By Arpan Chaturvedi and Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI, Oct 9 (Reuters) - India's verification exercise of its nearly one billion voters has sparked protests across the country, with opposition parties alleging the removal of 130 million names from electoral rolls has unfairly benefited Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party.

Public anger is growing over an exercise that critics say undermines the world’s largest democracy, particularly disenfranchising Muslims under the Hindu nationalist government.

India has accused Vice President JD Vance of using “deeply offensive” language with painful colonial connotations after he warned American companies against

Kaur, 37, is the only man or woman to captain her side in international cricket in more than 150 T20I games.