Hindu

Subscribe to Hindu feed Hindu
National news and headlines from within or around India with live updates on major breaking events from The Hindu.
Updated: 10 hours 15 min ago

T.N. Assembly election: Tamil Nadu needs to be saved from the DMK, says Vijay

Tue, 03/31/2026 - 02:56
The TVK president criticises the government for failing to provide safety and employment opportunities, and calls the ruling party am ‘evil force’
Categories: National News

Former civil servants oppose ‘illegal’ deployment of Assam forest force on poll duty

Tue, 03/31/2026 - 02:29
Signatories say poll body’s norms do not allow deployment of forest staff for election work; these safeguards ensure that forest protection and wildlife management functions are not disrupted
Categories: National News

BJP puts up united front as Suvendu Adhikari files nomination for Nandigram

Tue, 03/31/2026 - 02:05
Once sidelined BJP leader Dilip Ghosh was seen alongside Suvendu as he went to file his nomination for the high stakes West Bengal Assembly elections
Categories: National News

CM Siddaramaiah kicks off bypoll campaign at Bagalkot terming Centre ‘anti-people’ for not notifying tribunal verdict

Tue, 03/31/2026 - 02:02
Mr. Siddaramaiah said even when the BJP was in power in the State for four years, no compensation was given to farmers
Categories: National News

1.22 lakh Anganwadi workers in Rajasthan get ₹1,000 each through DBT

Tue, 03/31/2026 - 02:01
The Chief Minister said the children aged three to six years were being provided hot milk five days a week at Anganwadi centres under the Amrit Aahar Yojana. “These buildings are being renovated, and smartphones have been distributed to workers and women supervisors”
Categories: National News

J&K Assembly starts debate on 33 private members Bills, three fail to pass

Tue, 03/31/2026 - 01:38
“J&K’s successive governments, including the present dispensation led by Omar Abdullah, have ensured protection of temples, mosques, gurdwaras and churches alike,” said Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary, while opposing the Bill of the BJP
Categories: National News

Transgender Amendment Bill gets President Murmu’s assent

Tue, 03/31/2026 - 00:35
A day after the Rajya Sabha passed the Bill, around 140 lawyers and feminists wrote to Ms. Murmu, urging her not to grant assent to the Bill, pointing out “constitutional violations” in its provisions and “procedural infirmities” in the way it was passed
Categories: National News

BJP fields Harshad Parmar for Umreth bypoll in Gujarat

Mon, 03/30/2026 - 23:07
The bypoll has been necessitated following the death ofGovind Parmar, who passed away on March 6 at the age of 72 after a brief illness. He had represented the Umreth seat in Anand distric
Categories: National News

JKPC chief Sajad Lone highlights official data mismatch on poor population in J&K’s regions, seeks one definition

Mon, 03/30/2026 - 22:18
Speaking in the J&K Assembly, Mr. Lone said official data contradicted its own figures on how many poor families live in the two regions of Kashmir and Jammu and termed it as “a structural flaw that is distorting fairness in employment and welfare distribution”
Categories: National News

Putting trans people under OBC quota gives no real benefit, says Rajasthan High Court

Mon, 03/30/2026 - 22:06
The Rajasthan High Court also criticised the Centre’s amendment Bill taking away the right to gender self-determination as something that risks reducing an ‘inviolable aspect of personhood’ to a ‘contingent, State-mediated entitlement’
Categories: National News

Amidst West Asia crisis, India purchased natural gas at $19/unit from spot markets for fertiliser units

Mon, 03/30/2026 - 21:37
According to govt officials, there has been a “sharp increase” in price of inputs as LNG, ammonia and sulphur alongside a spike in freight and logistics cost.
Categories: National News

PACL case: ED facilitates restitution of 455 properties worth ₹15,582 crore to Justice Lodha Committee

Mon, 03/30/2026 - 21:26
During the current financial year, the agency has attached assets worth about ₹26,324 Crore, taking the total attachment in the case so far to ₹27,030 crore. They include properties located both in India and Australia
Categories: National News

BJP seeks action against Mamata over ‘MCC breach’

Mon, 03/30/2026 - 21:12
A delegation comprising Union Ministers Piyush Goyal, Kiren Rijiju, and Sukanta Majumdar among others submitted the complaint to the Election Commission; the party accused Ms. Banerjee of making ‘grave and disturbing public statements’ during multiple public rallies in Bengal, ‘posing a serious threat to free, fair and peaceful elections’
Categories: National News

Opposition walk out protesting BJP MP’s allegation of ‘misuse’ of OBC quotas

Mon, 03/30/2026 - 21:07
BJP MP K. Laxman demands review of States’ inclusion of Muslims in OBC lists
Categories: National News

Shielding ‘choice’ from ‘honour’

Mon, 03/30/2026 - 20:31
Karnataka’s anti-honour killing Bill protects and upholds the right to choose
Categories: National News

Parliament Budget Session updates: Maoism has been almost eradicated from Bastar, the region is now on the path of development, says Amit Shah

Mon, 03/30/2026 - 19:55
Congress MP Digvijaya Singh says CAPF Bill will make the discriminations faced by the officials permanent as RS takes up discussion on CAPF (General Administration) Bill, 2026
Categories: National News

Bastar close to being considered Naxal-free, possibility of revival extremely remote: IGP

Mon, 03/30/2026 - 19:37
The statement came on the eve of the Centre’s deadline to eliminate Maoism in the country
Categories: National News

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026: Election officials plan ‘halwa campaign’ to welcome first-time voters

Mon, 03/30/2026 - 19:28
Two hundred first-time voters in each district will be presented with complimentary halwa as part of the ‘Vote sweetened Kerala
Categories: National News

This election is a battle between secularism and polarisation, says Thamizhachi Thangapandian

Mon, 03/30/2026 - 19:28
Thamizhachi Thangapandian says that the DMK is very comfortable and confident of facing the poll; she also says that the DMK does not consider the TVK as a serious contender and appeals to youngsters to be more politically conscious
Categories: National News

Pages