Raj Babbar

Congress' Varun Chaudhry is leading in Ambala, Kumari Selja in Sirsa, Jai Parkash in Hisar, Satpal Brahmchari in Sonipat, Deepender Singh Hooda in Rohtak and Raj Babbar in Gurgaon

Congress leader Raj Babbar here on Monday said he would work to fix the state of civic infrastructure in the constituency, which despite contributing a hefty sum to Haryana's coffers has been given a short shrift. Babbar, the Gurugram Lok Sabha candidate from Congress, said he would also press for the establishment in the Indian Army of an Ahir regiment, for which there has been a longstanding demand. "Raj Babbar is a candidate fielded by the Congress, but going by the huge response of the people and their overwhelming support for our party, it seems they are fighting this election," Babbar said at a rally. Despite the heat, which has risen sharply over the past week, Babbar said people are turning up in large numbers to Congress's rallies. Babbar was announced its candidate from Gurugram by the Congress three weeks ago. Of the 23 candidates in the fray, the former actor's main fight is with Union Minister and BJP's sitting MP, 74-year-old Rao Inderjit Singh. Babbar, 71, says tha

A court here awarded two-year imprisonment to Bollywood actor and Congress leader Raj Babbar in a case involving the assault of a polling officer. Babbar was convicted for voluntarily causing hurt to deter a public servant from performing his duty and three other offences. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 8,500 on him. The polling officer had lodged an FIR against Babbar during an election in May 1996. The complaint was lodged at the Wazirganj police station here. At that time, Babbar was contesting from the Samajwadi Party. Babbar was present in the courtroom when the verdict was announced.

Congress leader Raj Babbar took a dig at those criticising Azad within the party, saying the importance of an award is when the rival party honours the achievements of a leade

Samajwadi Party's national general secretary and former MP Rama Shankar Vidyarthi had claimed that Lord Hanuman belonged to tribal 'Gond' community

Congress's performance has been dwindling since its candidates were polled low during the election time at Gorakhpur and Phulpur

The recent development followed Congress' worst performance in recent Lok Sabha bypolls to Gorakhpur and Phulpur

This comes a day after a row erupted over Gandhi's visit to the Somnath Temple in Gujarat

BJP and RSS were misguiding the youth in the name of nationalism, alleged Raj Babbar

Rahul Gandhi had accused PM Modi for playing politics over blood of soldiers, who sacrificed their lives in Kashmir

Babbar participated in Sonia Gandhi's roadshow in Varanasi who is expected to corner Modi over issue of cleaning of Ganga

A private survey by the party suggests that with Priyanka campaigning, the Congress could get at least 50 seats in the 403-strong legislative assembly; without her, the number might come down to 20. It currently has 28

The announcement was made by Congress general secretary Janardan Dwivedi

Babbar claimed that crop sowing area has shrunk to less than 120 lakh hectares from 125 lakh hectares in the last two years