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"Attempt to derail crucial process": Suvendu Adhikari hits back at Mamata Banerjee's claims of "harassing citizens" during SIR

Kolkata, Jan. 11 -- West Bengal Leader of Opposition (LoP) Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday wrote to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, calling Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's claims an attem... Read More


IND vs NZ 1st ODI: India win toss, opt to bowl first in Vadodara

Vadodara, Jan. 11 -- Team India captain Shubman Gill won the toss and elected to bowl first against the Michael Bracewell-led New Zealand in the first match of the three-match ODI series, starting on ... Read More


Witerati: Selfie-conscious at the book fair

India, Jan. 11 -- The Capital's WBF 2026 promises to be bigger and bolder, but is the book culture also getting better? For booklovers, it's that time of the year when every road leads to the much-aw... Read More


Trump's 10pc cap on credit card interest rates: Good or bad? - Nazrul Hazizi Noordin

Kuala Lampur, Jan. 11 -- Trump's recent announcement of a one-year 10 per cent cap on credit card interest rates has reminded me of an old but important conversation about finance, morality, and the r... Read More


The 'Hermes of durian': How Malaysia's Musang King became China's most wanted fruit

KUALA LUMPUP, Jan. 11 -- In the small Pahang town of Raub, the pungent scent of durian is the smell of money, thanks to a global rush fuelled by China's insatiable appetite for the Musang King, a priz... Read More


Random Forays: The easy way, the uneasy way

India, Jan. 11 -- During a recent discussion on our sports-centric WhatsApp group, about the shortest names in sport, the very short name of Li Na, former French Open champion, came up. A friend then ... Read More


"Many Congress leaders are involved": BJP's K Surendran on Palakkad MLA arrest in rape case

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan. 11 -- Following the arrest of the expelled Congress MLA Rahul Mamkootathil in connection with an alleged rape case, BJP leader K Surendran on Sunday alleged that many Congress... Read More


Roundabout: Someday whenever the spring breaks through

India, Jan. 11 -- Hope, resilience and love for the written word marked the release of a collection of 89 short stories, titled 'Bahar Aun Tak' by the much-revered short-story writer Navtej Singh (192... Read More


Between iconoclasm and sycophancy

Nepal, Jan. 11 -- Every Prithvi Jayanti, Nepal does not merely commemorate the birth of King Prithvi Narayan Shah; it reenacts an argument about how nations ought to remember their modern-day founders... Read More


Draft electoral rolls: Lucknow MLAs analyse reasons for large-scale deletions

Lucknow, Jan. 11 -- The sitting MLAs in Lucknow's urban assembly constituencies and the runners-up in the 2022 assembly polls have mentioned a number of reasons for the huge drop in the number of vote... Read More