Congress young guns fall silent this time

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Congress young guns fall silent this time In the run-up to the 2017 Gujarat assembly elections, the trio of Hardik Patel, Jignesh Mevani and Alpesh Thakor formed a formidable force for Congress. Representing different castes, the 'young turks' helped Congress reap electoral gains in the state. Eighteen months later, their plunge into poll politics seems to have taken a hit. The no-hopers, dead or alive, in India's election Anyone in the nation of 1.3 billion people who is over 25 and does not have a criminal conviction — with some exceptions — can stand in the election. Jallianwala Bagh massacre: When 1,650 bullets changed India forever The April 13, 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre, in which British troops opened fire on thousands of unarmed protesters, remains an enduring scar of British colonial rule in India. Lake chokes as hundreds pour in to observe Chaiti Chhath A few hundreds of devotees swarmed Rabindra Sarobar for Chaiti Chhath on Thursday evening, flouting the National Green Tribunal ban on religious ceremonies at the lake. Indian government to probe Jet miseries as airline teeters Indian government said on Friday that it would investigate Jet Airways' ability to keep flying as the debt-stricken carrier fights for survival. Takeaways from the case of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange Julian Assange's arrest on Thursday in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London opens the next chapter in the saga of the WikiLeaks founder: an expected extradition fight over a pending criminal prosecution in the United States. Singapore airport nature dome unveiled in fight for flights A 40-metre indoor waterfall cascading through a steel and glass dome is at the heart of a vast complex in Singapore's main airport. SpaceX carries out first commercial launch SpaceX has carried out its first commercial launch with its Falcon Heavy rocket tasked with placing a Saudi satellite in orbit. How Uber and Lyft compare on key financial metrics Uber Technologies Inc's initial public offering filing on Thursday contains data that will be key to selling itself to investors. The share sale follows a public offering by rival ride-sharing service Lyft Inc last month, whose shares have dropped to about $61 from an IPO price of $72. Cows come home to haunt PM Modi The number of stray cows across the country of 1.3 billion people has been booming since Prime Minister Narendra Modi stormed to power in 2014, vowing to protect the animal from harm.

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