Parliament Monsoon Session 2018 begins with opposition roaring over several issues including mob lynchings in the name of cow vigilantism. The Rajasthan police is being accused of delaying in taking the 28 years old Rakbar Khan to the hospital that was just six kilometres from the crime spot. One would[Read More…]
Jaipur: The BJP will fight the forthcoming Rajasthan assembly elections under the leadership of Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, who will retain the post as the party would come back to power with a big majority, said party President Amit Shah on Saturday. In his address at the concluding ceremony of[Read More…]
A 28 year old Haryana resident was allegedly beaten to death by the mob in Ramgarh, Rajasthan, on suspicion of cow smuggling. According to reports, the man, identified as Akbar Khan, accompanied by another man, was taking two cows to their village in Haryana through a forest area near Lalawandi[Read More…]
A ragpicker’s son, Asharam Choudhary who has always dreamt of becoming a doctor, has found a seat for himself at Jodhpur AIIMS for MBBS. Asharam Choudhary, who belongs to Vijayaganj Mandi, Uttar Pradesh, has always dreamt of doing something for his village and now, is finally realising his dream as[Read More…]
Jaipur: The Rajasthan cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, on Wednesday, relaxed the two-child policy for state government employees, deleting the clause entailing compulsory retirement on birth of the third child. The cabinet has given permission for amendments in pension laws and other such norms in this context, Parliamentary[Read More…]
While addressing the ‘Save Constitution, Save Democracy’ programme organised by legal cell of Rajasthan unit of Congress, politician Sachin Pilot said the party will introduce laws for protecting advocates, lawyers and journalists if voted to power in the assembly polls later this year. Rajasthan Congress chief said “the ones who[Read More…]
Despite the grooming medical science in the state, Rajasthan still discriminates against leprosy patients under section 19(f) of the Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Act 1994, which debars a leprosy patient from contesting panchayat elections. According to Section 19(f) ‘a person is disqualified if he/she is a leper or is suffering from[Read More…]
A woman beneficiary of a Central welfare scheme launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 7 was found dead on National Highway-8 the same day, the authorities said on Wednesday. Nandi Bai belonged to Dungarpur and had come to attend the Prime Minister’s Jan Samwad programme in Jaipur on[Read More…]
Jaipur: Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s interaction here with beneficiaries of government welfare schemes a flop show. Our PM was supposed to have a direct interaction with beneficiaries but he was shown clippings of beneficiaries in audio-video presentation. This could have been[Read More…]
Just hours ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Jaipur, miscreants have attacked the bus carrying beneficiaries of the government schemes to the capital of Rajasthan. Two persons were injured in the firing incident and have been rushed to the hospital. The beneficiaries were on their way to Jaipur[Read More…]
Vasundhara Raje-led BJP government in Rajasthan has approved one per cent reservation to five communities including Gujjars under the most backward classes (MBC) category on Monday, July 2. The mandate came after Gujjar leaders threatened to stage a protest during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming visit to Jaipur. The BJP[Read More…]
New Delhi/Jaipur: BJP Rajya Sabha member Madanlal Saini was on Friday appointed the party’s Rajasthan President after two and half months of deliberations between Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and party President Amit Shah. BJP President Amit Shah has appointed Madanlal Saini as Rajasthan BJP chief with immediate effect, BJP General[Read More…]
Jaipur: Anarchy has been ruling the roost in Rajasthan as well as India under the ruling BJP and the betrayed voters are eagerly counting the days for bidding good bye to it, Congress’ Rajasthan unit President Sachin Pilot said on Saturday. Addressing a press conference called by the Congress to[Read More…]
Jaipur: Amid the ongoing turmoil in BJP in Rajasthan where the party is still to fill the vacant post of state chief, party’s Rajasthan in-charge Avinash Rai Khanna on Monday said that the ensuing assembly elections will be contested under Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje’s leadership. “Raje is the party leader[Read More…]
Jodhpur: Five years after charges of rape were levelled against Asaram Bapu, the Jodhpur Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe Court on Wednesday convicted the self-styled godman along with others accused in the case. The judgement in the case for raping a minor was pronounced by Judge Madhusudan inside the Jodhpur[Read More…]
Jaipur: The people of Rajasthan have lost faith in the BJP government, Congress General Secretary Ashok Gehlot said on Thursday. “Whenever BJP men try to reach out to the people in rural areas, they have to face public ire,” Gehlot told the media. The Congress leader also accused the Rajasthan government[Read More…]
New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) founder member Kumar Vishwas has been removed as the party in-charge of election-bound Rajasthan, the party announced on Wednesday. AAP leader Ashutosh made the announcement and said National Treasurer Deepak Bajpai had been made the new in-charge. Kumar Vishwas has had a rocky relationship[Read More…]
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday alleged that the BJP government of Vasundhara Raje in Rajasthan was involved in setting ablaze the house of one of the party’s Dalit leaders and former Rajasthan Minister Bharoselal Jatav. It said that even as a mob of about 5,000 anti-social elements set ablaze[Read More…]
Jaipur: In a major relief, the Rajasthan government has granted toll tax waiver on Rajasthan vehicles plying on state highways. Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje made this announcement while replying to a question in the assembly here. “With state highways becoming toll-free, it will come as a big respite for people[Read More…]
Jaipur: After Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh tested negative for H1N1 on Monday in Delhi’s Apollo Hospital, Rajasthan State Health Medical Department is facing criticism for incorrectly diagnosing the Governor with swine-flu. The false reports have raised questions about the working of the State Health Medical Department, with the Governor requesting[Read More…]
Jaipur: In an embarrassment for the BJP government in Rajasthan, a picture of state Health Minister Kalicharan Saraf urinating on the walls of the Pink City has gone viral. He, however, shrugged it off, saying it was “not a big issue”. The picture comes as the Jaipur Municipal Corporation is working[Read More…]
Mumbai: Actress Sonakshi Sinha has written a letter to Rajasthan Minister for Forest, Environment, Youth Affairs and Sports Gajendra Singh Khimsar to relocate an elephant to a rehabilitation facility for urgent care after reports of a violent beating. A group of American tourists witnessed eight men violently beating the elephant known[Read More…]
Jaipur: In a spectacular showing, the Congress on Thursday raced ahead of the BJP in the Lok Sabha constituencies of Ajmer and Alwar and the Mandalgarh Assembly seat in Rajasthan where by-elections took place on Monday. Congress candidates led from the beginning in both the Lok Sabha seats and edged past[Read More…]
With Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje Scindia saying that Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s movie ‘Padmavat’ will not be released in her state, the Congress on Tuesday said there was a conflict between the central and state governments on the issue. “For us, the release of any film means it has been[Read More…]
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…]