Month: January 2026

Venezuela nationalised the industry in the 1970s, and in the 2000s ordered a forced migration to joint ventures controlled by its state oil company, PDVSA .

Indian American lawmakers sharply criticised President Donald Trump’s decision to use military force in Venezuela and his statement that the United States would “run” the country.

In a daring mission on Saturday, the US special forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife from his residence in Caracas.

Hours after the US captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, federal prosecutors in New York unsealed charges revealing how the Venezuelan government allegedly became a hub…

A 50-year-old man has died by suicide in a five-star hotel in Delhi. The incident happened at Le Meridien in central Delhi, the police said.

Maduro significantly expanded his alleged drug trafficking network while serving as Venezuela’s foreign minister from 2006 to 2008, US prosecutors claim.

Sunflowers can take up cadmium and other heavy metals that can be left behind in the soil, though experts debate their effectiveness after a wildfire.

China on Sunday called on the United States to release Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife “at once” and “resolve issues through dialogue and negotiation.”

The Trump Administration has charged Nicolas Maduro, his wife and son with drug trafficking, narco-terrorism, and weapons offences.

A man with a fake UPSC result that showed him as qualified for civil services arrived at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) here on Saturday for…

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday slammed Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray, claiming their love for Marathi manoos’ is fake and that their real interest lies in the…

India’s aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), said that power banks and spare batteries will be allowed only in hand luggage and cannot be stored in overhead…

Ajay Garg, who was working as an executive director at the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) in Delhi, was staying with his wife in the ATS One Hamlet society.

Asaduddin Owaisi demanded that the masterminds behind the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks be brought to India from Pakistan, like Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro was captured along with his wife and…

Former diplomat Shashi Tharoor has given his frank assessment of the US action against Venezuela and its President Nicolas Maduro. It is all about “might is right”.

Delhi’s air quality continued to remain in the ‘poor’ category on Sunday, with the national capital recording an overall Air Quality Index of 248, according to data from the CPCB.

Microblogging site X will act against illegal content by removing it, permanently suspending accounts that uploaded the material and working with local governments as required, the Elon Musk-owned social media…

US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a post on social media platform X that the initial restrictions expired at 12:00 am (0500 GMT), when flights could resume as scheduled.

When soundproofing foam is not treated with flame retardants, fire can spread very rapidly, Freddy Rigaux, a former professional firefighter in France, explained.

Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy drew parallels to the terrorist Ajmal Kasab, suggesting that public execution would be a fitting consequence for those who “betrayed” the state’s water interests.

US forces carried out a targeted operation inside Venezuela, capturing Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores.

The US military operation in Venezuela has immediate and long-term repercussions, both domestically and internationally.

North Korea launched multiple ballistic missiles toward the sea Sunday, its neighbors said, just hours before South Korea’s president left for China for talks expected to cover North Korea’s nuclear…

The president’s pledge to a Venezuela project comes as he finds himself struggling to bring about a permanent peace between Israel and Hamas in Gaza and find an endgame to…

In the first scenario, Trump will proclaim mission accomplished, parade the capture of Maduro as a triumph of American will and rapidly reduce the US footprint.

As much as 65 per cent of Delhi’s air pollution in 2025 originated from outside the city, mainly from other NCR districts, while local sources accounted for the remaining 35…

Dense smog and fog enveloped large parts of the national Capital on Saturday morning, significantly reducing visibility and affecting daily life across the city.

A 60-year-old woman from Maharashtra’s Thane district has been arrested for allegedly killing her daughter-in-law over a dispute involving a railway job and gratuity funds, police said on Saturday.

Microblogging site X owner Elon Musk on Saturday said people using the platform’s AI services Grok to make illegal content will face the same consequences as those uploading illegal content.

US authorities said the Justice Department sought military assistance to apprehend Maduro, who had been indicted by a New York grand jury along with his wife, son, two political leaders…

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday said the new-generation Vande Bharat sleeper train would have improved amenities as he walked through the coaches of the train at the New Delhi…

Neither Venezuela nor the United States has released a death count from the pre-dawn attack that nabbed Maduro, although Trump said no Americans were killed.

US intelligence agents had been secretly monitoring leftist Maduro’s every movement since August, despite his widely reported efforts to regularly change locations as tensions mounted with Washington.

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he was frustrated with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the continued war in Ukraine, repeating that he had initially believed that ending the…

On Friday, less than 24 hours before the Venezuela mission, Trump spent almost an hour perusing marble and onyx at an Italian stone importer in a gritty section of Lake…

Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured during an attack by special US forces on the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, on Saturday.