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The two cousins, who reunited last year, launched a scathing attack on the BJP-led ruling Mahayuti in Maharashtra.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin announced a new pension scheme that would assure 50 per cent of thelast drawn salary as monthly pension for government employees.

The Tirumala temple of Lord Venkateswara will remain closed to devotees from 9 am to 7.30 pm on March 3 owing to a lunar eclipse, the temple administration said on…

More than two crore rice ration card holders in Tamil Nadu will receive a Pongal gift of Rs 3,000 ahead of the harvest festival, Chief Minister MK Stalin announced on…

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, have been captured by US forces and are now in American custody. They face charges of narco-terrorism, drug trafficking, and illegal…

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

Hours after the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, US President Donald Trump announced plans for the United States to take control of Venezuela’s vast oil reserves.

Deposed Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores will face criminal charges after they were captured and transported from Caracas to New York on Saturday.

US prosecutors have charged Cilia Flores, wife of Venezuela’s captured president Nicolas Maduro, with accepting bribes to facilitate drug trafficking and manipulate the country’s anti-drug office.

Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, along with his wife, has been captured and flown out of the country, US president Donald Trump announced on social media at 4:21 am on Saturday.…

It’s about oil, US President Donald Trump said quite frankly a day after US special forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and wife Cilia Flores from Caracas in a swift…

A 42-year-old man died on Saturday after two alleged criminals mowed him down while trying to evade arrest here, police said. Police said efforts are on to trace the criminals…

In May last year, the Adani Group announced the signing of an MoU to jointly develop 5,000 MW of hydropower projects in Bhutan.

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who is serving a 20-year jail term for raping two of his disciples and is lodged in the Sunaria jail in Haryana’s…

An elderly couple in Delhi was found dead under mysterious circumstances at their house in Shahdara in the early hours of Saturday.

India today said the developments in Venezuela are a matter of deep concern and it is closely monitoring the evolving situation, a day after US special forces captured President Nicolas…

A major fire broke out at the Thrissur Railway Station on Sunday, destroying more than 200 two-wheelers parked at a designated parking facility adjacent to the station.

The accused used to frequently visit Ranjitha’s house for meals, but tensions escalated when he insisted on marriage, to which Ranjitha and her family objected.

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.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro received a warning from his US counterpart Donald Trump, even as Nicolas Maduro was brought to a prison in New York almost a day after Washington…

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has said he spoke with President Donald Trump “directly” to register his opposition to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro and his wife…

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Sunday projected women’s empowerment and social cohesion as key pillars of its ideological and organisational strategy.

India on Saturday night advised its nationals to avoid all non-essential travel to Venezuela in view of the situation arising out of the capture of the oil-rich country’s president by…

The Supreme Court will deliver its verdict on the bail pleas of activists Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, and others accused in the 2020 Delhi riots conspiracy case on January 5.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores were seized during a surprise nighttime raid by US forces after being pulled from their bedroom.

At 4:21 on Saturday morning, U.S. President Donald Trump sent a message on his Truth Social platform: the United States had carried out a daring mission to capture Venezuelan President…

Letters sent to foreign powers and the United Nations by a civil society group in India against the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) order “seek to delegitimise and internationalise an order…

US President Donald Trump on Saturday brushed aside Nobel Peace Prize-winning opposition leader Maria Corina Machado as a potential interim leader of Venezuela, as he said Washington was working with…

US President Donald Trump made a stunning claim that the US “will run” Venezuela until a “proper and judicious” transition was in effect.

President Donald Trump said Saturday he would allow American oil companies to head into Venezuela to tap its massive crude reserves after a US military operation that seized the country’s…

The Congress announced a nationwide ‘MGNREGA Bachao Sangram’ from January 10 to February 25 to demand the withdrawal of the VB G-RAM-G Act and the restoration of MGNREGA as a…

Ahead of the West Bengal assembly polls, Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Mausam Noor on Saturday returned to the Congress.

Adding a new layer of complexity to an already knotty web of alliances in Maharashtra, NCP leader Ajit Pawar has launched a volley against coalition partner BJP, accusing it of…

The tragedy that unfolded in Indore was not sudden; it was scripted over years in official files and ignored warnings, according to internal documents accessed by NDTV.

Aam Admi Party MP Raghav Chadha has defended his support of gig workers who had called for a strike earlier this week.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni defended the US military action in Venezuela on Saturday, calling it legitimate ‘defence’, even as she said outside military force should not be used for…

China said on Saturday it firmly opposes US military strikes on Venezuela and the capture of the country’s leader Nicolas Maduro, calling it a violation of international law.

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said on Saturday that the “hour of freedom” had arrived for her country after President Nicolas Maduro was captured by the US forces.

The United States, which on Saturday attacked Venezuela and is said to have abducted its president, has a long history of military interventions and support for dictatorships in Latin America.

Videos of armed men shooting in the air with assault rifles in Manipur to celebrate the New Year have gone viral.

In what is being described as the “death knell” for the PLGA and the Telangana State Committee of the CPI (Maoist), top commanders and several underground cadres surrendered to the…

Fulfilling the over 2-decade-old demand of government employees and teachers, Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday announced a new plan, the “Tamil Nadu Assured Pension Scheme,” and said it…

US Vice President JD Vance said Saturday that Venezuela ignored offers to reach a settlement, adding that captured leader Nicolas Maduro was the “newest person to find out that President…

US President Donald Trump announced today that Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro had been captured by US forces in a covert operation, removed from Venezuelan territory, and was now aboard an…

Maduro was born into a working-class family on November 23, 1962, son of a trade union leader. He worked as a bus driver during the time army officer Hugo Chavez…

In an interview aired on Thursday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro had extended an olive branch to the US and President Donald Trump, offering to address concerns on drug trafficking and…

US Attorney General Pam Bondi says deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, will face criminal charges after an indictment in New York.

Russia condemned the US military action in Venezuela on Saturday and demanded “immediate” clarification about what happened to Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, who US President Donald Trump said was captured…

President Donald Trump had long threatened that he could order military strikes on targets on Venezuelan territory after months of attacks on boats accused of carrying drugs from the South…

Praising his troops again for successfully capturing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, US President Donald Trump has said no American lives were lost during the operation.

Loud explosions, accompanied by sounds resembling aircraft flyovers, were heard in Caracas around 2:00 am (0600 GMT) Saturday, an AFP journalist reported.

Tamil Nadu actor-politician Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) has strongly indicated with whom it may join hands ahead of the assembly election this year.

The residents of Caracas today were jolted awake by a short, violent sequence of explosions and the roar of low-flying aircraft. Within hours, an extraordinary claim followed from Florida.

Multiple explosions heard in Venezuela LIVE Updates: The United States on Sunday confirmed that it conducted strikes inside Venezuela moments after several explosions were heard in the capital Caracas and…

Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei acknowledged the economic demands of Iranian protesters, while warning against what he described as rioting.

The United States launched what President Donald Trump described as ‘large-scale strikes against Venezuela’ on Saturday, an action that was said to be carried out “in conjunction with US law…

Expressing deep concern over the US attacks on Venezuela, Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Saturday called for an urgent UN meeting, calling for prohibition of the use or threat of…

The United States carried out a large strike in Venezuela’s Caracas and flew President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores out of the country, President Donald Trump said on…

The United States hit Venezuela with a “large-scale strike” early Saturday and said President Nicolas Maduro had been captured and flown out of the country after months of stepped-up pressure…

President Donald Trump on Saturday said that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife have been “captured” and “flown out of the country”, while confirming that the US has “successfully…

As the United States carried out a large-scale strike in Caracas, Venezuela, a pizza outlet near the Pentagon witnessed an unusual late-night surge in orders on Saturday, January 3.

Donald Trump returned to office vowing to be the peace president. Nearly a year later, he is embracing war on multiple fronts.

The US has carried out a major military operation in Venezuela, with President Donald Trump confirming that his counterpart, Nicolas Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured and flown…

In an interview aired on Thursday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro had extended an olive branch to the US and President Donald Trump, offering to address concerns on drug trafficking and…