LDF meeting skips crucial internal issues, decides to focus on local body bypolls

Convener T.P. Ramakrishnan says CPI’s demand for the Deputy Leader of the Opposition post was not on the meeting’s agenda. He denied that the CPI’s ire and the feuding within allies such as INL had prompted the CPI(M) to defer the meeting

Ashraf Alkarmi said he'll skip meetings outside his core priorities. Richard Drury/Getty Images Dropbox co-CEO Ashraf Alkarmi chooses five areas each quarter where he can make significant progress. He said it has become a "filter" for how he spends his time. He said if he's invited to a meeting outside his core priori