Jodhpur: Congress MP from Pali Badri Jakhar was on Thursday questioned by the CBI in connection with the Bhanwari Devi murder case. Sources in the agency claimed Jakhar had been approached by the slain nurse for taking up her matter with some top politicians to build pressure for a settlement on Mahipal Maderna, then a minister in Rajasthan who is one of the main accused in the case. Sister of...
07:41 PM, Feb 09, 2012
New Delhi: Mercury plunged five degrees below normal on Thursday morning bringing back cold conditions in the city which was experiencing a spell of relatively pleasant weather over the last few days. The low was recorded at 4 degree Celsius, down by 4.5 degrees from Wednesday's minimum temperature of 8.5 degrees, the MeT office said. Cold winds added to the chill in the air early in the morning but a...
05:21 PM, Feb 09, 2012
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
Here are reviews of Shamim Padamsee's books 'Rebels in Rajasthan' and 'Poachers in Paradise' by an eight-year-old, Arunima Kaul, the books are published by Penguin India. Book: Rebels in Rajasthan; Author: Shamim Padamsee This story is about a flying magic jharokha, invented by Uncle Jadoo who disappeared. He had been kidnapped by an evil djinn. The jharokha can take you anywhere you want. Vayu and Deeya have to find seven...
04:56 PM, Feb 08, 2012
New Delhi: A 22-year-old woman who may be the mother of Falak, the battered baby who is fighting for survival at AIIMS, has claimed that her husband was forcing her into prostitution and she had run away from her home, police say. Delhi Police claim to have traced the woman, Munni, who could be the biological mother of Falak. A police officer said she was found about a week ago...
05:21 PM, Feb 06, 2012
New Delhi: A latest report prepared by the civil aviation ministry has made some startling revelations. The report indicates that a mere 14 per cent of scheduled flights which operate in the country cater to a mammoth 55 per cent of the nation's total population. The report states that Haryana, Sikkim, Puducherry, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli have almost zero connectivity, while 11 states - Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Bihar, Chhattisgarh,...
09:31 AM, Feb 04, 2012
Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday said his government is making every effort to facilitate trade and industry in the state by addressing their issues. "After improvement and simplification in the taxation process, traders have felt relief in the last three years," he said addressing the inaugural session of the state-level Tax Advisory Committee meeting. He said several decisions were taken in the state Budget for 2011-12, according...
04:21 AM, Feb 01, 2012
Jodhpur: Ahead of filing its final chargesheet in the Bhanwari Devi murder case, the CBI on Monday interrogated Kusum Bishnoi, considered to be close to accused Congress MLA Malkhan Singh Bishnoi. Kusum, pradhan of Bilara constituency to which Bhanwari belonged and a relative of Malkhan, was taken to the agency's office here late this evening. CBI spokesperson Dharini Mishra said there was no fresh arrest in the case and efforts...
11:58 PM, Jan 30, 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
Jodhpur: One more proclaimed offender has surrendered in the sensational Bhanwari Devi case, even as the family of the missing nurse today demanded more security. After Pukh Raj Bishnoi and Dinesh Bishnoi surrendered before the CBI on Wednesday, another wanted in the case, Reshma Ram Bishnoi, surrendered before the CBI on Thursday. Reshma Ram was arrested and produced in the CBI court on Friday, which remanded him in CBI custody...
09:23 PM, Jan 27, 2012
Los Angeles: Hollywood actor Daniel Radcliffe, who is gearing up for the release of his horror film 'Woman in Black', is eager to visit the 'ghost' town of Bhangarh in India's Rajasthan state. "As a preparation for the movie, I was reading a lot of books and in Google about ghosts. I came across this place in India called Bhangarh," said Radcliffe. "I wish I could personally visit the place...
12:25 PM, Jan 27, 2012
Mangal Ram from Rajasthan was brutally beaten up after he persistently tried to expose corruption in his village. ...
09:09 AM, Jan 27, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday sought to play down the decision of the party-led Rajasthan government against allowing Salman Rushdie to address the Jaipur Literature Festival via a video link and said the organisers had no other choice in view of protests at the venue. Party spokesperson Renuka Chowdhury said the organisers had not been left with "any other choice" in view of the protests. "There are many issues...
05:33 AM, Jan 25, 2012
Rushdie was given permission to address the Jaipur Lit fest through video link but was forced to cancel the appearance after protests. ...
11:53 PM, Jan 24, 2012
Jaipur: The planned video address by celebrated author Salman Rushdie at the Jaipur Literature Festival was scrapped at the last minute on Tuesday because of security fears. Expressing regret over a situation that he described as 'fairly idiotic', The festival producer Sanjoy Roy said "We are having to step down in a fight for the freedom of expression", before breaking down on stage. Rushdie video link cancellation: How the events...
11:37 PM, Jan 24, 2012
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