Gurjjar stir in mind, Rajasthan plans training for cops

Wednesday 25 July '07

Criticised heavily for their failure to control the Gurjjar agitation as it spread across the state last month, the Rajasthan Police have decided to train their men in handling crisis situations like that.

Chotti Losal fetes its big day

Sunday 22 July '07

The celebrations at Chotti Losal began much before the results of the presidential elections were officially declared.

Home state throws its weight behind Shekhawat

Friday 20 July '07

With both presidential candidates belonging to Rajasthan, the mood remained upbeat in the state on Thursday, voting day.

Rajasthan HC takes up plea against OBC status for Jats

Friday 20 July '07

Eight years after the Jats found a place in the list of OBCs, the Rajasthan High Court has begun hearing a petition challenging the 1999 move.

In Rajasthan, labourers continue to toil in mines they ‘own’

Thursday 19 July '07

Sujidevi has been fighting for justice for over three years now. It was in 2004 that she realised that someone else had been using a quarry licence issued in her husband Nemaram’s name.

Gurjjar panel flooded with affidavits as deadline ends

Tuesday 17 July '07

The Justice Jasraj Chopra Committee, which has been set up to look into the demand of Gurjjars for being included in the Scheduled Tribe

Students suffer as Kawas fails to get school back

Friday 6 July '07

Education is becoming a difficult proposition for the children of Kawas. A year after the devastating floods in the desert region of Barmer, the authorities have failed to construct a new school building in the village.

A spell of rain and New Kawas back on slippery ground

Friday 6 July '07

It took the authorities almost a year to relocate victims of last year’s floods in Kawas. A month later, several of them are back on the roads.

Gurjjars ‘document’ proof to show likeness to tribals

Tuesday 3 July '07

The Gurjjar leaders in Rajasthan are busy documenting the customs of the community which they say are similar to those of tribals

Jail head, 3 others found guilty of inmate’s murder

Saturday 30 June '07

Thirteen years after the death of Lakhwinder Singh—an inmate of Bikaner Central Jail—the Bikaner fast-track court no. 2 on Friday awarded life imprisonment to four persons

Ram Sethu: VHP warns of ‘ugly stir’

Friday 29 June '07

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Thursday threatened an “ugly agitation” if the Centre did not abide by its July 22 deadline to stop the work on Sethusamudram that threatened...

MLA threatens Raje with NH blockade for water project

Thursday 28 June '07

There is no end to trouble for the Vasundhara Raje Government in Gujarat. Since the Gurjjar stir over quota

Post Gurjjar stir, Raje fights rush of quota demands

Wednesday 27 June '07

There seems to be more reservation trouble headed Vasundhara Raje’s way.

Gurjjars warn of another, longer stir at mahapanchayat

Monday 25 June '07

Cheered on by the 70,000-plus crowd gathered from several states for the Gurjjar Mahapanchayat here, Lt Col Kirori Singh Bainsla today warned the Rajasthan Government..

Pratibha Patil moves out of Raj Bhavan

Friday 22 June '07

UPA presidential candidate and Rajasthan Governor Pratibha Patil on Thursday moved out of the Raj Bhavan, which she inhabited for the last three years. While she headed for Delhi..

Raje poster: Court orders filing of FIR

Thursday 21 June '07

Jaswant’s wife says police deliberately going slow on poster showing her as goddess

Gurjjars unite to help victims of caste violence

Wednesday 20 June '07

Three weeks after six people were killed in police firing at Peelikheda in Dausa district on the first day of the Gurjjar agitation, another gathering was held at the small village on Tuesday.

‘She is our bahu and he is our son’

Saturday 16 June '07

It’s the tale of two villages and two Presidential candidates. While Bhaironsingh Shekhawat’s village Khachariawas has been praying fervently for his success

Agitation over, Raje tackles rebellion

Friday 15 June '07

Having managed to successfully negotiate an end to the Gurjjar agitation, Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje has now also ensured that...

No relief in sight for heat-struck Alwar

Wednesday 13 June '07

Kheldi records 6 deaths in three days; over 200 patients suffering from heat stroke in last five days

Round Two: Raje takes on dissidents

Monday 11 June '07

Almost a week after its government brokered a peace deal with the Gurjjars, the caste conflict continues to trouble the Rajasthan BJP.

Bainsla fighting charges, new Gurjjar front emerges

Saturday 9 June '07

As Lt Col Kirorilal Bainsla met the Rajasthan Government today complaining of police “atrocities” in the wake of last week's agitation...

Gurjjars say Bainsla gave in, meeting today

Friday 8 June '07

The Gurjjar Arakshan Sangharh Samiti headed by Lt Col Kirorilal Bainsla might have called off its agitation for Scheduled...

Day after SC rap, police show charges against Bainsla, 8 other Gurjjar leaders

Thursday 7 June '07

A day after the Supreme Court sought reports from police of four states over the violence during the week-long Gurjjar agitation

Blockades lift, traffic moves on NH 11

Wednesday 6 June '07

After seven days of living on the edge, Rajasthan on Tuesday was limping back to normalcy. Traffic was restored on the Jaipur-Agra highway