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Tuesday, February 17, 2026
TopicPunjab assembly election

Topic: Punjab assembly election

A Padma Shri & a visit by PM Modi: What’s behind BJP’s Dera Ballan outreach in Punjab

The visit is seen as a targeted strategy by the BJP to woo Dalit voters, particularly the Ravidasias and Ad-Dharmis, who often play a key role in close electoral battles in Punjab.

AAP tears into Moose Wala song ‘calling Punjab voters traitors’, Congress defends poll nominee

Sidhu Moose Wala's new song 'Scapegoat' has sparked row with its line 'Who chose this government, tell me? Tell me now, who’s a traitor'. Rapper was Congress candidate in state polls.

AAP’s Bhagwant Mann to take oath as new Punjab CM on 16 March

Mann also will join AAP national convenor and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal for a roadshow on 13 March to mark the party’s thumping victory in Punjab assembly elections.

Exit polls predict BJP to hold UP with reduced majority, to get second term in Manipur too

Pollsters split on Uttarakhand and Goa, indicating a keen contest and a possible hung assembly. Exit polls predict clear majority for AAP in Punjab.

Wearing goggles for secrecy, conjoined twins Sohna-Mohna cast separate votes in Punjab polls

The twins, who had applied to have their names included as separate persons in the electoral rolls soon after turning 18 last year, were hailed as ‘icons of voters with disabilities’.

BJP Punjab chief’s ‘Vote for Congress’ video goes viral on voting day. ‘Good for us’, says Congress

Ashwani Sharma says his statement was ‘twisted and taken out of context to fool the people of the state’. Both Congress & AAP are dangerous for Punjab, he adds.

Manisha Gulati — Punjab women’s panel chief who joined BJP & claims Channi govt victimised her

Gulati had sought clarification on sexual harassment allegations against Channi in 2018. She claims since he became CM, govt has 'snatched many cases' and isn't 'letting me work'.

One thing you are not seeing in Punjab election and Ram Rahim release — power of deras

Deras exist in over 9,000 of the approximately 13,000 villages of Punjab. And politicians from Congress to BJP have been making a beeline for them.

Fighting trolls, social norms & hostile farmers, Mahie Gill plays role of a lifetime in Punjab

Gill, the award-winning star of films like ‘Dev.D’ & ‘Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster’, is campaigning for the BJP in Punjab, braving protests and appealing to women voters.

‘Representative of the poor’ — Dalit face Charanjit Singh Channi is Congress CM candidate

Channi declared CM candidate by Rahul Gandhi at Ludhiana rally. “I have already accepted decision…will walk shoulder to shoulder with whoever leads state,” says Navjot Singh Sidhu.

On Camera

Imagine if Epstein files named Rahul Gandhi or MK Stalin. What would BJP and TV media do?

The questions are not going to go away. But future generations will know who refused to ask the tough questions and who didn’t.

Tamil Nadu FM presents interim budget, attacks Centre for ‘artificially inflating’ state’s debt

DMK govt accuses Centre of withholding funds, tightening borrowing, unilateral deductions from state accounts. Says Centre's accounting & funding decisions have 'artificially inflated' debt burden.

US military commander, envoy Sergio Gor visit Indian Army Western Command, Bengaluru next

At the Western Army Command, the American delegation was briefed on the capabilities of the formation, past operations and the path ahead.

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.