The BSE benchmark sensex Tuesday plunged 450 points to end below the 19,000-mark after five weeks on massive all-round selling as the rupee hit record low of 61.80 against the dollar.

Venezuela late Friday said it has “ended” its rapprochement with the US due to a statement by Samantha Power, nominated to become the US envoy to the United Nations.

A fierce encounter that was raging between security forces and Naxals for around 14 hours in Poonadih village of Bihar''s Lakhisarai district has ended on Monday.

The combing operations, however, ar