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Row over reduction in school holidays in Bihar

Bihar schools debate reducing holidays to comply with RTE Act; BJP calls it anti-Hindu. Education Dept. issues circular to reduce festive holidays from 23 to 11 days. After protests, govt. withdraws notification & issues fresh letter to ensure minimum classes as per rules.

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‘The Aavin parlour across the road used to be my favourite spot’

Colgate Palmolive Ltd. MD Prabha Narasimhan recalls her younger days in Chennai and explains why she loves the city

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Statement being issued against Hinduism only to appease Muslims, says MLA Mahesh Tenginakai

MLA Mahesh Tenginakai criticizes Home Minister's statement on Hindu dharma, saying Congress leaders are abusing Hinduism to appease Muslims. He says Sanatana Dharma has thousands of years of history & leaders should stop degrading Hinduism. He also criticizes actor-activist Prakash Raj's statement & denies appeasing senior leaders for party ticket.…

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Now, Hindu women threatened with rape and death by right-wing ‘activists’ for befriending young Muslim men

Tanu, Riya & Shilpi, all Hindu women, faced death & rape threats for posting pictures with Muslim men. Bajrang Dal members threatened their families & spread their personal details online.

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Morning Digest | ‘India’ and ‘Bharat’ can be used in invitation, say legal experts; Indo-Pacific, China map on agenda as PM Modi leaves for Jakarta, and more

The Hindu’s Morning Digest brings readers a select list of stories to start the day

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Krishna Janmashtami: Celebrating the birthday of a beloved Hindu god, renowned for his compassion and his wisdom in the Bhagavad Gita

Many Hindus around the world will celebrate Krishna Janmashtami, the birthday of the Hindu god Krishna, on Sept. 6. The birth celebrations occur on the eighth day after the full moon in the month of Bhadrapada, or during August-September; in some parts of southern India the celebrations are held during…

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Letters to The Editor — September 6, 2023

Readers’ mail to The Hindu’s Letters to The Editor

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A ‘spiritual strife’ between Swaminarayan sect, other Hindu outfits in Gujarat

Battle of superiority in Gujarat between powerful Swaminarayan sect and other Hindu outfits. Sect's literature and speeches seen as disrespectful of Hindu gods and goddesses. Sect wields political and economic power, while other Hindu religious seers and priests have grouped together to oppose them. Resolution passed to boycott sect and…

The Hindu

I started using Sanatana Dharma to stop Sangh Parivar groups from twisting my words as an attack on Hindu beliefs: Thirumavalavan

Thol. Thirumavalavan has been using the term "Sanatana Dharma" to criticize Hindutva and Sangh Parivar politics for the past five years. He believes it sidesteps the problem of being painted as anti-Hindu. He argues that Sanatana Dharma is the basic concept of Aryan religion, with inequality at its core, while…

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India's government replaces 'India' with ancient name 'Bharat' in dinner invitation to G20 guests

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has replaced the name India with a Sanskrit word in dinner invitations sent to guests attending this week’s Group of 20 summit, in a move that reflects his Hindu nationalist party’s efforts to eliminate what it sees as colonial-era names

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Controversial murals of Lord Hanuman to be removed from Gujarat temple

A week after a controversy erupted over the “distorted depiction” of Lord Hanuman in murals at a Hanuman temple at Salangpur in Botad district of Gujarat, the matter was resolved on Monday after the temple managed by the Swaminarayan Vadtal Gadi Sansthan decided to remove the murals.

The Hindu

Overwhelming response to sports quiz in Berhampur

The sports quiz organised jointly by Hindu Future India Club (FIC), part of The Hindu Group, and the Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) received overwhelming response in Berhampur, with 550 schoolchildren participating in the event on Monday.

The Hindu

Energy Department has framed contingency plan to tackle any future power shortfall by shifting focus to renewable energy: George

With the demand for power progressively increasing, the Energy Department has framed a contingency plan to tackle any future shortfall by shifting the focus to renewable energy, said K.J. George, Minister of Energy, while answering questions from The Hindu’s readers during THTalksBengaluru

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Indian government accused of rewriting history through schoolbook changes

In India, schoolteachers and pupils alike are grappling with the Hindu nationalist government's rewriting and sanitising of textbooks. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has extensively revised secondary school curricula, removing all mention of the country's Mughal and Muslim history, which spanned some six centuries, as well as the identity of…

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TTD board member S Shankar questions TN minister Udayanidhi Stalin why they recommend people to Tirupati trust when DMK wants the end of Sanathana Dharma

VIJAYAWADA: Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams trust board member and former Tamil Nadu state protocol president for the Bharatiya Janata party Dr S Shankar questioned Tamil Nadu minister and actor Udayanidhi Stalin as to why the DMK party has been recommending persons to be nominated to the world renowned TTD trust board…

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Did Opposition INDIA bloc’s meeting in Mumbai decide on targeting Sanatana Dharma, ask BJP leaders

BJP attacks DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin for his remarks on Sanatana Dharma; Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Arjun Ram Meghwal, Dharmendra Pradhan and Anurag Thakur demand INDIA alliance apologise. Shobha Karandlaje calls for Stalin to sack his son. Udhayanidhi likened Sanatana Dharma to "coronavirus, malaria, and dengue fever" and said it…

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Registrations open for Janmashtami contest

Janmashatmi contest organised by The Hindu Downtown

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2,400 runners participate in ‘Made of Chennai Run’

2,400 runners participated in the 'Made of Chennai Run' as part of 'The Hindu Festival of Chennai'. Nandhini Ramanadhan, C. Muralidharan, Ashitosh Singh, Lakshmi Devi, Vaishnavi Srinivasan, P. Bhaskar & Subash Cheran won the 10K & 5K runs.

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Morning Digest | India’s first solar observatory mission Aditya-L1 launches today; ED arrests Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal in bank fraud case, and more

Read a daily selection of top stories from across India and the world by The Hindu to start your day

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The many faces of Islamophobia

A new political class in India wishes to weaponise Islamophobia and make it a part of a state policy, in turn posing a serious threat to India’s secular social order

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India's textbook purge: Drastic curriculum revision sparks controversy

Since the start of the new school year in April, secondary school children in India have been learning things differently. The government has extensively revised textbooks. This reform has stirred controversy, with a number of historians and scientists accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government of trying to rewrite history and…

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India's opposition parties team up to challenge Modi's Hindu nationalist party in 2024 elections

India’s splintered opposition parties have decided to contest the 2024 national elections in their bid to unseat Prime Minister Narendra Modi and prevent his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party from achieving a third straight win

The Hindu

Children from void, voidable marriages entitled to parents’ share in ancestral property: SC

The Supreme Court on September 1 held that children born out of “void or voidable” marriages are legitimate and can claim rights in parents’ properties under the Hindu Succession law.

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Venugopal Kasturi elected Chairman of Kasturi and Sons Ltd.

Venugopal Kasturi has been elected Chairman of Kasturi and Sons Ltd., the holding company of The Hindu Group Publishing Private Ltd (THGPPL), the publishers of The Hindu, Businessline, Frontline and Sportstar. He was the founding Executive Editor of Businessline.

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