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US secretary of war Pete Hegseth (AP) US secretary of war Pete Hegseth said Washington’s midnight military operation in Venezuela on Saturday, which also led to the capture of President Nicolas Maduro and his wife was the “exact opposite” of the 2003 Iraq invasion and would not result in prolonged conflict or American casualties.Addressing concerns…

File photo: US President Donald Trump (Picture credit: AP) US President Donald Trump capped his holiday break with an unprecedented military operation in Venezuela, ordering a surprise raid that led to the capture of President Nicolas Maduro early on Saturday. The dramatic action came at the end of a winter stay at his Mar-a-Lago estate…

Mustafizur Rahman and Shashi Tharoor NEW DELHI: India and Bangladesh are once again at the centre of a cricket and political row. This time, it involves the T20 World Cup and the Indian Premier League.Bangladesh has asked that their matches at next month’s T20 World Cup not be played in India. Instead, they want the…

A sharp increase in taxes on cigarettes, along with a new excise duty structure on tobacco products, could trigger a surge in illicit trade and lead to significant revenue losses for the government, experts have warned.Earlier this week, the finance ministry notified amendments to the Central Excise Act, introducing a fresh excise duty ranging from…

Shashi Tharoor, Shaina NC (File photos) NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday weighed-in on the US strikes on Venezuela, a day before, calling it “law of the jungle”.The US carried out multiple airstrikes on Venezuela early Saturday, triggering explosions across Caracas and paving the way for the capture of President Nicolás Maduro…

A day after capturing Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and his wife from their, as US President Donald Trump said, “heavily guarded fortress,” the White House released an old clip of Maduro daring Trump to come and get him.The clip details a US military operation, “Operation Absolute Resolve”, carried out on Janaury 3 to capture Maduro…

A two-year-old tweet of Elon Musk ‘predicting’ the arrest of Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro. In August 2024, the tech billionaire shared a post writing “I’m coming for you Maduro! I will carry you to Gitmo on a donkey”. Musk was then responding to a video post allegedly claiming that Maduro gave “direct orders to his…

‘Dhurandhar’ has proven to be the biggest hit of 2025 now and it has broken several box office records. The film has now completed a month at the box office and is still dominating over the new releases. It looks like ‘Dhurandhar’ starring Ranveer Singh, Akshaye Khanna, Arjun Rampal, Sanjay Dutt, R Madhavan and Sara…

Warren Buffett and the late Charlie Munger finally ended their decades-long regret by acquiring a $4.3 billion stake in Alphabet, Google’s parent company, in Q3 2025. This move, driven by firsthand experience of Google’s advertising prowess through GEICO, signals Berkshire Hathaway’s growing confidence in Alphabet’s AI ambitions and its core search business. Warren Buffett and…

Venezuela’s entered a new and uncertain phase on Saturday after President Nicolas Maduro was captured during a US military operation. With no immediate political transition announced, the country’s Supreme Court stepped in, ordering Vice President Delcy Rodriguez to assume the role of interim president, in line with constitutional provisions dealing with a president’s absence.Rodriguez took…