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Best of the Week: Why a US power play in Caracas matters to India's oil calculus

New Delhi, Jan. 10 -- Best of the Week is a weekly newsletter by Siddharth Sharma/Shravani Sinha. Subscribe to Mint's newsletters to get them directly in your inbox. The dramatic US intervention in V... Read More


Ketan Parekh, the persistent ghoul of Dalal Street

New Delhi, Jan. 10 -- Ketan Parekh was a serial entrepreneur of systemic rot. First penalized for his role in the 1992 securities scam, he resurfaced by the turn of the millennium with a personalized... Read More


Fires lit to speed up grass growth destroy forests and livestock in Kalikot every year

Kalikot, Jan. 10 -- A forest fire broke out on November 27 in Saldanda Community Forest of ward 4 of Khandachakra Municipality in Kalikot. The wildfire that started at around 5 am was brought under co... Read More


HC dismisses PIL questioning mass rejection of BMC poll nominations

India, Jan. 10 -- The Bombay High Court on Friday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the "mass rejection" of nomination forms across the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC... Read More


Who is Benjamin Yuen? Meet the Hong Kong star speaking Malay in 'Black Ops', Malaysia's biggest action film

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 10 -- As the buzz builds around the landmark Malaysian-Hong Kong action co-production Black Ops, the inclusion of Hong Kong star Benjamin Yuen has generated significant excitement. ... Read More


Mumbai is my karmabhoomi: Fadnavis

India, Jan. 10 -- Calling Mumbai his "karmabhoomi" (place of work), chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday said he had transformed the city with his vision and hard work. Fadnavis was reacting to ... Read More


Crime branch raids famous SoBo restaurant, siezes 157 e-cigarettes

India, Jan. 10 -- The Mumbai Crime Branch has raided the iconic Light of Persia restaurant in South Mumbai and seized 157 banned e-cigarettes valued at Rs.4.71 lakh, registering a case against the own... Read More


How the Sena (UBT)-MNS alliance has forced the BJP to rediscover the Marathi Manoos

India, Jan. 10 -- For the last decade, the BJP's rise in Mumbai rested on a crucial political assumption - that the city had outgrown nativist politics. Development, infrastructure and a broad Hindutv... Read More


Shinde turns tables on BJP in Ambernath

India, Jan. 10 -- In a dramatic turnaround in the Ambernath Municipal Council election battle, deputy chief minister and Shiv Sena president Eknath Shinde has outsmarted his state ally, the Bharatiya ... Read More


HC restores BJP candidate's nomination for Navi Mumbai civic polls

India, Jan. 10 -- In a significant relief to BJP candidate Nilesh Bhojane, the Bombay High Court on Friday restored his nomination for the post of councillor from Ward 17A of the Navi Mumbai Municipal... Read More