Apple CEO Tim Cook has now cleared the air on his retirement plans. Cook used the appearance on Good Morning America this week to directly address the speculations about his future at Apple. According to a report by CNBC, when asked about the reports suggesting that he was preparing to step aside, Cook said, “No,...

On February 24, 2026 the BJP-led government at the Centre approved the proposal of the CPI(M)-led regime in Kerala to change the State’s name to ‘Keralam’, the name used in the Malayalam language. Nearly 50 years ago, the Congress government did this for Tamil Nadu when the DMK regime, which came to office dislodging the...

A day after Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan refused to allow the Opposition Congress to move a resolution before the Punjab Assembly seeking the highest civilian award for Bhagat Singh, Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann said on Tuesday that India would have looked very different if the freedom fighter had been the country’s first Prime Minister....

A shocking incident was reported from Gurugram, where a 38-year-old man allegedly jumped to death from the 23rd floor of a high-rise residential society along with his two-year-old daughter. The deceased, identified as Rahul, was originally a resident of Delhi and had been living on rent with his family in a society in Gurugram. The...

NEW DELHI: Over 200 retired armed forces officers, former civil servants, diplomats and lawyers Tuesday accused leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi of violating parliamentary decorum during the opposition’s protest and demanded his apology.“Rahul Gandhi, along with several MPs, was seen sitting on the steps of Parliament having tea and biscuits in a...

Security personnel stop Congress workers and supporters during a protest against the BJP government over issues including rising crime and gas prices as part of the Vidhan Sabha Gherao programme, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, on March 17, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI Accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Central government of weakening the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee...

The Appropriation Bill 2026, which allows the government to withdraw additional sums from the Consolidated Fund of India, was passed by Parliament on Tuesday, with the Rajya Sabha returning it to the lower house after discussion. Replying to the discussion, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that she will only address points raised by the...

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court on Tuesday disposed of a suo motu plea concerning the ongoing cooking gas shortage, after the Union government submitted that the issue is being actively monitored and addressed at multiple levels. Appearing for the Centre, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the court that the situation remains dynamic...

NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: Continuing its administrative and police shake-up in assembly poll-bound states, Election Commission on Tuesday replaced additional directors general (ADGs) of South Bengal and North Bengal regions, four police commissioners, a deputy commissioner and a dozen SPs in West Bengal. In Kerala, it directed the appointment of an IAS officer and two Kerala Administrative...

Lt Col Shrikant Prasad Purohit. File image. | Photo Credit: PTI The Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) on Monday (March 16, 2026) stayed the retirement of Colonel Shrikant Prasad Purohit, acquitted in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, pending a decision on his statutory complaint on promotion and service benefits. Colonel Purohit had approached the tribunal seeking...