Why Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini’s Punjab forays have AAP unsettled | Political Pulse News

4 min readPatialaFeb 23, 2026 09:00 AM IST First published on: Feb 23, 2026 at 09:00 AM IST Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini’s expanding political outreach in neighbouring Punjab has triggered a predictable but sharp pushback from the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), signalling that his cross-state engagements are beginning to register in the…

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BJP’s Telangana troubles: Why the party is faltering in its quest for a second southern bastion | Political Pulse News

(Each week, Deputy Editor Liz Mathew maps the changing political landscape from New Delhi, focusing on power equations, policy moves, and shifts in alliances.) The BJP has long viewed Telangana as a potential second bastion in the South, a key element of its blueprint to expand influence across the Coromandel states. Yet, the party appears…

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New NSUI president interview: ‘Taking on RSS, reviving student union polls among top priorities’ | Political Pulse News

Ever since he was announced as the national president of the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), the Congress’s student wing, on February 20, Vinod Jakhar’s phones haven’t stopped ringing. Holding the post of NSUI state president until his elevation, Jakhar scripted history by becoming the first NSUI president from Rajasthan. Jakhar already has had…

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Decode Politics: Why Omar Abdullah stands apart from his colleagues in J&K Ramzan charity row | Political Pulse News

On February 18, a day before the start of Ramzan, the Islamic month of fasting, the Deputy Commissioner of Kishtwar in J&K, Pankaj Kumar Sharma, issued an order banning the collection of donations during the month by an individual, an NGO, or a religious and charity organisation without the authorisation of the government, the Waqf…

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‘No leader of this rank has surrendered in Maoist history’: Who was Devuji, the man who set up a guerrilla force | Political Pulse News

Thippiri Tirupathi alias Devuji, the 62-year-old highest-ranking member of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist), was a staunch believer in the movement’s armed struggle and is alleged to be involved in the murders of over 250 security personnel and six villagers, and the looting of over 1,000 weapons as well as the escape from…

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Mamata Banerjee as PM face? Why buzz is more about the coming battle for Bengal than 2029 | Political Pulse News

Recently, senior journalist Sanjaya Baru, who served as the media advisor to PM Manmohan Singh, floated the idea of Mamata Banerjee as a possible Prime Minister contender in an article in The Telegraph, and journalist-turned-Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Sagarika Ghose seconded it. Apart from TMC leaders, the DMK and Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena (UBT) have…

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Gujarat sees highest deletions, Kerala the lowest as total electorate in second phase of SIR shrink by 1.7 cr across 9 states, UTs | Political Pulse News

3 min readNew DelhiFeb 22, 2026 08:22 AM IST First published on: Feb 22, 2026 at 07:06 AM IST In the second phase of Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) so far, the voters’ list in nine states/UTs has shrunk by 8%, with Gujarat seeing the highest deletions (13.4% or 68.12 lakh) and Kerala the…

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