The Hindu

Political leaning and stance

The Hindu's headlines are critical of Donald Trump in nearly every month measured, reporting his claims with distancing verbs and foregrounding legal defeats, threats and tariffs, though largely in a factual register. The United States as a country follows the same critical pattern. Narendra Modi is treated respectfully, with the honorific "PM Modi" and his statements amplified, while opposition criticism is reported without being adopted; some months read as neutral. India itself is covered neutrally, and Iran and Ali Khamenei are covered neutrally. This is measured from headlines toward countries and persons; it is not a rating of accuracy.

Based on headlines from January 2026 to August 2026.

Who owns The Hindu

The Hindu was founded in Chennai in 1878 by G. Subramania Iyer and colleagues, and is published by Kasturi & Sons Ltd, a company controlled by the Kasturi family.

What The Hindu covers

India and the United States lead by a wide margin, followed by Iran, Israel, China, Pakistan and Russia. Diplomacy and governance dominate, a heavy political weighting with a strong foreign-affairs layer for an Indian daily.