New Delhi: Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of protecting the corrupt BJP leaders including Chief Ministers of various BJP-ruled states, Congress on Saturday said when it comes to power, there will be a thorough investigation on the cases against them and they will be in jail and not out on[Read More…]
Tag: Rajasthan
Jodhpur: Miscreants attack bus carrying beneficiaries hours ahead of Modi’s Jaipur visit
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…]
Rajya Sabha MP Madanlal Saini appointed Rajasthan BJP chief
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…]
Betrayed voters waiting to bid good-bye to BJP in state, centre: Pilot
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…]
IPL 2018: Hyderabad beat Rajasthan to claim top spot
Jaipur: Sunrisers Hyderabad dominated with both bat and ball to defeat Rajasthan Royals by 11 runs and rise to the top of the Indian Premier League (IPL) table here on Sunday. Electing to bat first, Hyderabad rode on excellent batting by Kane Williamson and Alex Hales to post 151/7 in their[Read More…]
People have lost trust in Rajasthan BJP government: Gehlot
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…]
Raje government behind attack on Dalit leader’s house: Congress
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…]
Rajasthan highways to go toll-free for state vehicles
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…]
Picture of Rajasthan health minister urinating on Jaipur walls goes viral
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…]
Ajmer North – A case study on how the tide is turning in Rajasthan
Ajmer North is an Urban Assembly constituency which has around 2Lac Electorates. Sindhi, Rawat Rajputs, Gujjars, Brahmins, SCs – many castes have the presence in this assembly segment. The Constituency has the Sindhi community dominance and Constituency has been represented by nominees of this migrant community since Independence. As per[Read More…]
Rajasthan has given BJP ‘triple talaq’: Shatrughan Sinha
Patna: Taunting his BJP party over its defeat in the Rajasthan bypolls, actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha on Friday said the state had become the first to give the BJP “triple talaq“. “Breaking news with record-breaking disastrous results for ruling party – Rajasthan becomes first state to give BJP Triple Talaq. Ajmer: Talaq,[Read More…]
Clean Sweep
Rajasthan Bypolls for Loksabha Seats Ajmer and Alwar as well as Assembly Seat Mandalgarh were called as Semi-final to the Assembly Elections due the later year 2018. All these 3 seats were with BJP which have been handsomely won by Congress this time. This result is a panacea for State[Read More…]
Rajasthan: Normal life affected by shutdown in towns
Normal life was affected on Friday in Kota, Bundi, Jhalawar and Itawa in Rajasthan due to a shutdown called by right-wing bodies, including the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal, to protest against police lathi charge in Bundi last week. Schools, colleges, petrol pumps and shops were closed, with police[Read More…]
India is unprepared for gathering teen sexual revolution
One in four Indian women are married before 18, and 7.8 per cent of women aged 15 to 19 are pregnant or mothers, according to the latest available 2015-16 National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-4 data. While the percentage of women married before 18 decreased from 47.4 per cent in 2005-06[Read More…]
2017: Opposition parties showed some unity, face formidable challenges
Opposition parties face a daunting task to check the BJP’s rise and expansion under Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the coming year presents them opportunities to do so in eight states that go to the polls. It will also test them for their ability to build up the momentum against[Read More…]
Rajasthan bus accident: 30 killed; many injured
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…]
Rajasthan cities to get around 100 statues of eminent figures soon
Around 100 swanky statues of renowned personalities are set to come up in different cities of Rajasthan. According to Urban Development and Housing Minister Shrikhand Kriplani, a meeting will be called on December 28 to decide on the names of eminent figures whose statues can be installed in various cities[Read More…]
Rajasthan: Man burns two wives to death in car, held
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…]
Youth held in Jaipur for attempted suicide in support of murder accused
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…]
Challenges for Rahul Gandhi: Revamping party set-up, electoral battles before 2019 polls
Rahul Gandhi’s long-delayed elevation as party chief is almost over as he was on Monday elected Congress President at a time when the party is facing an “existential crisis”. His main challenge remains the revamping of party organisation, apart from electoral battles in the run-up to the 2019 Lok Sabha[Read More…]
Rajasthan: Mamata Banerjee announces compensation, job for family of man hacked
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday announced Rs 3 lakh compensation to the family of a migrant labourer from the state who was hacked to death in Rajasthan and a job to a family member. “Very sad incident happened in Rajasthan. Afrajul Khan of Malda of our state[Read More…]
Political Circus: BJP needs to rein in the Hindutva hotheads
The rise in the growth rate to the moderately satisfactory 6.3 per cent from the depressingly low 5.7 per cent is good news for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at a time when the Prime Minister reminded the audience at a function organised by a media house about former President[Read More…]
Rajasthan: Court annuls over a decade old child marriage
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…]
Political Circus: Twisted interpretation of history; challenging time for artists, filmmakers
At the root of the controversy over the release of the Hindi feature film “Padmavati” is, first, the saffron brotherhood’s interpretation of history with a pronounced anti-Muslim bias and, secondly, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s overt and covert attempts to whittle down institutional autonomy. Even if the BJP’s seemingly political use[Read More…]
Cow vigilantes kill one, injure another in Rajasthan
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…]