President Droupadi Murmu highlights government's accelerated work pace, key decisions, and focus on youth and employment ...

In many ways, Hindu rashtra’s Constitution seems to be the very antithesis of the enlightened document — B.R. Ambedkar’s ...

The festival has its roots in a Hindu tradition that says the god Vishnu wrested a golden pitcher containing the nectar of ...

A vermilion dot on the forehead is one of India’s most widely accepted Hindu cultural insignias. But at the festival, where millions are flocking to pray and bathe at the confluence of India’s holy ...

The six-week Kumbh Mela is the single biggest milestone on the Hindu religious calendar. Wednesday marks one of the holiest days in the festival, when saffron-clad holy men lead millions in a sin ...

Welcome to this edition of The Hindu on Books Newsletter. The 13th edition of the Kolkata Literary Meet was held from January 21-26 at a new venue this year, the Horticultural Garden in Alipore ...

The event’s main draw is the thousands of ash-smeared Hindu ascetics who make massive processions toward the confluence to bathe. Indian authorities took more than 16 hours to release casualty ...

The stampede at the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh — the third such incident in recent months — confirms India’s dubious distinction of having the most number of deaths during ...

Last October, the Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad, an apex body of Hindu seers and religious leaders, had announced that it would not allow “non-Sanatani” people, or those who do not believe ...

Commission members visited the stampede spot at the Sangam Nose, a triangular area just before the confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna, and the invisible Saraswati. The panel is led by Harsh Kumar, a ...

Pete Hegseth said during his confirmation hearing before a U.S. Senate committee that his profile did not match any of those who preceded him as Secretary of Defense in the past 30 years.