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Sunday, February 22, 2026
TopicAssembly election

Topic: assembly election

Stalin looks to expand DMK-led alliance, but questions remain on whether DMDK, PMK could rock the boat

CM Stalin pitched expansion of DMK-led alliance during informal talks earlier this week. Congress welcomed proposal but PMK and DMDK are yet to make their stand clear.

Congress needs strategy & unity in Maharashtra, Jharkhand polls, should learn from Haryana—Urdu press

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

Engineer Rashid’s brother ekes out victory in high-stakes battle for J&K’s Langate seat

Khursheed Ahmad Sheikh, a govt teacher, took voluntary retirement to contest Jammu & Kashmir assembly elections from the seat held by his brother for two consecutive terms earlier.

Haryana’s politics is entwined with its multiple regional identities. How they shape voter choices

Dominant communities such as the Bagri and Deswali Jats, Yadavs in Ahirwal and Meo Muslims in Mewat will determine which way the political winds blow in 5 October assembly elections.

In Kiran Choudhry’s Rajya Sabha nomination, a BJP bid to assuage voters in Haryana’s Jat heartland

Choudhry, whose election seems a foregone conclusion, is the daughter-in-law of former CM Bansi Lal. BJP is hoping to leverage that political legacy in critical Haryana assembly polls.

Sharmila ‘is also YSR’s blood’, but in family bastions Kadapa & Pulivendula, brother Jagan is supreme

Though Viveka murder case is hot topic again in YSR family home-turf, locals appear disinclined to vote on its basis. Some also dismiss Jagan-Sharmila rivalry as a 'family matter'.

‘Concrete action, not verbal assurances’ — Urdu press calls on BJP to initiate national caste census 

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

Andhra CM’s new outreach campaign is ‘Why AP needs Jagan’. TDP’s counter slogan: ‘Why AP hates Jagan’

YSRCP chief Jagan Mohan Reddy addressed 8,000 party leaders in Vijayawada, encouraging them to win all 175 seats and said campaign will be conducted in 2 phases between 1 Nov & 10 Dec.

Gujarat to Goa, Delhi to Punjab—why Congress can’t rely on AAP against BJP in 2024

AAP's rise in Indian politics has eroded Congress' support base in some states. But that's not the only reason why Congress may not consider joining hands with AAP.

Democracy or ‘negative feedback’? Why BJP held secret ballot to shortlist HP poll contenders

BJP state unit's media in-charge says ballot held as opinion of party workers matters. But senior leader claims it was done after surveys showed many MLAs 'not on strong wicket'.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

In a first, Indian small arms maker to bid for UK Project Grayburn to replace British Army’s SA80 rifles

Bengaluru-based SSS Defence has made public its bid for a major foreign military contract, targeting UK’s ambitious SA80 successor programme with its home-tested weapons.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.