woman biker arrested

The police have added attempt to murder charges to the first information report registered after she shared a video of the collision.

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CBI mentions Uddhav, Aaditya Thackeray in Sushant Singh Rajput’s former manager death case

Actors Dino Morea and Rhea Chakraborty, ex-Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh have also been named. None of the persons have been listed as an accused.

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HC grants bail to UAPA accused after eight years in jail

We are ‘moved, particularly by the long period of incarceration’, said the bench.

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Arunachal environmental activist booked by CBI for allegedly receiving unlawful foreign funds

Bhanu Tatak has been protesting against the Siang Multipurpose Project, a proposed 12,500-megawatt power unit on the Siang river in the state.

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Bengal withdraws approval for Akshaya Patra Foundation to provide mid-day meals in 4 districts

While the government did not specify a reason for the decision, heads of several schools flagged difficulties in serving boiled eggs separately to students.

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This book examines nonbinary thinking and Christianity in the late Roman Empire and the Middle Ages

An excerpt from ‘Humans: A Monstrous History’, by Surekha Davies.

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JD(U) says it supports UCC, but won’t allow it to be implemented in Bihar

The statement came a day after Union minister Amit Shah said that NDA governments in 21 states would introduce a common personal law before 2029.

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Bengal transfers Muslim IPS officer days after complaint by Hindutva groups

Some social media accounts had criticised the officer for using Islamic greetings in a social media video instead of saying ‘Vande Mataram’ or ‘Jai Hind’.

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US judge blocks Trump’s new rules limiting visa duration for students, journalists

A day before the rules were to take effect, the court said that Washington was adopting the policy based on ‘exceptionally weak’ rationales.

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