Starting early on Saturday, hundreds and thousands of Hindu devotees took a holy dip in the river Ganga on the occasion of ‘Kartik Purnima’. Pilgrims from Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi and Rajasthan travelled miles to be part of the festivities, an official said. Amid tight security,[Read More…]
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Rajasthan: BJP leader Digambar Singh dies; Vasundhara Raje mourns death
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…]
Police diluted Pehlu Khan’s murder case, finds independent probe
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…]
Facebook helps Rajasthan teen to annul her underage marriage
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…]
Delhi woman allegedly raped by 23 men in Rajasthan’s Bikaner
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…]
Another famous baba booked for rape in Rajasthan
A woman from Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh has filed a sexual assault case against Phalahari Maharaj, a self-styled godman in Rajasthan. A FIR has been registered against Alwar’s Kaushalendra Phalahari Maharaj on the basis of the complaint of a 21-year-old woman. She accused Baba of sexually exploiting her and raping her[Read More…]
Japan to establish industrial townships in Gujarat, Rajasthan, AP, Tamil Nadu
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that Japan will establish its four industrial townships in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. PM stressed he wants more Japanese investment in India. “I invite more and more Japanese to come live and work in India. Today, four locations have been announced in[Read More…]
Jaipur: Cop dies after vehicle check leads to clashes, curfew imposed a few areas
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…]
Jodhpur: Mother loses newborn as doctors fight in operation theatre
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…]
Rajasthan: Woman accused of being witch dies after ruthless assault
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…]
Lalit Modi says goodbye to cricket administration; resigns from Nagaur cricket body
The former IPL chief, Lalit Modi resigned as the president of the Nagaur district cricket association in Rajasthan on late Friday night. He put out a three-page letter calling for the Rajasthan cricket association to be made ‘best again’. “I feel that the time is now ripe to pass on[Read More…]
37 lakh students without Aadhaar may soon to be deprived of mid-day meals
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…]
Protest against gangster’s death turns violent in Rajasthan; one killed
In Nagaur district of Rajasthan, one person was killed while many others were injured after a rally organised by Rajput outfits demanding a CBI probe into gangster Anandpal Singh’s death turned violent on Wednesday evening. Anandpal was killed in a police encounter in Churu district on June 24. Anandpal, who[Read More…]
Why the #NotinMyName protest didn’t appeal to me
A 16-year-old Muslim is killed and people are out on the streets, a young girl is raped and we have a candle light protest. All I want to know is how much has it helped? After the Nirbhaya rape and murder case, we had people thronging the streets, but what[Read More…]
Rajasthan Lynching: Little did he know that safeguarding his wife’s dignity would cost him his life?
It is every man’s moral responsibility to save his family from all ills. And when it comes to a woman’s dignity, especially his wife and daughter, a man anywhere on the planet, would go to any extent to protect it. Well, that’s what Zafar Khan was doing. Khan was allegedly[Read More…]
No arrest made in Rajasthan lynching case
While another man, Zafar Khan, was lynched in Rajasthan for shielding a woman, no arrests have yet been made although there are witnesses who saw CPI-ML leader Zafar Hussain, 55, being beaten viciously by municipal workers. Notably, Pratapgarh commissioner Ashok Jain was also allegedly part of the group that was[Read More…]
Another man lynched in Rajasthan, this time for stopping officials from clicking defecating women
In a shocking incident, a middle-aged man was beaten to death by municipality employees as he was allegedly trying to stop them from scaring women defecating in open and taking their pictures in Pratapgarh town on Friday. The incident took place near Bagwasa Kachi Basti area at around 6.30 am.[Read More…]
Rajasthan gov to eliminate inefficient employees
Those working for the Rajasthan government for over 15 years or attained 50 years of their age and whose integrity is suspicious and work unsatisfactory may lose their job. Rajasthan Chief Secretary O P Meena, in an order, has asked all department heads to mark those employees or officials who[Read More…]
Farmers block highways in Haryana, Rajasthan as part of protest
On Friday, a nationwide stir has been started by the farmers in Haryana and Rajasthan where they are blocking national highways as a part of their protest. The farmers have gathered in order to protest against the death of five cultivators in police firing in Madhya Pradesh and also against[Read More…]
Men thrash mentally-challenged woman, force to say “Jai Shri Ram”
In a merciless act, two men in Nagaur, Rajasthan have been arrested for allegedly kicking and beating a mentally-challenged woman with a rubber pipe. The incident reportedly happened on Tuesday but came to light when someone uploaded a video on social media. Woman mercilessly thrashed in Rajasthan’s Nagaur district, forced[Read More…]
Indian village to be named after Donald Trump
Recently, a top Indian sociologist, Bindeshwar Pathak, has announced to name one Indian village after US President Donald Trump. The decision has been taken as part of his efforts to strengthen India-US relationship. The village is being developed in Mewat region, Rajasthan. In a community event organised in Washington DC,[Read More…]
UP government to make marriage registration compulsory even for Muslims
Officials announced on Tuesday that the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to make marriage registration compulsory for all in the state. Accordingly, the women’s welfare department has drafted a proposal that is likely to be brought in the next session of the state cabinet. The sources say that following the[Read More…]
Rajasthan: 50 cow vigilantes attack truck carrying cows
While the debate over cows cow vigilantism intensifies after repeated instance of violence across the country, in another occurrence of fury, on Sunday, over 50 men attacked a truck from Tamil Nadu in Barmer district of Rajasthan, ferrying cows as they suspected cattle smuggling. According to the police, 4 people,[Read More…]
Farmers’ agitation to take a nationwide turn
Farmers’ protest which was till now confined to Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh will now take a nationwide turn with 62 farmers’ organisations to hold a nationwide protest from Sunday. The action was decided in a meeting held in Delhi a day before. It is scheduled that from June 11 until[Read More…]
Rajasthan: Farmers to get Rs 6 lakh insurance cover
Rajasthan government has announced to raise the insurance amount by one lakh for farmers. Nearly 7 lakh farmers who have availed crop loan through cooperative banks in Rajasthan will get an insurance cover of Rs 6 lakh by giving only Rs 27 as yearly premium. Read more: The law of the[Read More…]