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Sunday, February 22, 2026
TopicAudio clip scandal

Topic: Audio clip scandal

In Round 2 of PTR’s battle of viral audio clips, TN minister says recording fake, BJP suggests forensic test

Akshaya Nath -
In an audio clip released by BJP Tuesday, PTR is purportedly heard criticising the functioning of the DMK and praising the BJP for its 'one person, one post' structure.

Breaking down Imran Khan ‘phone sex’ controversy — ‘C-grade porn actor’ to ‘disgusting, unethical’

Raghav Bikhchandani -
Although the former Pakistan PM hasn’t publicly commented on the audio clip, his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party leader, Arsalan Khalid, has described the chats as fabricated.

Saqib Nisar’s audio clip has Imran Khan cornered. Pakistanis don’t know who to trust

Tenzin Zompa -
An audio clip of Nisar purportedly instructing former PM Sharif and his daughter to be put in jail has been made public and Pakistanis are enraged.

Karnataka IPS tapes: ‘Ahmed Patel said I will make him commissioner, Revanna will support’

Rohini Swamy -
Bengaluru Commissioner Bhaskar Rao is under the scanner for allegedly trying to get himself the job through a power broker close to Congress.

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Opinion

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

Stela Dey -
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.

Patel’s 1950 letter to Nehru: Find no legal power to deal with Press or men like Syama Prasad

Everyone’s ‘damaged’ in modern dating. Love will soon be called a mental illness

Economy

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

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

Defence

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

National Interest

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

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

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