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TopicAjay Rai

Topic: Ajay Rai

Gujarat contractors ‘prevailing’ — UP Congress chief targets firm behind Kashi Vishwanath project

Shikha Salaria -
Ajay Rai says 'people of Amethi miss Rahul Gandhi' and UP Congress will stand by Priyanka 'with full might' if she decides to contest 2024 polls from Varanasi.

Amid Vedic chants & sea of supporters, Ajay Rai takes charge of UP Congress — ‘let’s make Rahul PM’

Shikha Salaria -
Rai’s first message to party workers was to strive to make Rahul Gandhi the prime minister in 2024, and he asked them to ‘spend every hour and day’ to achieve the goal.

‘Rahul Gandhi will fight from Amethi in 2024 polls,’ says Congress’s new UP chief Ajay Rai

Amogh Rohmetra -
Day after his appointment, Rai says if Priyanka wishes to contest from Varanasi, 'each and every worker will fight for their lives'. Varanasi is Modi’s parliamentary seat.

Party hopper, five-time MLA, faced Modi in Varanasi — who is new UP Congress chief Ajay Rai

Amogh Rohmetra -
Ajay Rai contested his first assembly election in 1996 & was fielded by Congress against Narendra Modi in Varanasi in 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

No Priyanka vs Modi fight in Varanasi as Congress fields Ajay Rai

Neelam Pandey -
Ajay Rai, who is considered a local strongman in Varanasi, came third in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, after PM Modi and Arvind Kejriwal.

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Opinion

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Stela Dey -
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.

Patel’s 1950 letter to Nehru: Find no legal power to deal with Press or men like Syama Prasad

Everyone’s ‘damaged’ in modern dating. Love will soon be called a mental illness

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

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

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

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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