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One mostly Muslim booth flipped a controversial Bengal seat – 97% of its vote went to BJP

The Trinamool almost won Rajarhat New Town. Until, a mostly Muslim booth was counted out of turn in the final round, and voted overwhelmingly for the BJP.

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US lost 42 aircraft, including fighter jets and drones, in Iran war: Congressional study

The United States Department of War’s cost estimate for the operations was $29 billion, the military finance chief said.

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Kolkata civic body sends notices to 17 properties allegedly linked to TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee

The Trinamool Congress claimed that the notices alleging unauthorised construction and media reports about them were ‘false’ and ‘fabricated’.

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Why the Sabarimala verdict allowing women into the temple differs from the hijab ‘ban’

Both are practices shaped by patriarchy and religion. But one is determined by individual autonomy and the other by biology.

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‘Like a furnace’: In Delhi summer, poor women are back to cooking on earthen stoves

The shortage of gas cylinders and price hike has pushed the poorest to rely on coal and wood as fuel, exposing them to dangerous air pollution.

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The Swedish paradox: What India can learn from a peripheral European nation that built global firms

At the close of the nineteenth century, the country was an unlikely candidate for industrial greatness. What changed?

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True story: A victim’s memoir of how a scammer faked cancer and death to deceive thousands

An excerpt from ‘Liar, Liar: The True Story of the Social Justice Scammer Who Faked Cancer and Death’, by Rheea Mukherjee.

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