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Monday, February 23, 2026
TopicSheikh Shahjahan arrest

Topic: Sheikh Shahjahan arrest

Drama after HC’s Sandeshkhali order: CBI rushes to CID office, returns without Shahjahan

Calcutta HC orders CBI probe into 5 January attack on ED team, directs CID to hand over TMC strongman's custody to central agency. Bengal govt moves SC, seeks stay on CBI investigation.

Shahjahan arrest only a ‘small victory’ for Sandeshkhali — ‘want land back, fear cops will let him go’

TMC strongman now suspended by party was arrested Thursday for 'attacking ED officials'. He's also been accused of turning farm land into fish ponds and sexually assaulting local women.

Sheikh Shahjahan set off an ED vs Bengal police battle. But TMC vs BJP will decide his fate

Sheikh Shahjahan's escape from Sandeshkhali following an attack on ED officials ignited a TMC vs BJP war. Now his arrest, nearly two months later, has set off a custody battle.

Sheikh Shahjahan’s arrogance is worrying. He can return before you say Jack Robinson

The election campaign in the next few months will demonstrate if the man whose body language reeked of arrogance and inexplicable confidence just after his arrest is an asset for TMC or a liability.

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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.