Jaipur: On February 2, even as Sonia Gandhi was speaking out against corruption in Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, a 65-year-old RTI applicant from Bikaner in Rajasthan was brutally attacked after he tried to expose corruption in the MNREGA work. The ex-Sarpanch was allegedly beaten up by supporters of the current Sarpanch. Dudhram had complained to the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) about the allocation of Rs 4 crore...
06:59 AM, Feb 09, 2012
Jaipur: Milli Council activists on Tuesday staged a protest outside the Jaipur Literature Festival venue and demanded that Salman Rushdie's video conference be called off. The activists have called the video conference an insult. Milli Council is one of the organisations which has filed a complaint against writers for reading out passages from 'The Satanic Verses'. The organisation is based in Jaipur. The case is to come up for hearing...
01:47 PM, Jan 24, 2012
Jaipur: In a new twist to the controversy surrounding Salman Rushdie's video conference at the Jaipur Literature Festival, sources on Tuesday said the state authorities will allow him to speak but with certain conditions. Sources said that the Festival organisers have given a written insurance to the state authorities that Rushdie will not speak on or about 'The Satanic Verses'. The sources added that the state administration will control Rushdie's...
09:07 AM, Jan 24, 2012
Jaipur: Celebrated author Salman Rushdie will not attend the Jaipur Literature Festival, which began in Rajasthan's capital on Friday. Rushdie issued a statement through the organisers of the festival saying that he will not be coming to the event. "Very sad not to be at jaipur. I was told bombay mafia don issued weapons to 2 hitmen to "eliminate" me. Will do video link instead. Damn," Rushdie tweeted. Jaipur Literature...
02:11 PM, Jan 20, 2012
There is a heavy security cover although there is uncertainity whether Salman Rushdie will visit the fest or not. ...
08:44 AM, Jan 20, 2012
There is a heavy security cover although there is uncertainity whether Salman Rushdie will visit the fest or not. ...
08:44 AM, Jan 20, 2012
New Delhi: Clearly no lessons have been learnt in Rajasthan as rats were found attacking a woman's corpse in govt-run morgue in Beawar. Yet another shocker from a Rajasthan hospital days after CNN-IBN reported that paralytic stroke patient Mohd Iqbal was nibbled at by rats in the ICU of Jodhpur's MDM hospital. This time it's the body of 25-year-old Janta Devi that's been attacked by rodents in the mortuary of...
08:11 AM, Jan 15, 2012
Jodhpur: Two days after rats were found to be nibbling on a 70-year-old patient on life support in Jodhpur, the Rajasthan government is yet to fix responsibility. This is the same hospital where more than 20 women died during child birth in 2011. Muhammad Iqbal who is a paralytic stroke patient in Mathura Das Mathur Hospital was bitten by rodents on Tuesday night. The families of patients at the hospital...
06:54 AM, Jan 13, 2012
Barmer: Khap Panchayats are infamous for their scarily unreasonable diktats. But in a village in Rajasthan's Barmer, a rare order by one such Panchayat, 20 years ago, came as a blessing for girls. The Panchayat made it mandatory for everyone to send their daughters to school or face a penalty. The girls are now all grown up. Barmer is known for its poor gender ratio, but right in the middle...
08:55 AM, Jan 12, 2012
Jaipur: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday claimed to have finally found a trail of evidence, in the Bhanwari Devi case. A watch, a mobile phone, pieces of jewellery and charred bones found in a canal near Jodhpur have been sent for forensic examination. In a massive combing operation some fifty divers fished out mounting body of evidence from the canal in Jaloda the spot where Bhanwari Devi's...
09:29 PM, Jan 07, 2012
Jaipur: In a shocking lack of concern, Hawa Mahal, the 213-year-old iconic monument, was washed with fire tender jets damaging its pink signature paint. The Rajasthan government did this as a part of its cleanliness drive before the Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas. The heritage structure now wears a faded look and experts now believe that the damage is irreparable. Conservation architect, Jaipur Ravi Gupta said, "It is something to be absolutely...
07:17 AM, Jan 06, 2012
Jaipur: The public healthcare crisis in Rajasthan on Friday worsened after 5000 striking doctors decided to put in the resignations crippling the system in the state. The resignations came after over 200 striking doctors were arrested by the Rajasthan government. At least 10 patients have lost their lives in Rajasthan due to lack of timely treatment so far. The doctors have gone on strike demanding pay parity with those at...
08:33 PM, Dec 23, 2011
New Delhi: Google in its transparency report claimed that the Centre asked it to remove over 250 profiles and community pages critical of the government. The change through social media has left many a government wary and worried, including ours. Google's Transparency report says between January and June 2011, law enforcement agencies in India asked it to remove 255 communities and profiles critical of the government. Prashant Bhushan, Member Team...
07:33 AM, Dec 04, 2011
Former Rajasthan minister and suspend Congress leader Mahipal Maderna was arrested in Jodhpur on Friday in the case of missing nurse Bhanwari Devi. ...
08:30 AM, Dec 03, 2011
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