Dalit woman branded a witch, thrashed in Rajasthan’s Tonk district

A Dalit woman was labelled a witch and beaten up badly in Rajasthan’s Tonk district, police said Sunday.

Kamla Bairwa of Jhalra village in Tonk district, over 100 km from Jaipur, stated in her First Information Report (FIR) filed with the police Saturday th

Breastfeeding awareness week in Rajasthan district

Private sector oil producer Cairn India and the Indian Academy of Paediatricians (IAP) have launched a week-long campaign in Rajasthan’s Barmer district to create awareness about the importance of breastfeeding for enhancing immunity in infants.

Gujarat should again be Gandhi’s: Salman Khurshid

Rejecting Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s allegations of discrimination, Minority Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid Sunday said that the Congress wanted the state to be Mahatma Gandhi’s Gujarat once again.

“Congress is a party which follows

Price rise to be controlled soon: Jyotiraditya Scindia

After the first week of parliament’s monsoon session was washed away due to repeated opposition protests against spiralling food prices, Minister of State for Commerce Jyotiraditya Scindia Sunday said the government will control inflation very soon.

Combining faith with saving environment, girl child

Combining faith with a social cause, a twin initiative to save the environment and the girl child was Sunday launched at the revered Dargah Sharif here.

Nanhi Chhann foundation, a not-for-profit organisation which connects the issues of environme

British rape victim to get protection

New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) The Supreme court Thursday directed the Rajasthan government to provide security to a British rape victim when she visits the state in connection with her case.

However, the court dismissed her plea for the transfer of th

Monsoon may arrive in Rajasthan on July 1

Here is some good news for the people of the state, especially the farmers who are awaiting monsoon rain. Following the arrival of south west monsoon in Kerala, the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Delhi, has confirmed that in Rajasthan the south west mo

IIT-JEE: Rajasthan retains top spot

<p ⁄>Rajasthan repeated its success story at the IIT-JEE examinations by sending the largest number of students to the country’s top engineering colleges.
However, this time around, the youths from the state failed to register their

Rajasthan next to Bihar in school dropouts

Every year the Rajasthan government spends more than Rs1,200 crore to add new students to its primary schools. However, records available with DNA indicate that in spite of spending this huge amount, the government has failed miserably.

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5 more commit suicide in Rajasthan

A married woman, allegedly upset over eve teasing, committed suicide in Akola village of Chittorgarh district on Monday. She immolated herself along with her two daughters.

In another incident, a couple ended their lives by jumping before a

Bhainsla makes peace with 1%

After three years of bloodshed, relentless talks and frequent agitations, Gurjar leader Kirori Singh Bhainsla finally has something concrete in his pocket — 1% confirmed quota for his community in government jobs.

The Gurjar leader called o

Breakthrough in Ajmer blast case, 1 detained

After groping in the dark for almost three years, the Rajasthan Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) made its first breakthrough in the Ajmer blast case when it reportedly detained a suspect from Ajmer district in a covert operation on Wednesday night.
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Bhainsla gives Gehlot 6-day ultimatum

Gurjar leader Kirori Singh Bhainsla has revived his threat of staging protest march in Jaipur, with thousands of supporters, if the state government failed to accept the quota demand within the next six days.

Speaking to DNA on Sunday, Bhain

Sriganganagar district Cops ‘sold’ corpses to med colleges

For the past five years, the police in Sriganganagar district have not even spared the dead. Certain officials of the local police have actually been ‘trading’ in corpses — giving away bodies to private medical colleges for conducting ‘experiments’ on them,

Mid-day meals fail to lure kids to schools in Rajasthan

It seems that even the ambitious mid-day meal scheme aimed at attracting poorer children to government schools besides tackling malnutrition has failed to live up to its expectations in Rajasthan.

The declining number of children availing mi

26 killed as bus falls off bridge in Rajasthan

26 people, including students and teachers, were killed and 34 injured when their bus hit a stationary vehicle and fell off a bridge into a dry river bed in Rajasthan’s Sawai Madhopur district in the wee hours on Monday.


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Rajasthan ministers to come clean on wealth

Taking a cue from the Madhya Pradesh government’s decision to make public the property details of its ministers and bureaucrats, the state Cabinet, too, has decided to declare the ministers’ assets every year. The decision was taken in a meeting on

RCA offers discount on India-SA match tickets

In an effort to attract cricket lovers, the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) has decided to give discount on purchase of tickets for North and South blocks of Sawai Man Singh (SMS) stadium. The India-South Africa one-day international match is sl

Rajasthan ATS to share blast info

The Rajasthan police and its anti-terrorist squad (ATS) are closely following the details emerging out of terror strike in Pune that bear signature of Indian Mujahideen (IM), the off-shoot of Lashkar-e-Taiba reportedly behind the 2008 Jaipur blasts.

Live grenade creates panic in Ajmer

In a shocking incident, a live grenade was recovered from the roadside near Madanpura and Razoonpura villages in Ajmer district almost four kilometres away from the city on Monday evening. The city police and bomb disposal squads immediately rushed