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The Hindu Milestones and U-turns: On the government in its third term

The optics of the 100-day mark cannot conceal changed dynamics for the BJP

The Hindu India’s place in Russia-Ukraine peace-making

There are indications that New Delhi is engaging with all parties and developing its role as an interlocutor but there are the ‘ifs, ands, or buts’

The Hindu Wrong notion: On simultaneous elections

The idea of simultaneous elections is inherently anti-federal

The Hindu Acclamation for an Indian leadership that still endures

The Malaysian Prime Minister’s speech in India, with its references to Vivekananda, the Mahatma, Tagore and Nehru, is a pointer to how the world still holds them in high esteem

The Hindu Urban meteorology study likely in Vijayawada, says Union Ministry of Earth Sciences

The study will help in preparation of better weather forecasting models, says MoES adviser Kamaljit Ray

The Hindu Rights group allege Bangladesh Army was inactive while indigenous people attacked in CHT

Indigenous Chakma groups have been alleging that a systematic military-led process took place during 1979 to 1983 to facilitate influx of at least 5,00,000 “plains settlers” into the Chittagong Hill Tracts

The Hindu A train tragedy in Ariyalur that led to the resignation of Lal Bahadur Shastri

On the night of November 22, 1956, the Thoothukudi Express left Madras. Before dawn broke, the train derailed while crossing the Maruthaiyaru in Ariyalur, claiming the lives of more than 150 passengers. Following the nationwide outrage, Railway Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri resigned, though many Congress leaders were against it

The Hindu Biography of a scholar that captures Tamil landscape in the 19th Century

Meenakshisundaram Pillai was born in 1815 and died in 1876. His student U.Ve. Swaminatha Iyer wrote an excellent biography, collecting information from those who were close to him and placing a newspaper advertisement requesting for details

The Hindu Why a strong-willed T.T. Krishnamachari quit the government for the second time

He became the Union Finance Minister in August 1956 and quit in February 1958 following the controversy over the Mundhra affair. In September 1963, he was brought back to the Finance Ministry. In 1965, he resigned after the Prime Minister requested the Chief Justice of India to make an informal inquiry into charges of favouritism against him