As Past Returns to Haunt Congress, Rahul Must Break Deafening Silence

New Delhi: On Thursday, a senior Congress pioneer rang Kapil Sibal and asked whether he was sorting out a supper for individual Congressmen. Sibal denied arranging any such supper. Behind this apparently harmless question was a dread and talk. The gossip was that displeased Congress pioneers were getting together to chalk out their future inside the gathering and, potentially, even outside.

There are huge state races coming up in front of the 2019 Lok Sabha surveys; Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Karnataka to give some examples. The gathering still can't seem to meet to chalk out an arrangement. Truth be told, numerous Congress pioneers are as yet sitting tight for that telephone ring which will set a stock-taking meeting. Bulk whatsapp sms service provider

"I remained back for two or three days after the 2014 outcomes expecting an All India Congress Committee (AIICC) or a Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting to make sense of what turned out badly. It was futile as right around three years after the fact we haven't met," said a senior Congress pioneer.

What is the purpose for this quiet and inertia? Is Rahul arranging anything?

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'Love' kills more in India than terror

Dread executed 20,000 individuals in the vicinity of 2001 and 2015. Then again, "adore" rose as the authoritatively recorded purpose behind 38,585 killings and at fault manslaughter cases and 79,189 suicides. Further, 2.6 lakh seizing cases were likewise recorded in a similar period with marriage being the rationale behind "kidnapping" ladies. The math comes down to the accompanying - love was in charge of six-times the passings created by dread assaults.Mobile Number database provider

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DU students arrested for 'stalking' Smriti Irani

NEW DELHI: Four Delhi University understudies, who took after Union priest Smriti Irani's auto in Lutyens' Delhi in an "intoxicated" state, have been captured for supposedly stalking and offending the humility of a lady.

The four young people, in the age gatherings of 18-21, are understudies of DU's Motilal Nehru College.

A PCR call was gotten around 5 PM on Saturday that four young people in an auto were enjoying "vulgar and undesirable activities", said a senior cop.

The call was gotten from the pastor's staff that the young people were attempting to surpass her vehicle close Moti Bagh flyover and their activities were undesirable.

With the assistance of PCR van, the auto was caught close to the US Embassy. The four young people were caught and arrested. Till the previous evening, they were kept yet today they were captured, a cop said. Mobile Number database provider

They were discharged on safeguard later from the Chanakyapuri police headquarters.

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Narrow escape for 168 as tail of Jet Airways plane hits runway on landing in Dhaka

NEW DELHI: 168 people onboard a Jet Airways flight from Mumbai had a narrow escape after the tail of the aircraft hit the runway on landing at the Dhaka International airport last week, prompting the airline to remove the pilots from duty.

The B737 aircraft has been grounded and a team from Boeing company is expected to visit Dhaka to assess the extent of damage to the plane while engineers from Jet Airways have already started the assessment, sources said.

The incident, which happened on January 22, has been reported to aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).

DGCA sources said Bangladesh's aviation authorities are expected to investigate the incident since it happened in Dhaka.
According to them, if the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of Bangladesh, which is the country's aviation regulatory body, decides not to probe the incident, then AAIB may take up the investigation.

When contacted, Jet Airways confirmed the "tail strike" incident.

The flight 9W-276 from Mumbai to Dhaka had 160 guests and eight crew members when it had a "tail strike" on landing at Dhaka airport on January 22. There were no injuries to guests or crew, all of whom deplaned safely, the airline said.

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Despite Country Club Members’ Rift, Obama Gets an Invitation

WASHINGTON — For weeks, the members of an exclusive, mostly Jewish country club in the Maryland suburbs of Washington have been entangled in a bitter dispute over whether to exclude former President Barack Obama, who has played golf there, because of Mr. Obama’s policies toward Israel.

On Monday, the management of the club, Woodmont Country Club, sought to put an end to the rancor, sending a letter to members notifying them that it had invited Mr. Obama and his wife, Michelle, to join as “special members.” Under those terms, the former first couple would pay dues and other fees but would be spared the $80,000 initiation fee.

“In the current deeply polarized political environment,” the club’s president, Barry Forman, wrote, “it is all the more important that Woodmont be a place where people of varying views and beliefs can enjoy fellowship and recreation in a relaxed environment.”

As president, Mr. Obama played several rounds of golf at the club, which is off a dreary retail corridor in Rockville, Md., but is known for two highly rated 18-hole courses and a newly renovated clubhouse. Mr. Obama, who plans to live in Washington for a few more years, mused to friends that Woodmont might be a good club to hone his post-presidential game.

But he got caught up in the inflamed politics of the Middle East and the American Jewish community.

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Mauritius: PM Anerood Jugnauth to hand over to son

Mauritian Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth says he is stepping down to hand power to his son, Pravind.

The 86-year-old first became prime minister in 1982, beginning a third spell as leader in 2014.

In a televised address Mr Jugnauth said he was resigning in favour of a "younger and more dynamic leader". His son is currently finance minister.

Opposition parties have criticised the move but in practice there is little they can do to stop it.

The younger Jugnauth is head of the Militant Socialist Movement, the largest party in the governing coalition.
A former prime minister, Navin Ramgoolam, warned that the family was turning Mauritius into a "banana republic".

Mauritius, an Indian Ocean archipelago, is a former British colony.

In his speech, Mr Jugnauth cited the "Westminster tradition", referring to the transfer of power from David Cameron to Theresa May in the UK without elections, local media reported.

He is due to hand in his resignation on Monday morning.

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Widespread protest in Tamil Nadu for Jallikattu

The Madras high court on Friday rejected a public interest litigation (PIL) that wanted the state and central governments to enact a law for the bull-taming sport. Dismissing the PIL that apparently sought to cash in on the current situation, the first bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice M Sundar said courts could not issue such direction to government or authorities.

Students and youngsters are on the roads and public places demanding the conduct of Jallikattu, the traditional bull-taming sport in the state. Stay with us for live updates

Around 1,000 people, predominantly Tamils, gathered in front of Town Hall in the city on Thursday to protest against a court order that has banned the event. Like it happened in Chennai on Wednesday, there was no call from any specific social, political or religious group calling on the people to participate in the protest, yet professionals, software engineers and students alike joined the protest here in huge numbers and with visible enthusiasm.

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