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Monday, February 23, 2026
TopicBengaluru Police commissioner

Topic: Bengaluru Police commissioner

Bengaluru gets 3 police chiefs in 14 months — why the post is mired in controversy

Rohini Swamy -
Congress has accused current chief Kamal Pant of political collusion, but his predecessors Bhaskar Rao and Alok Kumar have also faced multiple accusations.

A Gulzar poem and Covid appeal: How Bengaluru’s top cop is trying to urge people to stay home

Rohini Swamy -
The Karnataka government had announced a week-long lockdown from 14 July Saturday.

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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