The Hindu U.K. has strong belief in India’s democratic values, growth story: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla

Mr. Birla noted that his interactions highlighted the strength of the India-U.K. parliamentary cooperation and the multifaceted nature of the bilateral partnership across multiple sectors

The Hindu Changing winds: Is BJP distancing itself from the Dalits?

Data show that the BJP’s Dalit voter base is declining, especially during national elections

The Hindu MLA moots “Sri Krishna Corridor” for the comprehensive development of Udupi city

The Hindu Hush-money case | Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito says he spoke with Trump

The Hindu Karnataka’s luxury train Golden Chariot takes the chartered trip route to earn more revenue and increase its utility

While the option of chartererd trips has been there since the beginning of Golden Chariot, this time around the response has been very good, says IRCTC official

The Hindu Family claims kin died in custody, police denies; video shows DSP refusing action

Police have denied their claims, saying he was an accused under the Gangster Act and collapsed while fleeing the police during the raid on Monday night

The Hindu Tirupati stampede: Rahul Gandhi condoles death of devotees, asks Congress workers to provide assistance

The tragic stampede in Tirupati is deeply saddening, Rahul Gandhi said

The Hindu Blinken says Trump’s push for U.S. to take control of Greenland is ’not going to happen’

Outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is advising the world not to waste a lot of time on what President-elect Donald Trump has been saying about Greenland

The Hindu More Americans jailed in Venezuela pose test of Trump's deal-making foreign policy

The Americans' detentions add another complication to the many Venezuela challenges that await President-elect Donald Trump when he returns to the White House on January 20

The Hindu Another 14-year-old arrested with a gun at Georgia’s Apalachee High School after deadly shooting

The student is charged with two counts of possessing a weapon on school grounds, theft and being a minor in possession of a gun

The Hindu Morning Digest: Six dead, over 20 injured in stampede at darshan tickets issuing counters in Tirupati; No report of any unusual outbreak pattern for HMPV, says WHO, and more

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The Hindu Legislation introduced in U.S. House to terminate designation of Pakistan as major non-NATO ally

The certification also needs to say that Pakistan has taken steps to demonstrate its commitment to prevent the Haqqani Network from using Pakistan as a safe haven and that Islamabad actively coordinates with the Afghan government to restrict the movement of militants such as the Haqqani Network, along the Afghan-Pak border

The Hindu Fifty years ago | Destruction of East India Co. records; probe urged

The Hindu Female birds can’t reproduce without male sex hormones, study finds

Male and female chickens lacking the androgen receptor showed clear differences in various aspects compared to their normal counterparts. These aspects were hormone-dependent. Surprisingly, certain male traits, for example the length of tail feathers and of spurs, remained unaffected by the genetic modification

The Hindu A hundred years ago | News and notes.