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New York, Aug 29 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said that the United States and Venezuela have reached an oil agreement. The United States of America has just entered into an Agreement with the Country of Venezuela on, THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY! Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. The United []

United Nations, Aug 29 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on the United States and Iran to resume negotiations to end their conflict through diplomacy, his spokesman said. Asked about the secretary-generals view on the stalled talks between the United States and Iran six months into the war, Stephane Dujarric, the spokesman, said: This is []

Washington, Aug 29 (IANS) A US federal judge has temporarily vacated three Trump administration policies that halted Diversity Visa processing and immigrant-visa approvals for nationals of 75 countries, ordering immigration authorities to resume ordinary adjudication of affected applications. US District Judge Edward J. Davila of the Northern District of California issued the preliminary injunction on []

Mumbai, Aug 29 (IANS) A group of Maharashtra residents who were stranded in flood-affected areas of Nepal has safely returned to India and is now on its way back to the state, the Chief Ministers Office (CMO) said. The Maharashtra citizens, who were caught in the flood-ravaged regions of Nepal amid the difficult conditions, were []

New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Tashkent on Saturday for a two-day bilateral visit at the invitation of Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev. This will be Prime Minister Modis fourth visit to Uzbekistan and he is scheduled to hold delegation-level talks with President Mirziyoyev to further strengthen the strategic []

Washington, Aug 29 (IANS) President Donald Trump has praised Indian-origin NASA astronaut Anil Menon and two crewmates as great Americans, great patriots, brave people during a call to the International Space Station, inviting them to the Oval Office after their return to Earth. This is a great honor, to be with you is a great []

Dehradun, Aug 29 (IANS) The State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC) in Dehradun has received multiple distress calls regarding people missing after a flash flood in the Bhotekoshi River in Nepal on August 26. The information, compiled late on August 28, has been shared with the Ministry of Home Affairs in New Delhi. According to the []

New Delhi/Agartala, Aug 28 (IANS) Four young students from Tripura had a memorable opportunity to celebrate Raksha Bandhan with President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Friday. A Tripura government official said in Agartala that during the interaction, the students tied rakhis on the President and conveyed their warm wishes to her on the auspicious []

Amritsar, Aug 28 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Friday said that the people of Punjab are fed up with the Aam Aadmi Party government and have made up their minds for a change. He said the AAP government has ruined Punjab and has even surpassed the previous Congress government in corruption. The []

Kolkata, Aug 28 (IANS) Former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday afternoon said that the excesses of the current Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled state government would help the Trinamool Congress return to power in the state in the coming days. Do not work. The ordinary BJP supporters will teach their own party leadership []

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 28 (IANS) Kerala BJP president, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, on Friday accused the Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan government of double standards in dealing with controversial remarks against religious beliefs. He alleged that it had remained silent on statements targeting Hindu faith while taking action in other cases. Questioning the governments response to remarks attributed to []

Haridwar, Aug 28 (IANS) Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Friday said he was sending a gift and sweets to actress and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan and called for an end to hatred and hostility in society. His remarks come amid a recent controversy surrounding Ranauts Generation Gutter comment, which []

Washington, Aug 28 (IANS) A group of US senators plans to introduce a privileged resolution requiring the State Department to report to Congress on escalating violence in the occupied West Bank, including the killings of nine American citizens in recent years. Democratic Senators Chris Van Hollen and Tim Kaine and independent Senator Bernie Sanders announced []

Washington, Aug 28 (IANS) The US Army has selected five military installations and five private companies for a programme worth up to $2.2 billion to build and operate nuclear microreactors, aiming to provide reliable power independent of potentially vulnerable civilian grids. The Army announced the selections under its Janus Program, conducted in partnership with the []

Washington, Aug 28 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said Washington had offered Nepal any assistance it needed as the State Department reported that approximately 90 Americans may have been affected by the devastating floods along the Nepal-Tibet border. Weve called Nepal and offered any help that they need, Trump told reporters at the White House []

Washington, Aug 28 (IANS) Indian-American voters are showing strong enthusiasm for the US midterm elections and a clear preference for Democratic congressional candidates, according to a new national survey. The 2026 Asian American Voter Survey found that 92 per cent of Indian-American registered voters planned to vote in November. Seventy-four per cent said they were []

United Nations, Aug 28 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is concerned about a potential escalation of hostilities between the United States and Iran, said his spokesperson. The secretary-general is concerned about any new measures, any additional rhetoric that we see that could lead to an escalation. And were continuing to see disruptions in the flow []

Kolkata, Aug 28 (IANS) The ongoing Exercise MAITREE-XV between the Indian Army and Royal Thai Army has several modern components, such as operations under UAV support and the use of Information Technology (IT) in modern warfare. The Indian Armys Eastern Command said on Thursday that the exercise is in full swing in Thailand. Indian Army []

Imphal, Aug 28 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh chaired a high-level security meeting and decided to take stringent action against any individual, irrespective of community, found in possession of illegal arms and weapons, officials said. A senior official of the Chief Ministers Office (CMO) said that the meeting, which was held at the []

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 28 (IANS) Kerala Transport Minister C.P. John has sought a report from the Transport Commissioner Nagaraju Chakilam following the death by suicide of a 35-year-old auto-rickshaw driver in Malappuram, who had blamed the Motor Vehicles Department (MVD) for allegedly obstructing his livelihood by repeatedly denying a fitness certificate for his vehicle. Shoukath, a []

New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) General N.S. Raja Subramani, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of the Indian Armed Forces, on Thursday, interacted with Vice-Admiral Damian Fernando, Sri Lanka Navy Commander, during his official visit to India. CDS General N.S. Raja Subramani interacted with Vice-Admiral Damian Fernando, Sri Lanka Navy Commander, during his official visit to []

New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) On the occasion of Raksha Bandhan, Delhi BJP Mahila Morcha President Archana Gupta led colleagues in tying Rakhis to Delhi BJP President and Union Minister of State Harsh Malhotra. The women of the Mahila Morcha tied a Rakhi to Malhotra and wished him a healthy, long life. Gupta said that []

New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) The Delhi Police have opposed the bail pleas of jailed student activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam before the Delhi High Court, describing them as masterminds of the alleged larger conspiracy behind the 2020 northeast Delhi riots and contending that their fresh pleas were not maintainable in view of the []

Kolkata, Aug 27 (IANS) Kolkata Police on Thursday morning said that a police team rescued an abducted minor girl from a city hotel on Wednesday night. The minor girl was abducted and locked in that city hotel room by her abductors with the intention of trafficking her and forcing her into the flesh trade. The []

New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address young athletes and youth leaders on Thursday as part of a nationwide initiative, Khelo India Dialogue Khel Ki Baat, Pradhan Mantri Modi Ke Saath. This event will be held across more than 1,500 educational institutions virtually to mark National Sports Day 2026. The []

Mumbai, August 27 (IANS) Singer Sonu Nigam has denied commenting on the controversy surrounding actor Kriti Sanons Raksha Bandhan advertisement, saying a post attributed to him on Twitter, was not written by him. A media report had attributed a long post on the controversy to Sonu Nigam. The singer, however, shared a screenshot of the []

Washington, Aug 27 (IANS) A bipartisan group of US lawmakers has urged Pakistan to protect an 18-year-old Christian woman who was allegedly abducted, converted to Islam and denied a private meeting with her family. Representative Chris Smith, Republican co-chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, said the case of Neha Faqir raised serious concerns []

Washington, Aug 27 (IANS) The number of students from India seeking first-year undergraduate admission to US colleges through the Common Application fell 15 per cent during the 202526 admissions cycle, reversing years of rapid growth. India recorded 14,424 applicants, down from about 16,900 during the previous cycle, according to Common Apps end-of-season report released on []

Kolkata, Aug 26 (IANS) The growing adoption of technology and artificial intelligence (AI) is set to reshape Indias real estate sector, industry leaders said at the second edition of Credai TechCon held here on Wednesday. The event brought together leading technology companies, real estate developers and industry experts from across the country to discuss how []

Islamabad, Aug 26 (IANS) People in Pakistans Karachi continue to suffer due to fragmented authority, overlapping jurisdictions, weak municipal institutions and an inadequate relationship between political power and administrative responsibility. Despite being Pakistans largest city and economic engine, Karachi demonstrates the countrys wider governance deficit, a report has detailed. Karachi is not merely a city []

Chennai, Aug 26 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government, led by Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay, has assigned ministers to each of the 15 zones of the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) to closely monitor development projects and ensure the effective implementation of welfare schemes across the city. Chennai district in-charge Minister Aadhav Arjuna will coordinate the []

Palakkad (Kerala), Aug 26 (IANS) On the most important day of the year for Malayalis, when families across Kerala sit down to a traditional Onam feast, Congress MPs from North Kerala will spend the day on hunger strike, choosing protest over the 26-course Thiruvonam sadhya to oppose the proposed restructuring of the Palakkad Railway Division. []

Gandhinagar, Aug 26 (IANS) Gujarat Police has mapped 525 vulnerable locations and identified 436 sensitive families and repeat domestic violence victims during the first week of its month-long Mission Surakshit Shakti, as the force shifts greater emphasis towards preventive policing and intervention before incidents involving women and children escalate. The statewide drive, launched under the []

Gandhinagar, Aug 26 (IANS) Former Supreme Court judge Justice Anil Dave has been unanimously nominated as the President of the International Digital Dispute Resolution Centre (IDDRC) of the National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU) in Gandhinagar, as the Centre was formally declared operational as an institutional provider of arbitration and mediation services. The IDDRC Board of []

New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has outlined plans to increase the capacity of the seven high-density railway routes in the country, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said in an Instagram post. These high-density routes are spread across nearly 11,000 km and carry a major share of the countrys total rail traffic. While []

Kolkata, Aug 26 (IANS) The All India Fair Price Shop Dealers Federation, a national association of fair price shop owners in the country, has given a proposal to the West Bengal government for transformation of the PDS (public distribution shops) in the state into multi-service centres in a bid to prevent the skyrocketing prices of []

New Delhi [India], August 26: Zivame is taking the idea of EXTRA beyond offers with the marquee Grand Lingerie Festival (GLF) 2026. Built around the thought For India That Loves EXTRAAA , the campaign turns the countrys biggest intimate wear sale moment of the year into a series of distinctive brand interventions that extend the []

Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 26: The affiliate marketing industry is no longer a side hustle. It is a $27.8 billion global economy, set to reach $48 billion by 2027, and more than 80% of the worlds biggest brands now rely on affiliate partners to drive revenue. AI has rewritten the rules. LLMs are eating []

Los Angeles, Aug 26 (IANS) Music legends have offered condolences to the late singer Dolly Parton after her demise at the age of 80 on Tuesday. Singer-songwriter Beyonce shared a heartfelt note for Dolly Parton on her website. She wrote, Dolly, you were the barometer. The north star. Bold and brilliant. Talented and tenacious. You []

Mumbai, Aug 26 (IANS) Actor Akshay Mhatre, who plays Girdhar in Humari Radha, has opened up about his special Raksha Bandhan tradition and how he continues to follow a practice started by his father. Although Akshay does not have a biological sister, he shares a close bond with his Rakhi sisters. For him, the festival []

Mumbai, Aug 26 (IANS) Veteran actor Raj Babbar has paid a heartfelt tribute to filmmaker Kuku Kohli. He remembered him for his contribution to Indian cinema and recalled his humility, kindness, and warm nature. Paying tribute to the late filmmaker, Raj said Kukus passing has left a deep, painful void in Indian cinema. The Barsaat []

Mumbai, Aug 26 (IANS) Actor Rahul Roy recalled how he used to observe Pooja Bhatt, Anupam Kher, and Vinod Khanna before making his grand Bollywood debut with Aashiqui, alongside Anu Aggarwal. Rahul recently appeared on the dance reality show Indias Best Dancer Season 5, where he revealed that he used to spend time on the []

Mumbai, Aug 26 (IANS) Actor Pratik Gandhi, who is gearing up for the release of his upcoming film Ghamasaan, has shed light on his character in the film. He said that his character is courageous and unwavering in his mission to bring the antagonist to justice while fighting the system. The trailer of the film []

Mumbai, Aug 26 (IANS) Actress Parvathy Thiruvothu has revealed why this years Onam celebrations are extra special for her. Speaking exclusively to IANS, she shared that, for the first time, she will be hosting her parents at her home, making the festival a more meaningful family occasion. Parvathy also revealed that she plans to celebrate []

New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Wednesday launched the Delhi Lakshmi Yojana, under which eligible women will receive monthly financial assistance of Rs 2,500 through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT). The Chief Minister distributed approval and verification letters to thousands of women beneficiaries and formally initiated the process for transferring the []

Mumbai, Aug 26 (IANS) Actress Ishita Dutta, who turned a year older on Wednesday, opened up about her journey and shared why she feels grateful for the life she is living today. In an exclusive interview with IANS, the Drishyam actress said that her birthdays are not just about celebrations but also about pausing to []

Mumbai, Aug 26 (IANS) As we gear up to celebrate the festival of Raksha Bandhan on August 28, singer Neha Kakkar decided to use social media to shower love on her elder sister, Sonu Kakkar. On Wednesday, Neha uploaded a string of adorable photos of the Kakkar sisters on her Instagram. In the last photo []

Mumbai, Aug 26 (IANS) The final rites of director Kuku Kohli were held at the Oshiwara crematorium. Many prominent figures from the film industry attended the funeral to pay their last respects to the departed soul. Celebs who attended the final rites of Kuku Kohli included Vicky Kaushal, his wife Katrina Kaif, his father Sham []

Jammu, Aug 26 (IANS) In a major anti-drug operation the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) said on Wednesday that it has busted a cross-border Heroin trafficking cartel, resulting in the seizure of 5.160 kg of Heroin and the arrest of three persons, including the alleged mastermind. A statement by the NCB said today, Acting on specific []

Bengaluru, Aug 26 (IANS) Amid intense speculation over the possible resignation of Karnataka Minister for Planning and Statistics, B. Nagendra, BJP State President and MLA B.Y. Vijayendra on Wednesday stepped up the attack on the state government, alleging that big fish and whales were behind the alleged Valmiki Corporation irregularities case and warning the ruling []