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Caracas (Venezuela): At least 164 people have died, and 971 were injured after a pair of powerful quakes rocked Venezuela, Acting President Delcy Rodriguez said Thursday. The acting president had said earlier that at least 32 people had died after Wednesday evening's 7.2 and 7.5...

Caracas: Back-to-back powerful earthquakes struck off the coast of Venezuela Wednesday evening, causing widespread damage, collapsing buildings and sending panicked residents into the streets. The 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes roiled the region, with buildings evacuated in cities and areas spread as far as Brazil's...

Damascus: An airstrike on northwest Syria last week killed a senior member of the Islamic State group, the U.S. Central Command said Wednesday. Ali Husayn al-Ulaywi was killed Friday as part of ongoing U.S. efforts to 'disrupt and eliminate terrorists seeking to attack Americans abroad...

Kolkata: Four people died and 17 others were hospitalised after a three-storey under-construction warehouse in the Taratala area of west Kolkata collapsed Wednesday afternoon, trapping several people underneath the rubble, a senior West Bengal health department officer said. Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, who visited the...

New Delhi: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is learnt to have invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the burial ceremonies for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, diplomatic sources said Wednesday. The funeral ceremonies will be held from July 5 to 9. There is no...

Pune: CCTV footage showing a hooded man, later identified as Chetan Chaudhary, trailing Ketan Agarwal and his fiancee Siya Goyal at Lohagad Fort near Pune alerted cops probing the businessman's death, police said Wednesday. Police found it unusual that the man was wearing a hoodie...

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Three eminent personalities from Odisha have been conferred with the Padma Shri for their outstanding contributions to literature, education and traditional arts, bringing national recognition to the state. Veteran folk artist Simanchal Patra of Ganjam received the Padma Shri Award for his efforts...

New Delhi: The Home Ministry has revised the compounding penalties for a number of offences under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA), 2010, involving the receipt and utilisation of foreign contributions by non-governmental organisations, according to a gazette notification. The orders were notified by the...

New Delhi: The government has amended the rules for receiving foreign funds requiring NGOs to choose from predefined list of purposes and their area of operation, allowing a range of faith-based activities while explicitly excluding proselytisation from several categories eligible for registration under the Foreign...

Lucknow: The three-storey commercial building where a tragic fire claimed 15 lives was issued a demolition order in 2016 over unauthorised construction, but the order was revoked less than two months later, the UP government has said in a statement. The building, located in Sector...