Gen Z vs Haryana khap panchayats: Old rules, new rebels
The Hinduby Ashok Kumar·28 Aug 2026
Anchal, an M.A. student and a resident of Igra village, Jind district, posted a video on social media satirising khap panchayats, the powerful but unelected community bodies dominated by elderly...
Eng vs Pak 2nd Test: England in control at Lord’s and stretches lead to 261 after skittling Pakistan for 110
The Hinduby Authors; Contributors·28 Aug 2026
England was bossing Pakistan by an imposing 261 runs after two days of the Lord's test on Friday (August 28, 2026).
Diamond League: Dos Santos and Russell make their entry into the history books
The Hinduby Agencies·28 Aug 2026
Two World records were broken less than 40 minutes apart at the Diamond League in Zurich on Thursday (August 27, 2026), with 400m hurdler Alison dos Santos of Brazil making his way into the history...
Delhi HC issues show-cause notice to social media user over ‘contemptuous’ videos
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·28 Aug 2026
The Delhi High Court has issued a show-cause notice to a social media user, asking him to explain why contempt proceedings should not be initiated over YouTube videos allegedly containing...
Sacred guru-devotee hierarchy
The Hinduby Authors; Contributors·28 Aug 2026
The sacred or spiritual hierarchy and roles are an interconnected relationship between the Bhagavan (God), the Acharya (Guru), and the Bhagavatas (devotees).
Ritabrata Banerjee-led TMC faction demands immediate students’ union polls in colleges
The Hinduby Senjuti Sengupta·28 Aug 2026
West Bengal Leader of Opposition Ritabrata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress group on Friday (August 28, 2026) accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government of not taking any initiative to hold...
Bihar government to replace ‘fail’ with ‘eligible for skills’ in Class 10, 12 marksheets
The Hinduby Amarnath Tewary·28 Aug 2026
Noting that a student’s talent is not diminished simply because they did not manage to secure expected marks in an examination, Bihar Education Minister Mithilesh Tiwari announced on Friday (August...
Fiscal federalism, efficiency versus equity concerns
The Hinduby K J Joseph; Sumalatha B S·28 Aug 2026
The Finance Commission, an institutional innovation embedded in India’s constitutional architecture, was never intended to be a routine allocator of funds.
UoM Senate meeting postponed, teachers express displeasure
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·28 Aug 2026
The annual meeting of the Senate of University of Madras (UoM), scheduled to be held on Friday, was suddenly postponed hours before it was convened.
FSSAI proposes front-of-pack red pictorial warnings for foods high in fat, sugar, salt
The Hinduby Krishnadas Rajagopal·28 Aug 2026
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on Friday (August 28, 2026) submitted in the Supreme Court a proposal to provide information relating to added sugar, fat and salt in...
Literature is more powerful than history: Su. Venkatesan
The Hinduby K Muralitharan·28 Aug 2026
Literature is more powerful than merely writing history directly. Sahitya Akademi award-winning writer and Member of Parliament Su.
West Bengal CM flays ‘Azadi’ slogans at Jadavpur
The Hinduby Shiv Sahay Singh·28 Aug 2026
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday (August 28, 2026) participated in an event near the Jadavpur University campus, where he criticised a section of students raising Azadi slogans...
‘City of ponds’: residents of Bihar’s Darbhanga town wade into legal battle to save water bodies
The Hinduby Amarnath Tewary·28 Aug 2026
Darbhanga in Bihar’s Mithilanchal region, about 160 km north of State capital Patna, had over 350 ponds till 1969 as per the district gazetteer and was known as the ‘city of ponds’.
Chennai takes sides | Conservancy workers seek permanency; residents demand action on open dumping
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·28 Aug 2026
While conservancy workers continue to press for permanent jobs, residents in parts of the city have called for stricter action against open dumping, even as some areas have seen improved garbage...
‘Not taken into confidence’: Shiv Sena upset over Maharashtra CM’s ‘unilateral decision’ to relax Marathi rule for autorickshaw, taxi drivers
The Hinduby Vinaya Deshpande Pandit·28 Aug 2026
Leaders of the Shiv Sena, a constituent of the ruling Mahayuti in Maharashtra, expressed displeasure on Friday with its ally BJP over Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’s “unilateral decision” to...
High-powered task force looking into NTA reforms invites stakeholder suggestions
The Hinduby Maitri Porecha·28 Aug 2026
A high-powered task force constituted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to recommend reforms in public examinations has invited suggestions from stakeholders, including students, parents, teachers...
BJP’s challenge is the BJP itself, says Ram Madhav
The Hinduby Nistula Hebbar·28 Aug 2026
The newly appointed national vice-president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Ram Madhav, has worn many hats, from Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) spokesperson in the early 2000s to party...
57 lakh active workers await e-KYC under VB GRAM G
The Hinduby Sobhana K Nair·28 Aug 2026
The e-KYC verification rate of registered workers stood at 71% two months after the launch of the new rural employment scheme, the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin)...
Chennai Corporation floated over 14,500 tenders last year, says Commissioner
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·28 Aug 2026
The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) floated more than 14,500 tenders in the last financial year, against the usual 4,000 to 4,500, Commissioner G.S.
Councillors raise concern over faecal contamination of water
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·28 Aug 2026
: Councillors complained about faecal contamination of drinking water and the rising public health risk in Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) zones, at the Council meeting on Friday.
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