CARACAS: President Nicolas Maduro agreed to meet with a Venezuelan opposition delegation on Tuesday, after a fresh push from top diplomats from across South America.

 WASHINGTON: A troubled US soldier shot his semi-automatic pistol at least 35 times during an eight-minute killing spree at the Fort Hood military base, investigators said on Monday.

YANGON: Acute shortages of water and medical treatment in western Myanmar following attacks on humanitarian groups are the latest hardships imposed on Rohingya Muslims that "could amount to crimes against humanity", a UN expert has said.

MUMBAI: "If you can meet with triumph and disaster, and treat those two impostors just the same...." Rudyard Kipling's poem has a resonance with sportsmen, who try very hard not to pay heed to the emotions surrounding victory and defeat. Sometimes, though, the media and fans don't make this possible, especially if you're an Indian cricketer.

LISBON: The Spanish press are orchestrating a campaign to try and destabilise Barcelona's Brazilian star Neymar ahead of this year's World Cup finals Brazil coach Felipe Scolari claimed on Monday.

NEW DELHI: Sachin Tendulkar came out strongly in the defence of middle-order batsman Yuvraj Singh whose poor batting in the World T20 final against Sri Lanka has been severely panned by experts and fans across the country.

NEW DELHI/GHAZIABAD: Film actor Jaaved Jaaferi will be the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) candidate in Lucknow against BJP chief Rajnath Singh as the party on Monday announced its 13th list of candidates for 22 Lok Sabha constituencies.

SHIMLA: Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has decided to contest all four seats in Himachal Pradesh. Having already fielded candidates from Kangra and Hamirpur parliamentary seats, AAP will announce candidates for remaining Mandi and Shimla seats shortly as names are already under consideration, thus making the contest triangular in all four seats.

AGRA: Following the footprints of senior leaders Jaswant Singh and Lalmuni Chaubey, BJP leader from Fatehpur Sikri, Udaybhaan Singh is preparing to contest the Lok Sabha elections as an independent candidate. Singh, a two-time MLA from Sikri, is allegedly upset about Chaudhary Babulal being given the party's ticket from the seat.

SANTINIKETAN: Nobel laureate Amartya Sen will cast his vote after 13 years in Santiniketan on April 30.