The silent siren of Samastipur -- Once the pulse of Samastipurs industrial growth, the Rameshwar Jute Mill stands shuttered for four months now, leaving more than 5,000 workers out of jobs. Tabshir Shams reports on forced migration and the casualisation of labour. A siren, which once sounded three times in a day, loud enough to be heard across villages, and signifying a change in shift, has gone silent Hindu at Sunday, April 5, 2026, 9:06:53 PM |
Weapon of mass distraction: Congress slams Govt.s delimitation proposal -- Jairam Ramesh says the PM is hoodwinking people by claiming that the strength of the southern States in the Lok Sabha will not go down. Siddaramaiah says five southern States together gain barely 63-66 additional seats, while just seven BJP-dominated States gain about 128-131 seats – nearly double Hindu at Sunday, April 5, 2026, 9:06:54 PM |
When an unknown 29-year-old took on K. Kamaraj in 1962 -- Sixty-four years ago, P. Ramamoorthy, now 92, volunteered to fight against the then all-powerful Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu in Sattur, though he had nothing personal against him. The election did not generate any surprise. Kamaraj won hands down Hindu at Sunday, April 5, 2026, 9:06:53 PM |
The executive office without a limit -- India has developed a convention limiting a third presidential term, but the Constitution places no such restriction on the Prime Ministers tenure. With Prime Minister Narendra Modi completing 8,931 days in office, this asymmetry invites closer scrutiny. Hindu at Sunday, April 5, 2026, 9:06:50 PM |
Dhanushkodi Athithan, a Congress veteran, calls for making the party a peoples movement -- Dhanuskodi Athithan, a long-standing Congress leader and former Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sport, wants the party to do field work and take up peoples issues. “Look at Tirunelveli and Kanniyakumari districts where the party is still strong. This is because of this approach,” he points out Hindu at Sunday, April 5, 2026, 9:06:51 PM |
Transforming Indias nuclear power landscape -- Realising the 100 GW target requires SHANTI Act implementation alongside transparent resolution of tariffs, fuel ownership, waste management, insurance, dispute settlement, and regulatory autonomy Hindu at Sunday, April 5, 2026, 9:06:52 PM |
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw flags poor condition of Hosur Road; NHAI responds -- Industrialist Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, executive chairperson, Biocon Limited took to the social media platform X, tagging Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari, to highlight the bad road stretches on Hosur Road. Hindu at Sunday, April 5, 2026, 9:06:54 PM |
A debate on the tenure of Election Commission-appointed police chief -- However, the EC order did not specify a tenure for him. The question is whether Mr. Rathore would be entitled to a minimum two-year tenure, as mandated by the Supreme Court in the landmark Prakash Singh case. However, this ruling applies only to appointments made through the UPSC-led process Hindu at Sunday, April 5, 2026, 9:06:53 PM |
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