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Monday, February 23, 2026
TopicPresident Rule

Topic: President Rule

As Jharkhand Governor delays govt formation, JMM & allies to shift MLAs to Hyderabad over poaching fears

While JMM has 29 MLAs, the Congress 16 and the RJD 1 in the Jharkhand assembly, while the BJP-led NDA has just 32 MLAs, nine short of the majority mark.

Modi govt not keen on President’s rule in Bengal as ‘Mamata can use it in her favour’

Belief in the BJP is that if President's rule is imposed in West Bengal now, it will help Mamata Banerjee portray herself as the 'victim'.

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.

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

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

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.