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New Delhi: The centre is sending 10,000 paramilitary troops to Jammu and Kashmir in a massive security build-up to strengthen anti-terrorist operations in the state. The Union Home Ministry said the additional forces were being deployed to…

The GST Council on Saturday decided to reduce the tax rate on electric vehicles (EVs) from 12% to 5%. It also slashed the GST on EV chargers from 18 per cent to 5 per cent, an official statement said after the 36th meeting of the council.…

Cuttack: In any art form, colours give a new touch to paintings. Artists experiment with colours on canvas. But a Cuttack boy has experimented a new art form - smoke art. Deepak Biswal uses the ash of Dibiri (kerosene lamp) for his art. He…

New Delhi: State-owned telecom companies are incurring losses in providing high-speed Wi-Fi connections to members of Parliament, Union Minister for Communications and Electronics and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad has said. As…

Celebrations were held across the country on the occasion of Vijay Diwas on Friday to commemorate India's victory in the Kargil war. The Kargil War was an armed conflict between India and Pakistan between May and July 1999 in Kargil…

Three of my close friends were closely associated with the Kargil War. One, whom I know from childhood was a year senior to me in school. He was a brilliant student, an excellent runner and a super footballer. We were ALL sure that he…

The Triple Talaq Bill was finally passed in the Lok Sabha on Thursday despite the Opposition's uproar over sending it to a Standing Committee, reported The Quint. Only eight members voted against the Bill while 303 voted in its favour. The…

Team India are set to have a new brand name on their jerseys. The present logo of Chinese mobile-maker Oppo will be replaced by Byju’s, the Bangalore-based educational technology and online tutorial firm, according to a report in the Times…

New Delhi: Candidates who have qualified the UPSC exam need not treat the foundation programme as a mere formality. This is because besides ranking, performance in the foundation course — an introductory programme for freshly recruited…

Bhubaneswar: How does it feel when you get to work with your teenage crush in your second film? Mumbai-based Odia actor Asit Patra walked down memory lane recollecting his college days when he sneaked out of the house one early wintry…