A former UP Congress chief, Babbar’s name was cleared by high command, ignoring senior party leader and former Haryana minister Captain Ajay Singh Yadav's bid to contest.
Captain Ajay Singh Yadav expresses discontent over decision. Birender Singh and Kiran Choudhry are also upset with party for having denied tickets to their children, it is learnt.
Former Union minister Jitin Prasada & former UP Congress chief Raj Babbar were among 23 leaders who had written to Sonia Gandhi demanding an internal election.
Congress rout in UP has snuffed out enthusiasm of February, when scores of workers thronged the Lucknow office to see Priyanka Gandhi and Jyotiraditya Scindia take charge.
UP Congress chief Raj Babbar might to do well against BJP’s Raj Kumar Chahar, but the Modi factor is a problem. And a loss may mean the end of his career.
A day after the news that Sapna Chaudhary has joined Congress, the singer-dancer said she is not with any party and will not campaign for any political party in LS elections.
If Rohini Godbole had a better collaborative environment, no doubt her name would have been in the mix for the JJ Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
Using this technology, IDF carried out fully robotic combat missions, drastically reducing risk to Israeli troops. The robotic combat task force also enhanced situational awareness.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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