Jaipur: Holding the Ashok Gehlot government guilty of contempt of court, the Rajasthan High Court has asked state Chief Secretary S Ahmed and DoP Secretary Khemraj to appear before it on Feburary 27. The matter pertains to giving seniority to general class employees, including RAS officials over Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe candidates, who were given reservation and accelerated promotions in more than 110 services of state. The order came on...
06:13 PM, Feb 23, 2012
New Delhi: Jaipur literature Festival organiser Sanjoy Roy has claimed that JLF organisers chose to call off controversial author Salman Rushdie's video link even after the Rajasthan police promised protection. While speaking exclusively to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, he admitted that it was the festival organisers who decided to call off the video conference with the author at the last minute despite the assurances of security given by the...
04:46 PM, Jan 29, 2012
Jaipur: Dismissing Salman Rushdie's charge that the state police had invented a "plot" to keep him away from the Literature Festival, the Rajasthan government on Monday night said it had received intelligence inputs that the banned SIMI was planning to target him during the festival. "Salman Rushdie's allegation on Rajasthan police is completely baseless. The state government had received reactions and inputs from intelligence agencies, individuals and organisations in this...
11:42 PM, Jan 23, 2012
The Rushdie controversy continues to cloud Jaipur's Literature Festival. The author is unlikely to be given permission to mark his presence through video conferencing at the festival tomorrow. According to sources, the police may reject the organisers' request for Rushdie's video conference session citing law and order concerns. A police complaint was, meanwhile, filed against organisers and the 4 authors who read from the banned book Satanic Verses. ...
10:29 PM, Jan 23, 2012
Girish Karnad has held the Rajasthan government responsible for Salman Rushdie skipping the Jaipur Lit Fest. ...
07:07 PM, Jan 20, 2012
Jodhpur: A wrist watch, a toe ring, a pendant and a broken chain have been recovered from the Indira Gandhi canal near Jaloda village in Jodhpur, said to be the place where Rajasthan nurse Bhanwari Devi was murdered and burnt to death. The CFSL team reached the spot to examine the contents recovered. The CBI team carrying the investigations said that the items belonged to Bhanwari Devi. Bhanwari Devi had...
12:16 PM, Jan 07, 2012
Jaipur: The medical emergency in Rajasthan reuses to end with the strike by the doctors entering its fifth day. Over 40 patients have died in the last five days. The state government has suspended 40 doctors while 390 have been arrested for not performing their duties. The Rajasthan government has imposed the Essential Services Maintenance Act. Meanwhile, Army doctors have stepped in to help out and the emergency services have...
08:03 PM, Dec 25, 2011
Jaipur: It has been a month since Jodhpur nurse Bhanwari Devi went missing, but the Rajasthan government is yet to act against state Water Resources Minister Mahipal Maderna. Maderna, who has been accused of kidnapping and murdering her, is under increased fire from Dalit groups and the Opposition. Even the Rajasthan High Court has slammed the police for poor investigation. The minister however refrained from making any statement with regard...
08:20 AM, Sep 30, 2011
Jaipur: More charges of nepotism have been levied against Ashok Gehlot. It is said that he favoured the a real estate company Shouri Constructions, where his daughter Sonia Gehlot and her husband Gautam Ankhand are directors. Gautam Ankhand said, "We are staying there not because we are shareholders or directors, but because of our relations." Gehlot allegedly allocated the contract to renovate the famous heritage area of Jal Mahal -...
01:08 PM, Apr 17, 2011
Jaipur: Agitating Gujjars in Rajasthan, demanding 5 per cent quota in state jobs, on Thursday held second round of talks with the government after which the two sides said that the negotiations were moving in the positive direction. "The meeting was held amicably and the community is ready for next round of talks. We have requested all of our public representatives including MP Sachin Pilot and state minister Jitendra Singh...
11:55 PM, Dec 30, 2010
Bayana: Talks between Gujjars, who are on a warpath on job reservation issue, and Rajasthan government on Sunday failed to break the deadlock with protesters unrelenting on their demand for 5 per cent quota even as they continued blockade of certain rail and road routes in the state. Gujjar leader Col (retd) Kirori Singh Bainsla rejected the government's offer to set up a committee with him as one of the...
06:45 PM, Dec 26, 2010
Raje and 8 others have been charged with forgery and criminal conspiracy. ...
12:40 AM, Jan 14, 2009
Fourth round of talks between Gurjars and the govt ended on a positive note. ...
10:00 AM, Jun 17, 2008
Although for a long time, their caste didn’t matter to them but of late, it does. ...
09:35 PM, Jun 06, 2008
Chances of traffic getting back to normal soon are slim. ...
09:13 PM, Jun 03, 2008
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