Independent MLA Hanuman Beliwal has attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi while announcing that Rajasthan needed a new political party to provide an alternative to both the BJP and the Congress. Beliwal made the announcement at a huge rally of farmers here on Sunday. He said the youths had seen through[Read More…]
Karan Singh Yadav will be the Congress candidate for the Lok Sabha bypoll in Alwar, a party leader said on Sunday. Yadav, a doctor by profession, has been a two-time MLA from Behrod and also an MP from Alwar. Jitendra Singh, an aide of Congress President Rahul Gandhi, was in[Read More…]
At least 30 people were killed and 15 injured when a passenger bus fell into a river on Saturday near Rajasthan’s Sawai Madhopur, police said. The Sawai Madhopur-Lalsot bus was driven by a 16-year-old conductor who lost control due to over-speeding, officials said. The bus skidded and fell off a[Read More…]
In yet another protest against a Bollywood film, the morning shows of “Tiger Zinda Hai”, a Salman Khan-Katrina Kaif starred film, had to be stopped in many cinema halls across Rajasthan after members of the Valmiki community raised slogans, tore and burnt posters of the film over the alleged use[Read More…]
In a horrific incident, a man burnt his two wives to death in a car after an argument broke out between the women while travelling together in Rajasthan’s Jalore district, police said on Wednesday. In order to hoodwink the police, accused Deepram concocted a sob story, but ultimately spilled the[Read More…]
Jaipur: A young man was arrested here on Sunday on the charge of disturbing public peace by climbing an overhead water tank in support of murder accused Shambhulal Raigar and threatening to commit suicide. After his arrest under Section 151 of the Indian Penal Code for disturbing peace and harmony, accused[Read More…]
A family court in Rajasthan on Thursday annulled the marriage of a girl which took place when she was only three years old. The girl is now 17 years old. The teenaged girl with the support of NGO Saarthi Trust founder Kriti Bharti fought a legal battle to get the[Read More…]
A minority community member was shot dead allegedly by cow vigilantes in Govindgarh in Alwar district in Rajasthan on the suspicion of cow smuggling. Another person was injured in the incident, informed sources said on Sunday. Although police remained tight-lipped about the incident, sources close to the deceased’s family told[Read More…]
The Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) has told its employees to sing the national anthem every day before the start of duty and the national song, Vande Mataram, just before the end of duty hours. A directive, issued on Monday, came into effect from Tuesday when all staffers of the JMC[Read More…]
Digambar Singh, a senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader in Rajasthan, died in a private hospital on Friday morning at the age of 66. Singh was suffering from cancer. A prominent Jat community leader, Singh was a minister during chief minister, Vasundhara Raje’s first tenure (2003-08). He was admitted to[Read More…]
The Rajasthan High Court issued notice to the Centre and the state government on an ordinance that aims to protect public servants from being probed for on-duty action without prior government sanction. The Criminal Laws (Rajasthan Amendment) Ordinance 2017, was promulgated in September. The high court gave the governments one[Read More…]
New Delhi: An independent fact-finding investigation into the lynching of Pehlu Khan, a dairy farmer, earlier this year by cow vigilantes has exposed how police tried to “weaken” the investigation by delaying filing of the FIR and invoking IPC sections of crimes with lesser punishment. The investigation termed the police action[Read More…]
Facing flak from different quarters, the Rajasthan government on Tuesday referred to a select committee the controversial Criminal Laws (Rajasthan Amendment) Bill aimed to protect public servants from being investigated for on-duty action without prior government sanction. A motion to this effect was moved by Rajasthan Home Minister Gulab Chand[Read More…]
A ‘sadhu’ from Rajasthan’s Churu district allegedly chopped off his private parts after being accused of having an illegitimate relationship with a woman. The sadhu, Santosh Das, chopped off his genitals on Tuesday morning, police said, the Hindustan Times reported. “Das is an associate of a self-styled godman and lives[Read More…]
A young woman in Rajasthan has proved in court that she was unlawfully married off as a minor with submitting proof from her husband’s Facebook profile. Sushila Bishnoi appealed to annul her underage matrimony. The 19-year-old, helped by an activist, scrolled her husband’s Facebook profile until they found the smoking[Read More…]
A Delhi woman had filed a complaint at Jai Narayan Vyas Colony police station after she was abducted and raped by 23 men in broad daylight in Bikaner. A case of rape has been filed against two named and 21 unidentified suspects. However, no arrests have been made yet. The[Read More…]
The Rajasthan government is considering creating a portal to help people buy and sell cows online. The portal is likely to come up in six months and will host pictures, yield, the price of cows and contact details of owners. The buyers can get in touch with the sellers directly.[Read More…]
In a heinous incident, a minor girl was allegedly gang-raped by the director and a teacher of Janta Bal Niketan School in Rajasthan’s Ajitgarh area of Sikar district. As per reports, school director, Jagdish and teacher, Jagat Singh were sexually abusing the class 12 student for the past few months.[Read More…]
An officer was killed and at least 10 others were injured after clashes broke out between locals and cops in Jaipur, Rajasthan, late on Friday. As per eyewitnesses, the violence broke out after a cop tried to stop a man on a motorbike during a routine vehicle check at Ramganj[Read More…]
A mother has lost her child after two senior doctors in Jodhpur’s Umaid Hospital got involved in an argument during a C-section operation. The two doctors were removed after they were purportedly seen in a video fighting inside an operation theatre during surgery on a woman on Tuesday. The incident[Read More…]
Kirti Kumari, BJP MLA from Mandalgarh in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara district died on Monday due to swine flu at a private hospital. The 50-year-old was admitted to Fortis Hospital on Sunday. At first, she was admitted to the state-run SMS Hospital after complication in breathing owing to swine flu, Medical Superintendent[Read More…]
In a shocking incident, a 40-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly branded a witch, stripped, beaten-up and made to eat faeces in a village in Rajasthan’s Ajmer district. She was then dragged by her hair and forced to lie on a bed of embers. The embers were then shoved into her[Read More…]
As many as 37 lakh children of more over 49,000 government schools in Rajasthan may soon be denied midday meals as they are yet to get Aadhaar numbers. According to a letter from the HRD ministry to the Rajasthan chief secretary, 42% students in the state have enrolled for Aadhaar;[Read More…]
On the World Breastfeeding Week (August 1-7) begins, over 7,500 women in Jaipur have donated more than 15 lakh millilitre of breast milk to save the lives of many newborns. As per Hindustan Times report, 15,00,680 ml milk has been collected at the 11 milk banks. “I salute the mothers[Read More…]
A woman has delivered a baby on the road in front of a government hospital on Friday in Jaipur after the hospital refused to admit her. The shocking incident was reported from Jaipuriya hospital. The lady was brought to the hospital at 10 pm last night. When she arrived, the[Read More…]