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Bhubaneswar: Outstanding electricity dues totalling Rs 6,957.57 crore remain unpaid by industrial, commercial and domestic consumers across Odisha, Deputy Chief Minister KV Singh Deo told the Assembly Wednesday. Singh Deo, who is in charge of the Energy Department, gave the information in a written reply...

New Delhi: Government Wednesday withdrew its directive requiring smartphone makers to pre-install a state-run cybersecurity application on all new devices, as it moved to quell rising concerns that the measure could have compromised user privacy or enabled surveillance. The Sanchar Saathi app, which the government...

New Delhi: Chief Economics Adviser V Anantha Nageswaran Wednesday said the government is not losing sleep over declining rupee, which has breached the 90-level against the greenback. The falling rupee is not affecting inflation or exports, he said on the sidelines of CII event here....

Mumbai: IndiGo has cancelled over 70 flights, including those from Bengaluru and Mumbai airports Wednesday, mainly due to crew shortages, sources said. Scores of IndiGo flights were delayed at various airports, as the carrier struggled to get the crew for operating its flights, sources added....

New Delhi: India and the UAE are taking major steps to make travel smoother and strengthen legal cooperation, marking a new phase in their fast-growing strategic partnership. Both countries are focusing on easier visas, faster extradition and closer coordination between their legal systems. The aim...

New Delhi: India and the UAE are taking major steps to make travel smoother and strengthen legal cooperation, marking a new phase in their fast-growing strategic partnership. Both countries are focusing on easier visas, faster extradition and closer coordination between their legal systems. The aim...

New Delhi: The government's cyber security and safety app Sanchar Saathi recorded a 10-fold jump in downloads on Tuesday, rising from a daily average of around 60,000 to nearly 6 lakh, DoT sources said Wednesday. The number of downloads jumped even as Opposition leaders and...

New Delhi: Russia expects to boost its oil exports to India again and views the current decline that has taken place due to Western sanctions as a very temporary phase, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday. "There can be, for a very brief period of...

Moscow: Russia's lower house of parliament, State Duma, Tuesday ratified a key military pact with India ahead of President Vladimir Putin's state visit to New Delhi December 4-5. The Reciprocal Exchange of Logistic Support (RELOS) signed February 18 between the two governments, was sent to...

Bhubaneswar: Only 25 of the 207 mega piped water supply projects initiated by the Odisha government in the last five years have been completed, the Assembly was informed Tuesday. Responding to queries from several members on the delay in completion of drinking water projects, Panchayati...