Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje is once again going to face a woman adversary in the upcoming assembly election. Mukul Choudhary, wife of IPS officer Pankaj Choudhary is set to contest against the Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje from Jhalrapatan seat. Mukul alleges that her husband Pankaj is harassed by the[Read More…]
A hapless father and retired lecturer of Mundawar in Alwar district of Rajasthan has been running from pillar to post seeking justice for his daughter who was allegedly killed by her “greedy in-laws” on September 12 in Tijara of the district. Speaking to IANS, grieving father Jagmal Singh said: “The[Read More…]
In a first, a total for 51,796 poll centres in Rajasthan will use EVM-M3 electronic voting machines with VVPATs in 200 Assembly constituencies, which will help conduct Assembly election in a smooth and transparent manner, a top Election Commission official said on Tuesday. “The EVMs and VVPATs are totally reliable,[Read More…]
Rajasthan police arrested six people on Sunday for faking their identity in Lower Division Clerk examinations. The detained are accused of writing the exams with a different identity. The arrest was made after the examiner informed the Superintendents of the exam center that the signatures and the photographs of the[Read More…]
A total of 1,05,299 duplicate/fake voters appeared in Jaipur electoral rolls and all these have been deleted, said district collector Siddharth Mahajan on Saturday. Congress had recently complained to the Election Commission demanding a probe into duplicate voters. The state election department identified the duplicate names with the help of[Read More…]
Duplicate entries of voters in the list continue to be a bigger challenge for the concerned authorities in poll-bound state Rajasthan. As per recent media reports around 25000 duplicate names have been found by the authorities in Rajasthan capital Jaipur. In the meanwhile, authorities are erasing the duplicate names from[Read More…]
Comptroller and auditor general of India’s report has pointed out that in the past five years under the Vasundhara Raje government, not a single patients are admitted in 40 Ayurvedic hospitals in the state. The report highlights the plight in great detail. According to it, the number has increased from[Read More…]
A 25-page charge sheet filed by the police on Friday in the Rakbar lynching case has created a fresh controversy with the local Ramgarh BJP MLA Gyandev Ahuja saying that ‘gaurakshaks’ will challenge it in the court as “it does not say a word” about “cow smugglers” and the policemen charged with dereliction of duty. Rakbar Khan was[Read More…]
Another shocking incident of mob lynching took place in Rajasthan’s Banswara district on Saturday. Three persons from a particular community had been targeted. Victims have been identified as Shabbir Mohammed 65 years, and his two sons Sharif 40 years and Shahid 35 years of age. Shabbir Mohamed, a resident of[Read More…]
Ahead of assembly polls, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje launched ‘Bhamashah Digital Family Scheme’ under which she promised free smartphones worth ₹500, along with a net recharge of ₹500 will be given to the families that come under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) in the state. Launching the scheme on[Read More…]
40-year-old Bhavesh Patel, man who was sentenced life imprisonment for alleged involvement in the 2007 Ajmer dargah blast, was welcomed and hailed with full honour on his home return to Bharuch after he was granted bail by Rajasthan High Court last week. Patel was granted life imprisonment along with Devendra[Read More…]
Rajasthan Congress chief Sachin Pilot on Tuesday alleged that the panchayati raj arrangement in the state has collapsed in the last four years under the BJP-led Vasundhara Raje government. “Ministers and officials are unaware about village realities. They have implemented policies which have snatched the rights of sarpanches,” said Pilot addressing the[Read More…]
A 22-year-old lover identified as Shakil Khan barged into the house of Mohammad Shahid and stabbed his daughter and wife, Khushnasiba Bano (21) and Akhtar Bano (45) on Sunday evening. Khan stabbed Khushnasiba and when her mother tried to protect her, he stabbed Akhtar. While Khushnasiba succumbed to her injuries[Read More…]
Neerja Dadhich, a female judge in Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan recited aloud a heart-touching poem while announcing death penalty to a 22-year-old man accused for raping a three-year-old girl. “Jis masoom ko dekh ke man me pyar umad ke ata hai, dekha usi ko man me kuch ke haivan utar ke[Read More…]
In the wake of violence following stone pelting at Kanwariyas in Tonk district of Rajasthan on Thursday, the administration on Friday imposed curfew and suspended internet services in the area, an official said. Tonk Superintendent of Police Yogesh Dadheech said instructions have been issued to act tough against the miscreants.[Read More…]
Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje seems to have landed into serious troubles due to her extravagant Gaurav Yatra. The ambitious Yatra has gained bad lights as the judiciary has taken cognizance and the Rajasthan High Court has issued notices to both government and the BJP to explain about the expenses[Read More…]
After the horrifying Blue Whale Challenge, the Momo challenge has recently surfaced on internet and is proving to be deadly as the so-called game has started to claim lives of teenagers across the world, including India. Untill last week, there were no reports of Momo Challenge being played in India[Read More…]
Dalit families of Rajasthan’s Barmer district have been escorted out of the village causing tension in the village. As many as 70 Dalit families’ were excluded from the village following an FIR on few members of a Rajpurohit family on atrocities against Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes. The matter came[Read More…]
Congress president Rahul Gandhi will launch the party’s election campaign on Saturday in Rajasthan, which is expected to go for polls later this year. As per his schedule, Rahul will land in Jaipur at 1:30 pm and will later address a public gathering at Ramlila Maidan in the evening, thereby officially kickstarting[Read More…]
Sunita Choubisa, a 20-year-old girl from Udaipur, saved a man from drowning into the Fatehsagar Lake. While a bunch of spectators stood still watching a man struggling for life, Sunita, a college student dived into the lake to save Bhupinder who had fallen into the lake. Young Sunita had gone[Read More…]
Jaipur: Citing suicide by one more farmer in Rajasthan on Sunday, former state Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday dubbed Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje’s Gaurav Yatra as Vidai Yatra. In a Facebook post, Gehlot questioned Raje as to which gaurav (honour) she is trying to boast of at a time[Read More…]
Jaipur: Amid claims and counterclaims within the party to Rajasthan Chief Minister’s post, Congress state unit President Sachin Pilot on Thursday said that his sole aim at present is to defeat the BJP and make his party form the state government. As Pandava prince Arjun was totally focused on his[Read More…]
A total of 220 cow carcasses were seized from a warehouse in Rajasthan’s Alwar district early on Wednesday, police said. The animal carcasses were found buried inside a Govindgarh facility,” Sub-Inspector Dhara Singh told IANS. Other than the cow carcasses, there were also remains of buffaloes and goats seized from[Read More…]
Rajasthan BJP MLA Gyan Dev Ahuja has demanded to release the three accused who were arrested in the suspicion of having involvement in lynching Rakbar Khan. The state Home Minister Gulabchand Kataria on Wednesday admitted that the 28-year-old victim died under police custody. Following this, Ahuja requested the Home Ministry[Read More…]
Autopsy report in the Alwar lynching case has been released and it came out that the victim sustained 12 injury marks all over the body and fractured arms, a hand, a leg and ribs bones. The post-mortem report states ’cause of death in this case is shock as a result[Read More…]