Gurjjar leader heads for talks

Monday 4 June '07

Late on Sunday night, there were indications of a breakthrough in the Rajasthan crisis with Gurjjar leader Col Kirorilal Bainsla on his way to Jaipur for talks with Rajasthan...

Barricades, burning tyres: 6-hour journey to edge of hell

Sunday 3 June '07

In Rajasthan, the journey to the edge of hell will take you just over six hours. Maybe a little more, if you stop to count the burnt tyres, the flash fires, the terrified faces and the Army...

Whose fault is it anyway? Blame game begins

Sunday 3 June '07

Even before a solution could be found to the present impasse in the state, the blame game has begun. With political leaders unsuccessfully...

Gurjjars begin dialogue with nervous govt

Friday 1 June '07

Violence spreads to new areas, govt gets Gurjjar status reports from 26 dists, all parties call for peace

Day 2: CM forms team for talks, 6 Gurjjar MLAs quit BJP

Thursday 31 May '07

On the day Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje formed a four-member team to open talks with those spearheading the Gurjjar agitation for Scheduled Tribe status, six MLAs from...

Seeking ST status: Anger in Rajasthan boils over, 14 dead

Wednesday 30 May '07

Caste tensions simmering for the last five years boiled over in Rajasthan when an agitation by the Gurjjar community

‘Goddess’ Raje posters: Jaswant’s wife complains

Sunday 27 May '07

Wife of senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh has filed a complaint against Jodhpur MLA Suryakanta Vyas and another local party leader Hemant Bohra for hurting the religious sentiments...

War of words over Marwari in Eighth Schedule

Wednesday 23 May '07

Rajasthan is a veritable Babel with its numerous dialects spoken in certain regions of the state. Now a new debate has added to the cacophony over languages accorded official sanction by the state.

Biti Mohanty’s father fails to surrender

Tuesday 22 May '07

B B Mohanty, a senior IPS officer of Orissa and father of rape convict Biti Mohanty, today failed to appear before a court in Jaipur despite a Supreme Court...

Dushyant Singh and father strike deal on family property

Saturday 19 May '07

The nearly three-decade-long legal battle between Dushyant Singh, son of Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, and his father Hemant Singh, the erstwhile ruler of Dholpur

Relocation of villages in Ranthambore starts again

Tuesday 15 May '07

After a gap of four years, the Rajasthan Forest Department has once again initiated the process of relocating villagers living within the Ranthambore Tiger Reserve....

Diwan wants share in Ajmer Sharif earnings

Thursday 10 May '07

With less than three months to go for the elections to the committees that manage the Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti’s Dargah in Ajmer, the dargah diwan today kicked up a storm.

Gere case: Magistrate transferred

Friday 4 May '07

Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Dinesh Gupta who hit the headlines recently after issuing a non-bailable arrest warrant against Richard Gere has been transferred to Kishangarh.

Sex education course too hot for VHP

Thursday 3 May '07

In deciding to join the list of states which won’t impart sex education to school students, Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje has earned herself some precious brownie points with the Sangh.

Udaipur vents fury over Dinesh arrest

Wednesday 2 May '07

Repercussions of the Gujarat fake encounter case could be felt in Udaipur, Rajasthan’s famed lake city, today.

Rajasthan looks up case files

Friday 27 April '07

A day after the state Home Minister and police chief returned from Gandhinagar, the Rajasthan Police started digging out details of several cases filed against Sohrabuddin Sheikh.

Now, Raje is ‘Goddess Annapurna’

Wednesday 25 April '07

BJP leaders in Rajasthan are forever finding new ways to flatter Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje.

One faces murder attempt case, other was suspended after a sting

Sunday 22 April '07

More than five FIRs, including one for attempt to murder, have been lodged in various police stations of Sultanpur district against controversial Bahujan Samaj Party MP Mohammad Tahir Khan

Child marriage: Raje govt on Teej alert

Thursday 19 April '07

“21 ka bind, 18 ki bindni, phir karo mangni” is a message you can’t ignore. Every bus in Rajasthan, private and state-owned, bears this message and spreads it from one end of the state to the other.

Ambedkar Jayanti: Raje to take Dalit test today

Saturday 14 April '07

The Samrasta rally on Saturday will gauge the mood of Dalits vis-a-vis the saffron party

Nayar Senior backs case against Liz, Arun

Thursday 12 April '07

The family spat between Liz Hurley’s husband Arun and his father Vinod Nayar has now reached the Jodhpur courts.

Women power: This district scores perfect six

Tuesday 10 April '07

The authorities in Bundi just can’t stop smiling. It is for the first time ever that the Superintendent of Police, District Collector...

Gujarat gave Gandhi, Rajasthan offers course in Gandhigiri

Monday 9 April '07

Gandhigiri is back. After a three-hour Bollywood crash course, it is Vardhman Mahaveer Open University...

Rajasthan Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan short of target: CAG

Friday 6 April '07

Study of seven districts taken up to evaluate the performance of the programme, being run in state since 2001

Rajasthan govt gets HC notice over allegations in House

Thursday 5 April '07

Rifts between the Rajasthan Government and the judiciary surfaced again today. The High Court issued notices to the government and MLAs for making allegations against the judiciary during Assembly proceedings.