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Publisher Penguin Random House India, which holds the rights for Four Stars of Destiny, clarified that the book has not gone into publication, and maintained that it did not make any copies of the book public.

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Delhi Police files FIR about alleged circulation of former Army chief’s unpublished memoir
The case came in the backdrop of disruptions in Parliament since February 3 after Congress MP Rahul Gandhi was not allowed to quote an excerpt from it.
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February 10, 2026 at 4:52 AM
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“This decision has been taken with the aim of protecting the spirit of cricket, and to support the continuity of this global sport in all participating nations,” ESPN quoted the Pakistani government statement as adding.

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February 10, 2026 at 4:28 AM
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The human rights panel, taking suo motu cognisance of a media report published on February 5, said that if the contents of the article are true, they raise “serious issues of violation of human rights”.

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February 9, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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“We will not allow any impediment in conduct of SIR,” the chief justice was quoted as saying. “This must be clear to all states.”

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#WestbengalSIR
February 9, 2026 at 1:32 PM
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#ArijitSingh’s unanticipated shimmy hints at the kind of performer’s life he might focus on: surprising, motivating, exciting, and unbound by the Mumbai film industry’s general banality, writes @devarsighosh.bsky.social.

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February 9, 2026 at 1:08 PM
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"Paull’s novel uses the boarding school trope to its full advantage. Its endearing campus life, replete with competitions, friendships, budding romances, as well as the struggles of its young character,s will help endear it to the audience," writes Sneha Pathak.

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February 9, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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The Lok Sabha has been witnessing disruptions since February 3, with the Opposition protesting against Gandhi not being allowed to quote an excerpt from an unpublished memoir of former Indian Army chief MM Naravane.

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#parliamentsession
February 9, 2026 at 11:32 AM
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#BookExcerpt | On the slightest pretext of any protest, bulldozers are used to bring down the homes of ‘protestors’. This is against the Constitution of India and the laws of the land, as well as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948.

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February 9, 2026 at 11:12 AM
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The prosecution said that a complaint had been filed by a man named Haneef, whose father had been beaten to death during the violence. Haneef had alleged that the rioters attacked houses in the village, looted property and set homes on fire.

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February 9, 2026 at 10:47 AM
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The prosecution said that a complaint had been filed by a man named Haneef, whose father had been beaten to death during the violence. Haneef had alleged that the rioters attacked houses in the village, looted property and set homes on fire.

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February 9, 2026 at 10:41 AM
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'Khoon Bhari Maang' has the kind of unselfconscious manipulation that Hindi cinema was comfortable with before it got branded as Bollywood. Plus, the film has the redoubtable Rekha as the heroine.

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February 9, 2026 at 9:37 AM
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“Under Hasina, the concern was government repression,” said Zafar Sobhan, former editor of one of Bangladesh’s largest newspapers, the Dhaka Tribune. “Under Yunus, it is the power of the mob.”

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Shoaib Daniyal reports on why liberals in Bangladesh are worried.
February 9, 2026 at 9:05 AM
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According to the PMO, questions related to the funds are not permissible because they are constituted entirely with voluntary public contributions, reported The Indian Express. scroll.in/latest/10905...

No government money is allocated to them, the PMO said.

#PMCares
February 9, 2026 at 8:44 AM
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“[A politician] gets votes on the basis of caste,” #MohanBhagwat said. “If I say, ‘I am a Brahmin, every Brahmin should vote for me,’ I will get results.” scroll.in/latest/10905...

“There is casteism in the mind of society, so politicians invoke caste,” he added.
February 9, 2026 at 7:15 AM
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In 2016, Shela Rashid, led protests against the Modi government for the arrest of three JNU students on charges of sedition.

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In 2023, however, she began praising Modi for his handling of Kashmir.

What changed? Anant Gupta reports
February 9, 2026 at 6:34 AM
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On Sunday, tensions escalated after members of the two communities clashed at Litan, with persons from both sides throwing stones, an officials said. This prompted the security forces to fire tear gas shells to disperse the groups.

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February 9, 2026 at 5:15 AM
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Today on Scroll:

- Shehla Rashid is now a college teacher in Kashmir: ‘Democracy cuts everyone down to size’

- Bangladesh's liberals are fearful of the rise of the Islamist right

- ‘Language gives them away’: RSS chief says citizens could ‘detect and report’ foreigners

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February 9, 2026 at 4:54 AM
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The two sides acknowledged progress in initiatives aimed at supporting the safety and security of their countries and citizens, and agreed for practical collaboration on their priorities, according to a readout from India’s external affairs ministry.

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February 9, 2026 at 4:23 AM
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"In Indian films, by contrast, the sharp-toothed reptile is there merely to create obstacles for the hero and help him show off his machismo to the woman he is saving, while also alerting viewers to the dangers that lurk in nature," writes Sayantan Mondal.

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February 8, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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The Congress leader said that his government had taken swift action and arrested the accused persons, following which the BJP-led Union government got the probe transferred to the National Investigation Agency.

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February 8, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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Caught between protests, court orders, committees and promises, the Sirsiya river continues to carry black water, flowing past homes, temples, fields and across an international border.

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Suresh Bidari writes
February 8, 2026 at 1:49 PM
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In February 2016, four JNU students were at the centre of a national controversy over slogans raised at a campus event.

In a four-part series, Scroll traces their trajectories, mapping the choices they made and the outcomes that followed.

Coming tomorrow. Stay tuned.
February 8, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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Mohan Bhagwat said that while the government “has a lot to do regarding infiltrations”, citizens should “inform the police that we suspect these people are foreigners, and they should investigate and keep an eye on them, and we will also keep an eye on them”. scroll.in/latest/10905...
February 8, 2026 at 12:53 PM
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"Everyone is in debt. There is no money for our basic needs, so people sell their kidneys."

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Johanna Deeksha & Raghav Kakkar report how residents in this #TamilNadu town sold their organ to escape financial distress.

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February 8, 2026 at 12:34 PM
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"Anita Nair is hyper aware of the making of her stories and overt references to real politics snub out all nuances that the reader might prefer to discover on their own, writes Sayari Debnath.

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February 8, 2026 at 11:52 AM