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A beauty icon, this Rajmata was a three-time MP

Thursday 30 July '09

The erstwhile Maharani of Jaipur, Gayatri Devi, 90, long celebrated for her beauty, grace and poise, died of a prolonged illness here on Wednesday....
Jaipur cops seek damages from hoax-bomb caller

Tuesday 14 July '09

In Rajasthan, making a hoax bomb call can not only land you in trouble but may also leave you poorer by several thousand rupees....
Congress steers Gurjjars and Meenas to common ground

Friday 19 June '09

After two years of a bitter social and political battle over the sensitive reservation issue, the two communities of Gurjjars and Meenas...
The other side of Kota

Sunday 31 May '09

Along the dimly-lit corridors of the Maharao Bhim Singh Hospital in Kota, two policemen escort a near comatose Manoj Kumar back to the de-addiction ward.
State braces for new Gurjjar stir

Wednesday 27 May '09

The Gurjjars look set for another round of agitation with Col Kirori Singh Bainsla, who lost the Lok Sabha elections from the Sawai Madhopur-Tonk constituency...
New face C P Joshi, the IQ specialist, scripted Rajasthan win

Saturday 23 May '09

Acknowledged as the technical architect behind the Congress victory in the 2008 Assembly polls and the Congress sweep in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections....
Gehlot’s solo act to make it to ‘Target 25’

Wednesday 20 May '09

Former chief minister Vasundhara Raje will perhaps eternally regret her words on May 7, voting day in Rajasthan....
Congress sweeps polls

Sunday 17 May '09

Turning the tables on the BJP in Rajasthan, the Congress picked up 19 of the 25 Lok Sabha seats in the state while the BJP managed just four....
Police firing kills 1; Meenas, Gurjjars clash in Dausa

Friday 8 May '09

Polling across Rajasthan’s 25 parliamentary constituencies on Thursday was marred by some incidents of sporadic violence...
Parties hope for an opium high in Jhalawar

Thursday 7 May '09

Opium, traditionally cultivated in Jhalawar and Baran districts, has dominated all other issues in this constituency...
Here Cong gifts BJP, Bainsla Muslim vote

Tuesday 5 May '09

This can perhaps happen only in Rajasthan, where clan loyalties and word of honour still rule large....
Cong confident, Raje son faces tough fight on home turf

Tuesday 5 May '09

Former chief minister Vasundhara Raje has made more than 30 helicopter trips, her highest ever, to Jhalawar....
In IIT coaching hub, top BJP, Cong promise: Kota’s very own IIT

Monday 4 May '09

This dusty Rajasthan town, famous for its starched cotton sarees, finds its electoral niche in its assembly line production of IIT entrants....
For Gurjjars, conversion better than humiliation

Friday 1 May '09

At Patoli in Rajasthan’s Dausa district, the epicentre of the reservation agitation, the Gurjjars are not debating political affiliation....
‘It is easy to uproot railway tracks and block roads, but politics different, surer way’

Friday 1 May '09

Col Kirori Singh Bainsla, who spearheaded the twin Gurjjar agitations for ST reservation in Rajasthan, is the BJP candidate from Sawaimadhopur-Tonk....
An ‘import’ from J&K fights bitter Gurjjar battle in Rajasthan

Thursday 30 April '09

This is a constituency in which the campaign for the Lok Sabha election has no bearing on the Lok Sabha election....
Rajasthan HC issues notice to Modi for breaking bail agreement

Saturday 25 April '09

The Rajasthan High Court on Friday issued a notice to Indian Premier League commissioner Lalit Modi asking him why his bail...
2 Pak spies take Rajkot cops for a ride

Thursday 23 April '09

Two suspected Pakistani spies escaped from police custody early on Wednesday morning near Dausa in Rajasthan. Adil Anjum and Abdul Shakur Hafiz Abdul Rehman...
Eye on Gurjjar votes, Raje gets rebel back in BJP fold

Tuesday 21 April '09

Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje is pulling out all stops to garner the support of the Gurjjar community in the state in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections....
For Gurjjar cause, Bainsla joins BJP

Sunday 12 April '09

Col Kirori Singh Bainsla, formally joined the BJP in Jaipur ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
Poll officer wants Gehlot cartoons out, BJP petitions EC

Friday 10 April '09

Cartoons lampooning Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot which featured on BJP’s election hoardings across the state have become the subject of controversy...
6 BSP MLAs give Cong majority in Rajasthan

Sunday 5 April '09

The Ashok Gehlot Government consolidated its position in Rajasthan as the single largest party on Saturday after all six BSP legislators.....
Dausa: Meena says he’ll contest as Independent

Friday 3 April '09

Not satisfied with the negotiations with the Congress over Lok Sabha seat distribution in Rajasthan, veteran Meena community leader Kirori Lal Meena...
Sachin kicks off campaign from new seat

Saturday 28 March '09

Congress MP Sachin Pilot’s Lok Sabha campaign got off the ground on Friday in Rajasthan, with Pilot venturing into the Ajmer constituency for the first time as a candidate.
Pilot caught in a Gurjjar whirlwind

Thursday 26 March '09

The Gurjjars and Sachin Pilot can perhaps empathise with one another these Lok Sabha polls. Post-delimitation, both have been forced to rethink their poll strategies.....
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