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Norms violated for minister at the Indo-Pak border

Munabao: The Centre bent the rules for a Rajasthan minister, allowing him to board the train to Pakistan from Munabao station, which is used only for security checks and no boarding is allowed as per norms.

Rajasthan Minister of state for minorities Amin Khan, who was dropped from the Gehlot cabinet for his remarks against President Pratibha Patil, now courts a new controversy. A month after being re-inducted as minister, Khan used his clout in the Union Home Ministry to board Thar Express from the border railway station of Munabao in Barmer instead of Jodhpur.

Since the train resumed plying in 2006, residents of Barmer and Jaisalmer have been demanding that they be allowed to board from Munabao. But the government has refused citing security reasons. Sources in the Union Home Ministry have confirmed to CNN-IBN that special permission was granted to the minister and his seven relatives to board the train from Munabao instead of Jodhpur. The Opposition is now up in arms, wanting to know why were rules bent for the minister.

Not just the Opposition but also the residents of Barmer now want the government to come clean on why it bent its own rules for the minister and his family....more    

Rajasthan Cabinet resigns, Gehlot to visit Delhi

Jaipur: Rajasthan Home Minister Shanti Dhariwal on Tuesday said that the entire state Cabinet has resignation in the wake of a cabinet reshuffle. "All the ministers have put in their papers for the Cabinet reshuffle," Dhariwal said. He added that Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot will visit New Delhi on Tuesday evening to meet the Congress high command. Gehlot had called for an emergency cabinet meet on Tuesday ahead of a...  

Rajasthan Cabinet likely to be reshuffled

Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has called for an emergency meeting of his ministers on Tuesday. The meeting is in aid of a probable Cabinet reshuffle, sources said. The urgency for the meet comes at a time when a recently sacked minister faces the threat of being arrested in connection with a sleaze CD while another minister has resigned on being accused of having illegitimate relationships with several women....  

Rajasthan minister quits amid murder allegations

Jaipur: Rajasthan minister of state for Environment and Forests Ramlal Jat resigned on Saturday after local media reports targeted him over a mysterious death of a woman. The victim Paras Devi was the wife of the Bhilwara Dairy chairman. She died under mysterious circumstances in a hospital on the September 27. One regional newspaper claimed the minister had tried to put pressure on the district administration to conduct her postmortem...  

Raj minister sacked for calling Prez a 'cook'

New Delhi: Rajasthan rural development minister Ameen Khan, whose remarks on President Pratibha Patil triggered a controversy, submitted his resignation to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday. "Ameen Khan has quit his post and his resignation has been forwarded to Governor Shivraj Patil for acceptance," Rajasthan Chief Minister Gehlot said. Amin Khan had been asked to put in his papers for making derogatory comments about President Prathiba Patil. Khan had...