Alwar: Falahari baba, a self-styled godman from Rajasthan, was sentenced to life on Wednesday by Alwar’s Additional District and Sessions judge Rajendra Sharma for raping a female student from Chhattisgarh. According to information, the baba was arrested on September 23, 2017, after the victim accused him of sexually assaulting her[Read More…]
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Jaswant Singh’s son quits BJP calling it a mistake, may join Congress
Manvendra Singh, son of former union minister Jaswant Singh, quits the BJP on Saturday at his Swabhiman rally in Rajasthan‘s Barmer district. Manvendra, an MLA from Barmer’s Sheo constituency ends his ties with BJP. He says, “Kamal ka Phool Hamari Bhool Thi (choosing the lotus flower was our mistake),” while[Read More…]
Rajasthan: Father claims ‘police inaction’; seeks justice for daughter murdered by in-laws
A hapless father and retired lecturer of Mundawar in Alwar district of Rajasthan has been running from pillar to post seeking justice for his daughter who was allegedly killed by her “greedy in-laws” on September 12 in Tijara of the district. Speaking to IANS, grieving father Jagmal Singh said: “The[Read More…]
Tension in Rajasthan after group clashes turned into bloodshed on Muharram
Tension gripped in Rajasthan after incidents of stone pelting at six different places in the state on Friday. Police had to retort with lathi-charge to disperse the crowd gathered to commemorate mourning ceremony observed by Shia community on the day of Ashura in Muharram. Jaipur, Kota, Ajmer and Rajsamand districts.[Read More…]
Rajasthan: Over 1 lakh duplicate voters in Jaipur deleted from electoral list
A total of 1,05,299 duplicate/fake voters appeared in Jaipur electoral rolls and all these have been deleted, said district collector Siddharth Mahajan on Saturday. Congress had recently complained to the Election Commission demanding a probe into duplicate voters. The state election department identified the duplicate names with the help of[Read More…]
Rajasthan: Duplicate voters entries in the list, challenge for authorities continue to grow
Duplicate entries of voters in the list continue to be a bigger challenge for the concerned authorities in poll-bound state Rajasthan. As per recent media reports around 25000 duplicate names have been found by the authorities in Rajasthan capital Jaipur. In the meanwhile, authorities are erasing the duplicate names from[Read More…]
Mobocracy continues in Rajasthan: Three people lynched to death in Banswara
Another shocking incident of mob lynching took place in Rajasthan’s Banswara district on Saturday. Three persons from a particular community had been targeted. Victims have been identified as Shabbir Mohammed 65 years, and his two sons Sharif 40 years and Shahid 35 years of age. Shabbir Mohamed, a resident of[Read More…]
Panchayati Raj has collapsed in Rajasthan: Sachin Pilot
Rajasthan Congress chief Sachin Pilot on Tuesday alleged that the panchayati raj arrangement in the state has collapsed in the last four years under the BJP-led Vasundhara Raje government. “Ministers and officials are unaware about village realities. They have implemented policies which have snatched the rights of sarpanches,” said Pilot addressing the[Read More…]
Rajasthan: Judge recites emotional poem amid rape-case trail, announces death sentence
Neerja Dadhich, a female judge in Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan recited aloud a heart-touching poem while announcing death penalty to a 22-year-old man accused for raping a three-year-old girl. “Jis masoom ko dekh ke man me pyar umad ke ata hai, dekha usi ko man me kuch ke haivan utar ke[Read More…]
SC notice to I&B Ministry, 6 states on ‘misuse of public money’ on ads
The Supreme Court on Friday sought response from the Information and Broadcasting Ministry and six states on a plea by an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) lawmaker, alleging that advertisements are being issued at government expanses for political purposes to benefit the ruling party. The states which have been issued the notice are Uttar Pradesh,[Read More…]
Tension in Rajasthan’s Tonk: Curfew imposed, internet suspended
In the wake of violence following stone pelting at Kanwariyas in Tonk district of Rajasthan on Thursday, the administration on Friday imposed curfew and suspended internet services in the area, an official said. Tonk Superintendent of Police Yogesh Dadheech said instructions have been issued to act tough against the miscreants.[Read More…]
Vasundhara Raje spent Rs 16,000 for pen drive and Rs 63,000 on mufflers in Gaurav Yatra
Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje seems to have landed into serious troubles due to her extravagant Gaurav Yatra. The ambitious Yatra has gained bad lights as the judiciary has taken cognizance and the Rajasthan High Court has issued notices to both government and the BJP to explain about the expenses[Read More…]
70 Dalit families escorted out of village in Rajasthan
Dalit families of Rajasthan’s Barmer district have been escorted out of the village causing tension in the village. As many as 70 Dalit families’ were excluded from the village following an FIR on few members of a Rajpurohit family on atrocities against Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes. The matter came[Read More…]
Election Commission virtually rules out simultaneous elections
In the midst of the BJP’s push for “One Nation, One Poll”, the Election Commission on Tuesday appeared to rule out simultaneous polls to assemblies and the Lok Sabha given the present logistics and constitutional provisions. Chief Election Commissioner O.P. Rawat said, however, the commission would continue to deliver its[Read More…]
Rajasthan Assembly Election 2019: Rahul Gandhi to kickstart Congress campaign today
Congress president Rahul Gandhi will launch the party’s election campaign on Saturday in Rajasthan, which is expected to go for polls later this year. As per his schedule, Rahul will land in Jaipur at 1:30 pm and will later address a public gathering at Ramlila Maidan in the evening, thereby officially kickstarting[Read More…]
Rajasthan girl saves man from drowning, spectators at standstill
Sunita Choubisa, a 20-year-old girl from Udaipur, saved a man from drowning into the Fatehsagar Lake. While a bunch of spectators stood still watching a man struggling for life, Sunita, a college student dived into the lake to save Bhupinder who had fallen into the lake. Young Sunita had gone[Read More…]
Rajasthan: Vasundhara Raje’s ‘Gaurav Yatra’ is her ‘Vidai Yatra’, says Ashok Gehlot
Jaipur: Citing suicide by one more farmer in Rajasthan on Sunday, former state Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday dubbed Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje’s Gaurav Yatra as Vidai Yatra. In a Facebook post, Gehlot questioned Raje as to which gaurav (honour) she is trying to boast of at a time[Read More…]
Rajasthan: Over 200 cow carcasses seized from Alwar warehouse
A total of 220 cow carcasses were seized from a warehouse in Rajasthan’s Alwar district early on Wednesday, police said. The animal carcasses were found buried inside a Govindgarh facility,” Sub-Inspector Dhara Singh told IANS. Other than the cow carcasses, there were also remains of buffaloes and goats seized from[Read More…]
BJP MLA demands release of Alwar lynching accused
Rajasthan BJP MLA Gyan Dev Ahuja has demanded to release the three accused who were arrested in the suspicion of having involvement in lynching Rakbar Khan. The state Home Minister Gulabchand Kataria on Wednesday admitted that the 28-year-old victim died under police custody. Following this, Ahuja requested the Home Ministry[Read More…]
Vasundhara Raje to be BJP CM face in Rajasthan: Amit Shah
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…]
Rajasthan: Man beaten to death on suspicion of cow smuggling
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…]
Rajasthan allows relaxation in two-child policy
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…]
BIMARU states top in non/partially-immunized children: UN agencies
New Delhi: The ‘BIMARU’ Indian states – Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh – have the highest numbers of partially immunized and non-immunized children, according to UN bodies WHO and Unicef. According to data shared by the UN bodies on Monday, the national average for full immunization is 62[Read More…]
We promise to bring Advocate and Journalist Protection Act: Rajasthan Congress chief Sachin Pilot
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…]
Rajasthan: Leprosy patients still barred of contesting Panchayat elections
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…]