Four of the most senior underground leaders of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) surrendered before the Telangana police, expressing their intent to join the mainstream in the presence of Telangana Director General of Police B. Shivadhar Reddy on Tuesday (February 24, 2026). Those who renounced armed struggle include politburo member (PBM) and central...

With the Union Cabinet approving the renaming of Kerala as Keralam on Tuesday, the demand, previously endorsed twice by the Kerala Assembly, is finally set to be fulfilled. The Assembly passed resolutions in 2023 and 2024 urging the Union government to amend the Constitution and change the state’s name from Kerala to Keralam. Both resolutions...

A few days away from Holi, as families and migrants look for flights to head home to celebrate the festival of colours, ticket prices are burning a hole in their pockets. Airfares on several key routes have shot up sharply for travel around February 28, Saturday, the weekend ahead of Holi. Trains, people say, are...

The story of AI in business is not one of universal acceleration. (AI image) Two stories from the past few weeks capture something essential about where we are with AI.The first concerns Salesforce, the enterprise software giant that aggressively embraced AI for customer service. CEO Marc Benioff proudly announced that AI deployment had allowed the...

File photo of Congress leader Jairam Ramesh | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar The Congress on Tuesday (February 24, 2026) alleged that the government has “abandoned” the Palestinians and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going to Israel despite that country’s attacks on civilians in Gaza continuing “mercilessly”. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh...

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday started his two-day Singapore trip by signing memorandums of understanding (MoUs) worth Rs 20,000 crore with a focus on data centres, renewable and green energy, logistics and warehousing, urban housing and townships, digital infrastructure, financial services and skill development. The proposed projects are expected to generate over...

The family from Chandwa in Jharkhand’s Latehar district took a loan of nearly Rs 8 lakh borrowing from relatives and well-wishers to hire an air ambulance in a desperate bid to save 41-year-old Sanjay, a small restaurant owner who had suffered severe burn injuries. But the attempt to give him a second chance at life...

NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday asserted that the “INDIA bloc is intact” amid ongoing calls for a leadership change within the alliance.While talking to reporters in Chandigarh, the SP chief slammed critics and said that those who talk about “divide-and-rule politics” must be dealt with very cautiously.“The INDIA alliance is intact...

Image for representation only | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto A 21-year-old man allegedly shot his father dead in a fit of rage and, to conceal the murder, chopped off the body parts and threw them while hiding the remaining torso in a drum, police said on Monday (February 23, 2026). The deceased has been identified...

India Women (IND-W) vs Australia Women (AUS-W) 1st ODI Live Cricket Score Updates: After defeating Australia Women 2-1 in the T20I leg, an upbeat Indian women’s team will begin the ODI leg with the first match set to be played at the iconic Gabba in Brisbane on Tuesday. The Women in Blue have taken a...