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Monday, February 23, 2026
TopicKolkata municipal polls

Topic: Kolkata municipal polls

Trinamool Congress sweeps Kolkata civic polls, BJP’s vote share slips behind that of CPI(M)

Sreyashi Dey -
The BJP won just three seats in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation polls held Sunday, with its vote share having plunged 20 per cent from May’s Assembly polls.

‘I assumed it was a joke’: Mamata’s sister-in-law didn’t know she was getting civic poll ticket

Sreyashi Dey -
ThePrint went on the campaign trail with Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee’s sister-in-law, Kajari — the newest political entrant from the family — ahead of the Kolkata municipal polls.

Mamata’s sister-in-law enters politics with Kolkata civic polls, opposition cries ‘dynasty’

Sreyashi Dey -
Kajari Banerjee will be a TMC candidate in Ward 73, where Mamata lives. Opposition parties have denounced her selection as ‘dynastic politics’.

Another TMC vs BJP face-off coming soon as Kolkata holds municipal elections next month

Sreyashi Dey -
BJP's appeal to hold polls in 112 civic bodies together is pending before Calcutta HC, but State Election Commission has gone ahead and declared the dates for KMC polls.

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Opinion

Indian judiciary must stop panicking over AI

Siddarth Raman -
To assume courts weigh every word committed to paper is to ignore reality. The Indian judiciary has long had a "Control+C" problem.

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

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

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

India eyes 6th generation FCAS, looks at tying up with France for possible collaboration

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Initial talks held on the possibility of India entering the programme that was started in 2017 between France, Germany and Spain to ensure European sovereignty in defence and security.

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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