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Owned by Kasturi & Sons (Kasturi Ranga Iyengar family), which also runs Frontline and The Hindu BusinessLine.

thehindu.com, 1 story in the Library

Owner

Listed owner

Kasturi & Sons (Kasturi Ranga Iyengar family), which also runs Frontline and The Hindu BusinessLine.

From Prism's own ownership list, last reviewed 2 September 2026.

What Prism's research found

The Hindu is a family-owned newspaper published by THG Publishing, with its holding company Kasturi and Sons Limited owned by Iyengar family descendants.

Money

Funding

The Hindu generates revenue through a combination of digital and print subscriptions, advertising, events, archives, and syndication streams.

Revenue model

Mixed funding

The publication relies on a mixed revenue model combining subscription fees and advertising income.

Policies

Not checked yet. This research was done before Prism started looking for these links.

Website

Address
thehindu.com
Registered
1 March 1996
Registrar
eNom, LLC
Registrant country
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Hosted by
Cloudflare, Inc., United States

Served through a CDN, so the server behind it is hidden.

Leaning and reliability

Political leaning

Lean left

Media Bias/Fact Check rates The Hindu as Left-Center Biased based on editorial positions favoring a liberal perspective.

Reliability

Mixed

Media Bias/Fact Check rates The Hindu as Mostly Factual rather than high due to a failed fact check and a misleading claim.

Ratings like these are other people's opinions, not Prism's. Follow the sources and judge for yourself.

From the story Election Commission row highlights: CEC Gyanesh Kumar must resign immediately; PM Modi, Amit Shah to be investigated, says Rahul Gandhi, saved 26 September 2026. This is Prism's read of the sources it found, and registry records are often hidden. Follow the citations and judge for yourself.

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