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Wednesday, February 18, 2026
TopicWest Bengal polls

Topic: West Bengal polls

Raring to fight solo, but held back by a dithering high command. Congress flounders in poll-bound Bengal

Sourav Roy Barman -
Majority of Bengal Congress's office-bearers are opposed to tie-up with TMC & in favour of discontinuing decade-old electoral alliance with Left Front, it is learnt.

Shah doubles down— ‘Congress’s truncation of Vande Mataram, appeasement politics led to Partition’

Neelam Pandey -
In Rajya Sabha, home minister rejects charge that govt came up with idea of holding debate on Vande Mataram with WB polls in mind. ‘Vande Mataram is not limited to Bengal, country.’

BJP’s threats to TMC’s protests—political tactics lose punch in Bengal. Voters are watching

Monideepa Banerjie -
TMC’s unrealistic protest demands are like Narendra Modi’s tactic of promising cash to people–both have lost their punch.

Violence & corruption are Bengal’s enemies, says Guv as Trinamool headed for big panchayat win

ThePrint Team -
Governor C.V. Anand Bose has often been in the cross hairs of the Trinamool for allegedly trying to influence voters.

Maharashtra ruling parties have brought governance to a standstill. It’s bad omen for the state

ThePrint Team -
ThePrint view on the most important issues.

Central forces for Bengal polls sets bad precedent. Sanctity of legal procedures is a must

ThePrint Team -
ThePrint view on the most important issues.

On Camera

YourTurn

Opinion

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

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

Has Modi forgotten India’s farmers? India-US trade deal hurts Atmanirbharta for pulses

Marco Rubio at Munich was wrong. Civilisations don’t determine foreign policies

Economy

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

Subatra AL -
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.

Defence

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

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

National Interest

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

Shekhar Gupta -
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.

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