Amidst tensions between India and Pakistan, a suspicious person was caught near the India-Pakistan border area on Wednesday in Jaisalmer. The security agencies have handed the person to the police. The police is engaged in interrogation with the person. Meanwhile, air services at Jaisalmer Civil Airport have been restored. The[Read More…]
By Archana Sharma Jaipur: A Supreme Court recent order on the time-bound eviction of tribals and other households living in forests, whose claims have been rejected by the authorities under the Forest Rights Act, has triggered a huge furore in Rajasthan’s tribal belt. Over 5,000 workers of the Bheel Tribal[Read More…]
Jaipur: After the Supreme passed directions regarding eviction of more than a million families of Adivasis and forest dwellers from forestlands on February 13, the tribal groups of the state of Rajasthan have termed the SC order as provocative and threatening. The court on February 13, had directed the Central[Read More…]
By Archana Sharma Jaipur: The political landscape in Rajasthan is witnessing a gradual change with the emergence of a new entrant – the Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP) that is now strongly pitching for a separate Bhil Pradesh by carving out the tribal-dominated areas of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Gujarat. Formed[Read More…]
Jodhpur: The spiritual fervour of Mira Bai’s poetry, the timeless couplets of Kabir, the ecstasy of Amir Khusrau’s music and the soaring rhythms of Kurdish Sufis from Iran — the World Sacred Spirit Festival that begins here on Friday will have all this, along with performances by artists from Sweden,[Read More…]
Jaipur: A highway in Rajasthan was blocked on Tuesday by villagers demanding compensation for the families of 11 people who were killed in an accident. According to the police, the accident took place near Pratapgarh on Monday night when a speeding truck rammed into a marriage procession of over 100[Read More…]
In a shocking incident on Monday night near Ramdev temple on State Highway-113 of Rajasthan’s Pratapgarh district, a speeding truck ran into a marriage procession fatally hitting 13 people, four of them children, while leaving 18 others injured. The incident happened when the truck, going to Banswara from Nimbahera, rammed into[Read More…]
Ajmer (Rajasthan): Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday accused the RSS of spreading hatred in the society. Attending a national meet of the Congress Rashtriya Seva Dal, Gandhi said those wearing half pants and holding ‘lathis’ in their hands in the morning only spread hatred. The reference was to the[Read More…]
3 students of RNT Medical college were arresting in a ragging case, while 1 is absconding
Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday appealed to the Gujjar Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti patron Col. Kirori Singh Bainsla to end the quota stir, considering the inconvenience faced by lakhs of passengers due to the cancellation and route diversion of trains. The protest launched by the Gujjar community demanding[Read More…]
The Gujjar Dharna on rail tracks led to the cancellation of 12 trains and diversions of 22.
Jaipur: Blocking the tracks on the Delhi-Mumbai rail route, the Gujjar community on Friday began its agitation for five per cent reservation in state jobs and educational institutions. Members of the Gujjar Sangharsh Samiti (GSS) had called a mahapanchayat earlier in the day. Soon after, the GSS members went to[Read More…]
New Delhi, Rajasthan continues to remain worst hit with swine flu as the death toll hit 85, while 2,263 patients have been found positive with the influenza, according to National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) report released on February 3. According to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the H1N1[Read More…]
In yet another man-animal conflict, a tiger killed a 40-year-old woman named Munni Devi at Rajasthan’s Ranthambore National Park, and villagers found her body in three parts. The heart-wrenching incident took place in Kundera Range of Ranthambore National Park in Sawai Madhopur on Saturday morning. The villagers informed the police[Read More…]
While talking to media on the voting counting day when Congress attained decent lead in the Ramgarh bypoll election, Deputy CM Sachin Pilot said that this was the first election after we came to the power, people tried to break the votes in the name of caste, religion but the[Read More…]
Live Updates: 11:40 AM Century in Rajasthan! Congress wins Ramgarh Bypoll Congress (Shafia Zubair Khan) 83,311 votes BJP (Sukhwant Singh) 71,083 votes 10:50 AM After ten rounds of counting Congress (Shafia Zubair Khan) 60,283 votes BJP (Sukhwant Singh) 44,062 votes 10:20 AM After eight rounds of counting Congress (Shafia Zubair[Read More…]
Leader of Opposition in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly and MLA from the Udaipur constituency, Gulab Chand Kataria has embroiled himself in a controversy. While addressing the BJP workers, he said “Ashok Gehlot, if you are really man, we want to see your jail once”. “Then you will now how much[Read More…]
Live Updates: 11:30 AM 29% voter turnout by 11 AM 9:30 AM Voting underway for Ramgarh Assembly Bypolls Rajasthan: The voting for by-poll elections for Ramgarh constituency started Monday morning. The elections could not take place on December 7 along with the state due to the death of BSP candidate[Read More…]
Rajasthan RSMSSB Lab Assistant Admit Card 2019 update: Rajasthan RSMSSB Lab Assistant Admit Card 2019 is now available online. The Rajasthan Subordinate & Ministerial Services Selection Board has released the Rajasthan RSMSSB Lab Assistant Admit Card 2019 on its official website. The exam for 1200 posts is scheduled to be conducted[Read More…]
Jaipur: Free speech is facing a threat in India sprouting from “religious motivations, political biases and social judgments” and this reflects “apathy” on the part of the state, Juergen Boos, the President and CEO of the Frankfurt Book Fair, observed on Wednesday. “Attempts in the recent past to silence journalists,[Read More…]
In a sigh of relief to the runaway couples, soon Rajasthan police will set up a shelter home to protect ‘love birds’ who face conflict from parents after marrying against their wishes. The police will launch a helpline to provide immediate assistance to such couples in case they are in[Read More…]
Jaipur Municipal Corporation halls have banned Non-Veg and Alcohol in their halls.
RTI applicants Vikas Choudhary and Manohar Lal were left shell-shocked when in reply to their query the two received used condoms. The duo, residents of Chani Badi, Bhadra tehsil, Hanumangarh had last year filled two applications with the gram panchayat. The query was regarding projects undertaken for the development since[Read More…]
Bhilwara: In the Rama village that falls under Raipur Tehsil, Lehri, a 75-year-old has been taking the rounds of police stations and administration after her family declared her a “witch” and planned to ostracize her from the village. It all began when Lehri’s brother-in-law’s son Narayana died of cancer after[Read More…]
Jaipur: Rajasthan Transport Minister Pratap Singh Khachriyawas said on Thursday that a farmers’ rally organised on Wednesday in Jaipur where around two lakh people stood united at one place to sing the national anthem will be registered in the Guinness World Records. Khachriyawas said the farmers, police personnel, ministers and[Read More…]