Bhubaneswar: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has introduced several measures, including a digital consent acquisition framework and the Do Not Disturb (DND) mobile app, to protect subscribers from spam and fraudulent calls and messages, TRAI chairman Anil Kumar Lahoti said Thursday. Speaking to PTI on the sidelines of a workshop, Lahoti said India has about...

New Delhi: The Union government Thursday refuted a news report that claimed India has signed a deal to lease a $2 billion nuclear-powered submarine from Russia. Terming the report as "misleading", the Press Information Bureau (PIB) said in a fact-check post on X that no new deal had been signed between the two countries. The PIB statement...

Peshawar: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi Thursday was once again denied a meeting with jailed former prime minister Imran Khan by prison authorities. Earlier this week, Imran's sister Uzma Khan met him after weeks of effort and protests, while CM Afridi and other Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders were scheduled to meet him Thursday. Afridi arrived at...

New Delhi: The Ministry of Jal Shakti clarified Thursday that no water from the Sutlej and Beas flows to Pakistan except during monsoon, when heavy rainfall in the catchment areas of the rivers leads to substantial flooding. In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Jal Shakti Raj Bhushan Choudhary...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Thursday said that Odisha will soon get its rights over the Mahanadi River waters through a legal and amicable solution to the dispute with neighbouring Chhattisgarh. Majhi made the assertion while replying to a written question from Congress member Taraprasad Bahinipati in the assembly. "Mahanadi is considered the lifeline of Odisha,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's ruling BJP and Opposition BJD Thursday agreed on the urgent need to tackle massive siltation at the Hirakud reservoir, which poses a potential threat to the safety of the dam. The issue was raised during Zero Hour by BJD deputy leader of Opposition Prasanna Acharya, who expressed concern over a recent survey showing a 27...

New Delhi: Russian President Vladimir Putin Thursday night kick-started a nearly 27-hour visit to India to further shore up a nearly eight-decade bilateral partnership that remained on a firm footing notwithstanding a fractious geopolitical environment and tensions. In reflection of the importance India attached to the visit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi received Putin at New Delhi's Palam...

New Delhi: After Congress MP Rahul Gandhi alleged that the Centre has been advising foreign delegations against meeting or interacting with the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) - a practice he said was followed during previous UPA and NDA regimes, ruling party leaders Thursday rejected the claim, asserting that the “government follows due protocol” in all matters....

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin says some proposals in a US plan to end the war in Ukraine are unacceptable to the Kremlin, indicating in comments published Thursday that any deal is still some ways off. US President Donald Trump has set in motion the most intense diplomatic push to stop the fighting since Russia launched the...

New Delhi: The government has approved the release of 25 lakh additional liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) connections under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) during the FY 26 to clear pending applications and move toward saturation of household LPG access, an official statement said Thursday. To further improve access, the eligibility criteria have been simplified to “Adult...