The Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] ‘s latest clarification note to its cadres on its month-old draft political resolution ahead of the party’s 24th national conference in Madurai in April has triggered a political row in Kerala. The note discusses the perils of the Central government’s “Hindutva corporate authoritarianism” evolving into neo-fascism if the … Read more
Illustration for The Hindu | Photo Credit: Satheesh Vellinezhi An alleged sexual assault on a nine-year-old girl studying in a private CBSE school near Manapparai in Tiruchi district sparked protests in the late hours on Thursday (February 6, 2025) with a group of people vandalising a nearby matriculation school belonging to the same management and … Read more
Pumps have been deployed on many roads to pump out the the rainwater in Thoothukudi on Thursday. | Photo Credit: N. RAJESH Continuous rainfall in Thoothukudi has caused severe hardship for residents as rainwater has inundated several areas. Efforts to drain stagnant water in the city have been intensified. The northeast monsoon has been very … Read more
Excavators being used to demolish illegal constructions along the Kukrail river, at Akbarnagar in Lucknow, Saturday, June 15, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI After officials of the Irrigation Department put ‘red marks’ on many houses located in Pantnagar, Rahim Nagar and Abrar Nagar localities in Lucknow, all within 50 meters of the ‘green belt’ on … Read more
At least one person was killed and five others went missing after incessant rainfall caused massive landslides in Sikkim’s Mangan district, officials said on Thursday. The landslides blocked roads, inundated or damaged houses, and washed away electricity poles. A body was discovered in the Pakshep area of Mangan district, while three people went missing from … Read more
A survey of car owners conducted by Park+, a private app that facilitates parking solutions, has found road rage, car parking and FASTag deactivation as the main triggers of anxiety among car owners in Bengaluru. The survey included responses by 22,000 Bengaluru car owners and was undertaken to understand anxiety triggers for car owners driving … Read more
The body of an unidentified woman with multiple injuries in West Bengal’s Malda district not only triggered panic among the people but also sparked a political war of words between the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The body, found in Harishchandrapur in Malda, had been disfigured with acid. It was … Read more
Bihar Education Minister Chandra Shekhar on Wednesday triggered a row by saying that teaching job candidates in the State were not competent to teach subjects such as English, physics, chemistry and mathematics due to which many seats remained vacant. He said that teachers from other States would provide quality education. The Minister defended the decision … Read more
Union Minister for Education, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan visits during Utkal Divas (Odisha foundation day) celebrations with villagers, at Kotia of Koraput district, on April 1, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Union Minister of Education and Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan visited Phatsineru, a village in Kotia Gram Panchayat of … Read more
After 15 years of smoking, Adrian Diaz Bulibasa decided it was time to quit. “I wanted to have a baby and I didn’t want the health of my future baby to be affected by my choices,” he says. But quitting was hard. Bulibasa, who lives in London and is the editor-in-chief of the website bestformyfeet.com, … Read more