Mumbai: A 20-year-old model Mansi Dixit’ body was found stuffed in a suitcase in Malad area of Mumbai on Monday. Mansi Dixit a native of Kota, Rajasthan. She was a student and an aspiring model who used to work in an event management and designing company apart from studying. Her office[Read More…]
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Rajasthan: 16-year-old brutally killed; body found mutilated at Railway track
A 16-year-old boy found dead in a vicious state with his body mutilated on October 12 in Makrana district of Rajasthan. Deceased Parwez alias Abdullah is a resident of Kishanganj in Bihar and was working as a labour in a tire-repairing shop in Makrana, Rajasthan. His body was found mutilated,[Read More…]
Assembly Polls: Rajasthan Congress put ball in Rahul Gandhi’s court’s over candidates selection
Ahead of assembly polls in Rajasthan, issues pertaining to ticket distribution are increasing day by day in Congress. As per the sources, Congress is facing the problem of too many candidates asking for party tickets in the upcoming assembly election in Rajasthan, Congress leaders told media. However, earlier Congress chief Rahul Gandhi stated that no[Read More…]
Rajasthan Polls: Hanuman Beniwal to float a new party along with the support of Ghanshyam Tiwari
Independent Khimsar MLA Hanuman Beniwal, who had already distanced himself from both Congress and BJP in Rajasthan, has announced to float a new political party ahead of assembly polls 2018, Hanuman Beniwal will organize a ‘Hunkar’ rally in Jaipur on October 29, where Beniwal will officially launch his new party[Read More…]
Rajasthan: BJP leader and former Minister Usha Punia quits party
Jaipur: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s Usha Punia, a former minister in the Rajasthan government, on Wednesday quit the party ahead of Assembly elections later this year. Usha Punia was the Tourism Minister in the state government from 2003 to 2008, under the Chief Ministership of present incumbent Vasundhara Raje. In[Read More…]
Modi is ‘chowkidar’ but whom is he serving: Rahul Gandhi
Jaipur: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he projected himself as a ‘chowkidar’ but never specified as to whom he was serving. “It is now clear that he is a ‘chowkidar’ of an industrialist. Modi took him to France to sign the Rafale fighter[Read More…]
Rajasthan Polls 2018: 4 Hindu saints keen to contest election
Rajasthan polls 2018, which are scheduled for December 2018 is witnessing various turns and twists every day and latest development came from religious outfits. As per the sources, around 4 Hindu saints have desired to contest in the upcoming election. One of them is a close aide of chief minister[Read More…]
Rajasthan: Minister’s photo urinating near BJP rally goes viral, leader defends himself
Shambhu Singh Khetasar, a Rajasthan minister has created a controversy after a photograph of minister urinating near a wall that had a poster of chief minister Vasundhara Raje went viral on social media. Talking about the incident, which took place near a BJP rally in Ajmer on Sunday, Khatesar boldly[Read More…]
Rajasthan Polls 2018: Rebel BJP leader Manvendra Singh joins Congress
Rajasthan politics which is witnessing several ups and downs every day in the poll-bound season observed another major political development on October 17. Manvendra Singh, son of BJP leader Jaswant Singh and MLA from Sheo assembly in Barmer joined hands with Congress. Ahead of the upcoming assembly election, Manvendra Singh’s[Read More…]
Rajasthan Polls: Amit Shah picks Gajendra Singh Shekhawat over Vasundhara Raje; Is CM sidelined?
Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Mizoram and Telangana assembly polls are scheduled for the November and December 2018 and both the Congress and the BJP have geared up to fight against each other. However, in the royal state, where BJP is ruling since 2013, is witnessing an extensive ‘infighting’, which could[Read More…]
Over 12 lakh Rajasthan farmers to get free electricity: CM Vasundhara Raje
Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on Saturday announced free electricity for farmers up to Rs 10,000, hours before the Election Commission announced schedule for upcoming Assembly elections in the state. Addressing a public meeting in Ajmer, in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Chief Minister made the[Read More…]
Rajasthan will break tradition of changing governments every election this time: Modi
Ajmer: Accusing the Congress of working for only one family and practicing vote-bank politics, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday asked the people to keep it away from power, breaking the state’s tradition of alternating power between the Congress and the BJP every five years. Modi said that the Congress which[Read More…]
Rajasthan: Farm labourer beaten to death by landlords in Hanumangarh
Bhola Singh, 34, a resident of Chak 12SLW village, who was a farm labourer, was allegedly beaten to death by some landlords in Hanumangarh of Rajasthan on Thursday night. Sukhdev Singh, brother of Bhola Singh, told the police that “Kulwant Singh and his brother Gurdas Singh took Bhola to their[Read More…]
EC announces assembly election dates for MP, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Mizoram, Telangana; results on December 11
LIVE UPDATES: The Election Commission Saturday announced dates for the assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Mizoram and Telangana. With the announcement of the poll dates by the ECI, the Model Code of Conduct has come into force with immediate effect. The election in Chhattisgarh will be held in[Read More…]
Rajasthan: 73% MLAs crorepatis, says report
Ahead of assembly election in Rajasthan, an interesting report presented by Election Watch claims that of the 200 MLAs of the Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha, 145 are crorepatis. As per the affidavits were given to Election Commission of India 73% of the MLAs own assets of Rs 1 crore or above.[Read More…]
Assembly Elections 2018: Why Congress isn’t very keen on alliance with BSP?
Ahead of assembly elections in Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, political scenarios are changing every day and the recent announcement of Mayawati over alliance formation with Congress created another stir in the political circles of India. During an interview on Thursday, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh alleged that, Mayawati was[Read More…]
Rajasthan Assembly Election: Will BSP be able to damage Congress?
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati’s declaration that her party will go alone in the upcoming Rajasthan assembly election, has totally changed the electoral scenario for the Royal state. Congress party, which is efforting hard to return in power, obtained a resentment from political experts, after failing over forming an alliance[Read More…]
Mayawati deals blow to Congress in MP, Rajasthan, rules out alliance
New Delhi: In yet another blow to the Congress, BSP chief Mayawati on Wednesday ruled out any alliance with the party in the coming Assembly polls in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, a decision that could also impact the opposition’s plan for a grand alliance against the BJP in the 2019[Read More…]
Why people of Rajasthan have not re-elected an incumbent govt? Here’s why
In a poll-bound state Rajasthan, where current BJP government is facing resentment from all the directions of state, there is factual information, which proves that BJP government have to face a tough task, to return in power. Following the trends of Rajasthan electoral scenario, since 1993, it is noted that[Read More…]
Rajasthan Polls 2018: Minorities ready to play vital role in assembly election
Rajasthan, the royal state of India which comprises 90% of the Hindu population and 10% of minority communities, is witnessing a massive agitation over caste and religion based politics. Following which, minority communities are also vocal on several issues including increased participation of minority community people in politics. As per[Read More…]
Rajasthan Polls 2018: Several hurdles for BJP, rebels trouble continue to increase
Political mutiny in Rajasthan BJP has made party leaders worried. Rajasthan assembly poll, which is likely to be held in December 2018 and several party leaders have already distanced themselves from BJP. Manvendra Singh, son of former Union minister, Jaswant Singh has resigned from the party on September 22. Manvendra[Read More…]
Modi failed to secure pensioners’ rights, say protesters
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) A large number of elderly people and those with disabilities from across the country protested here on Sunday in support of their demands and accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of failing to secure their right to pension. Converging on Parliament Street, the protesters, mostly labourers[Read More…]
Mob lynching victim Pehlu Khan’s son shot at in Rajasthan
Jaipur: Unidentified assailants on Saturday opened fire at a car in which Rajasthan lynching victim Pehlu Khan’s son Irshad, and other key witnesses in the 2017 case were going, officials said. Pehlu Khan’s son and others were on their way to a court in Rajasthan’s Behrod for a hearing. Pehlu[Read More…]
Rajasthan Polls 2018: BJP Minority Morcha demands 10 candidates from Muslim community
In view of assembly elections 2018 in Rajasthan, the BJP’s Minority Morcha has demanded tickets for Muslim candidates from the party. The president of the Minority Morcha, Abdul Rashid Ansari said this in the state BJP meeting on Saturday held at the BJP headquarters in Jaipur. The assembly elections are[Read More…]
Rajasthan: Doctors conduct post-mortem on two electrocuted women on road
In a shocking incident, doctors of a government health centre in Barmer, carried out autopsies on two bodies beside a road earlier this week, drawing protests from locals and seeking probe into the matter. Health officials however justified the action as done on “humanitarian grounds” on the family’s request as[Read More…]