Category: RAJASTHAN

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

According to eyewitnesses, the robbery was carried out by two criminals who came to the bank branch on a motorcycle and fled on it after committing the crime.

Rajasthan police, in a big disclosure in murder of Junaid and Nasir who were charred to death in Haryana, revealed that the bones found in the burnt Bolero in Haryana belonged to the deceased.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday refused to give the money kept aside for the New Pension Scheme (NPS) to the state governments for the Old Pension Scheme (OPS).

Answering a query on bringing petrol and diesel under the GST purview, she said, "Petrol and diesel can be taken under the GST if the GST council, which is not governed by any one government but finance ministers of all states, takes the call.

In the newly announced list of the All India Congress Committee, three from Sachin pilot's camp have found place while Ashok Gehlot loyalists, namely state Minister Shanti Dhariwal and Mahesh Joshi have been excluded.

Six persons have been detained and are being interrogated in the case of two persons who were kidnapped and then burnt alive in Haryana, Rajasthan Police officials confirmed.

The NIA, sources said, raided the houses of PFI members at seven locations in Rajasthan and arrested several of its members. During the raids, digital devices, airguns, sharp weapons and incriminating documents were seized.

Rajasthan's Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) Minister, Mahesh Joshi, who also held the position of Congress Chief Whip in the state Assembly, has resigned from his position. His resignation has been accepted by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.

Earlier, the family and society agreed on Rs 20 lakh compensation, but then refused to perform the last rites as soon as the minister returned. The families said that the amount of Rs 20 lakh is too less.

Junaid and Naseer were drivers, said SHO Ram Naresh Meena. One Ismael, friends of the duo lodged a missing complaint on Wednesday night that on Wednesday morning when the duo left Bharatpur, they were attacked by Bajrang Dal leaders.

The appointment of Gulab Chand Kataria, the leader of opposition in the Rajasthan Assembly as Assam Governor, is one of the BJP's strategic moves to bring a lean working system in the organisation which presently looks faction-ridden, party sources said on Sunday.

A few hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi' visit to Rajasthan, the BJP in Rajasthan had a surprise after the leader of opposition Gulab Chand Kataria (LoP) was named as Assam Governor.

"A Chief Minister coming to the Assembly without reading or checking the budget that he is going to present shows how he is governing his state. Such a state will definitely suffer," she said.

Earlier, Rathore had filed a PIL in court against the resignations of 81 MLAs pending before the Speaker and the High Court eventually sought reply from the Speaker on the same.

The resignations of 81 MLAs of Rajasthan's ruling Congress, submitted on September 25 last year, were not voluntary, and hence, they were not approved, the Assembly Secretary told the High Court on Monday.

Police officials said that Barelvi (Muslims of Bareilly ) and Khadim (those who pray at dargah) clashed with each other after sloganeering was raised by the former praising their Guru. The police somehow pacified the matter.

Former Rajasthan deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot, in continuation with his attacks on the Ashok Gehlot government, raised questions as to why no action was taken against the corruption cases reported during former CM Vasundhara Raje's tenure.

To avoid arrest, the accused had earlier filed anticipatory bail petitions in the local court as well as in the Rajasthan High Court, but they were rejected. Meanwhile the accused also filed SLP in the Supreme Court.

The Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) on Monday brought down the coaching centre run by two accused of the teacher recruitment exam paper leak.