Category: RAJASTHAN

• JAIPUR
• Udaipur
• Barmer
• Jodhpur
• Jhunjhunu
• Kota

Ashok Gehlot's remark that a "lot of corruption is happening in the judiciary" has triggered a row in Rajasthan, leaving a section of the lawyers angry who burnt an effigy of the Chief Minister at the high court premises on Thursday. 

ASP Bhagwat Singh Hingad said that at around 3 p.m. on Sunday, Aavishkar Sambhaji Kasle (16), a resident of Latur (Maharashtra), committed suicide by jumping from the sixth floor of a coaching institute in Kota.

Close on the heels of Anju eloping to Pakistan from Rajasthan, a mother of two kids, from Dungarpur, has reportedly eloped to Kuwait with her boyfriend from another community.

A programme was being organised in the university and Saladia was invited as guest. However, a person identified as Digvijay Singh shot at the Karni president following which the people got hold of the accused and thrashed him. He was then handed over to the police.

The authorities in Kota have directed the educational institutes not to conduct tests on Sunday. Though the directive was already issued earlier, it has been decided to implement it strictly after Rajasthan's education hub witnessed 20 suicides in the last eight months.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, during his visit to Mangarh Dham in Rajasthan on World Tribal Day on Wednesday, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants Manipur to keep burning, adding the BJP's ideology has killed the spirit of Mother India in Manipur. 

A minor girl studying in class 10 was allegedly kidnapped and gang raped by five boys in Rajasthan's Dungarpur district, police said, adding that the main accused has been arrested,

"Everyday their (Congress government) shamelessness is being recorded in the statistics of their achievements full of failures due to which the image of Rajasthan is getting tarnished continuously," the  former Chief Minister said.

Rajasthan's Kota, once called the coaching city for producing engineers and doctors in India, is now turning into a "suicide factory" after back-to-back cases of aspirants killing themselves on being unable to handle the pressure are being reported.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has attacked the Haryana CM accusing him of not cooperating with his government when its team went to Haryana to nab the murderers of Nasir and Junaid.

A 14-year-old minor girl was reportedly burnt in a coal furnace in Rajasthan's Bhilwara district, police officials said on Thursday. Possibility of gang-rape before burning the girl is not being ruled out, the officials stated.

Sacked Congress Minister Rajendra Singh Gudha on Wednesday released three pages of the red diary here, and claimed that it mentioned the name of CM's son and RCA transactions. He also accused the government of "blackmailing" him.

Will Rajasthan be the next Udata Punjab? This question is being discussed across circles as the cases of drug smuggling have increased in the border cities of the state which joins its boundaries with the neighbouring state.

Former Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot has questioned the silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Manipur issue and accused the Centre of "miserably" failing to check the violence.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday attacked the Opposition alliance 'INDIA', alleging that India name is also there in East India Company and Student Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) as well.

Sacked Rajasthan Minister Rajendra Singh Gudha on Monday teared into the Ashok Gehlot government after he was marshalled out of the Assembly following a ruckus and scuffle with state Parliamentary Affairs Minister Shanti Dhariwal.

Sacked minister Rajendra Singh Gudha was on Monday marshalled out of the Rajasthan Assembly after he created a ruckus and engaged in a scuffle with state Parliamentary Affairs Minister Shanti Dhariwal.

At a time when Seema Haidar from Pakistan is making news for crossing boundaries and barriers to reach India to meet her love, Rajasthan's Anju Rafael, a married mother of two, has also crossed the border to meet her Facebook friend.

According to official data, water discharge from the Ottu barrage has reached 38,400 cusecs and authorities in Haryana fear that it may increase to 40,000 cusecs in the next few hours.

Police have registered a complaint against Harshdeep Singh Khachariyawas, the nephew of state minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, for vandalising the property of the County Inn Hotel in Jaipur. 

It needs to be mentioned here that around 15 cases have been reported in Kota in which students have either committed suicide or have tried to commit suicide in last six months.

The ACB team in Rajasthan has included the name of Kumar Vishwas' wife Manju Sharma in an FIR filed in a Rs 18.50 lakh bribery case in which four accused, including a Congress leader, have been arrested for the exchange of marksheet in Executive Officer examination.

Where shall our Pilot land? This question seems to be doing the rounds in the party ever since a report of former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot joining the team of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has come in.

The ACB, investigating the matter, revealed that a bribe was demanded for the recruitment of 'Executive Officer' in RPSC. A total of Rs 40 lakh was demanded. Later, the 'deal' was finalised for Rs 25 lakh.

Rajsamand MP and BJP General Secretary Diya Kumari on Saturday demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on moral grounds in wake of alleged rise in harassment cases, murder, rape, and Dalit oppression in the state.