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A temple land lease has been cancelled after complaints were brought to the attention of the HR&CE Minister, triggering a swift administrative review. The move underscores the growing scrutiny over temple property management and the political sensitivity surrounding religious endowments in India.
Hinduja Housing Finance Limited has appointed Vivek Kannan as chief executive officer, marking a leadership transition that keeps continuity at the company’s core. Kannan, who joined as chief operating officer in 2020, succeeds managing director Sachin Pillai, who has stepped down from executive responsibilities but will continue as a non-executive director on the board.
At The Hindu Semiconductor Summit 2026, senior business leaders argued that India’s chip ambitions should be guided by industrial capability, supply-chain resilience and global competitiveness rather than nationalist rivalry. Their remarks reflected a broader concern that semiconductor policy must avoid becoming a geopolitical slogan and instead focus on execution, talent and long-term capital formation.
The Hindu’s Sunday crossword No. 78 has emerged as a small but telling marker of India’s enduring print culture, drawing readers who treat the puzzle not merely as a pastime but as a weekly intellectual ritual. In an era dominated by algorithmic entertainment, the crossword continues to command attention through precision, language, and the slow satisfaction of solving.
The Hindu’s Sunday crossword No. 78 has once again placed the newspaper’s long-running puzzle tradition at the centre of India’s weekend reading culture. For many solvers, the crossword remains a rare analogue ritual in a digital-first media environment, blending language, memory, and general knowledge into a disciplined form of leisure.
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has cautioned against agitations that fracture society, arguing that India must remain united in the face of what he described as efforts by powerful forces to deepen internal divisions. Referring to recent unrest in France and earlier political upheavals in Nepal and Bangladesh, he said India’s strength and expanding global influence could be undermined if social cohesion weakens.
At least 17 people were killed and many more injured in a crowd crush at a Hindu festival event in the Indian city of Kolkata, according to initial reports from the scene. The disaster has renewed scrutiny of crowd control, emergency preparedness and public safety planning at large religious gatherings in India, where mass attendance can overwhelm local infrastructure within minutes.
At least 17 people, most of them Catholic pilgrims, were killed in a multi-vehicle crash on a highway in Kenya, according to local reports. The victims were traveling to a prayer site when the collision occurred, underscoring the persistent danger of road travel on major East African transport corridors.
At the centenary observance of the Akhil Vishva Gayatri Parivar, participants issued a collective pledge in support of a drug-free India, framing the campaign as both a moral appeal and a civic responsibility. The event underscored how religious and social institutions continue to shape public discourse on substance abuse, prevention, and national well-being.
The reopening of the Hasanamba temple in Karnataka has revived long-standing claims of divine “miracles,” drawing thousands of devotees and fresh public attention to a ritual that sits at the intersection of faith, local identity, and civic administration. While believers see the annual opening as proof of the deity’s power, the event also underscores how religious tradition continues to shape public life in India’s temple towns.
A bitter dispute over military service for ultra-Orthodox Jewish men is emerging as one of the most consequential issues in Israeli politics, with the potential to reshape coalition arithmetic, public trust and the country’s long-term social contract. The debate has intensified as the war has deepened pressure on the Israel Defense Forces and sharpened resentment among secular and religious-nationalist voters over unequal burden-sharing.
From Satyajit Ray’s Devi to Rituparno Ghosh’s Parama, Bengali cinema has repeatedly turned to Durga not simply as a religious icon but as a lens through which to examine women’s agency, domestic power and social control. Across films such as Utsab and Antarmahal, the goddess becomes a charged symbol of the contradictions between divine strength and the constrained realities of women’s lives.
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