Jaipur: The Rajasthan government on Wednesday accepted the state OBC commission report, paving way for five per cent reservation in government jobs and educational institutes to five communities, including Gujjars, under Specially Backward Category.
The commission, led by justice (retd) IS Israni, had handed over the report to the Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on November 22. The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
The reservation in the state is set to stand at 54 per cent, exceeding the 50 per cent cap of the Constitution, but the chief minister said that the commission has recommended 5 per cent quota for five communities under Special Backward Category (SBC) as per the Supreme Court decision in the case
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11:59 PM, Nov 28, 2012
Jaipur: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the India Against Corruption (IAC) have almost dared the Ashok Gehlot government in Rajasthan to probe the land deals of Congress president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra, which was reported by CNN-IBN. The political reactions began pouring in just hours after CNN-IBN broke the story on Vadra's multiple lands deals in Rajasthan through an investigation showing over 20 massive land purchases in Bikaner....
10:45 PM, Oct 27, 2012
Bikaner: It wasn't just Haryana where Congress president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra went on a land buying spree between 2008 and 2011. At least 20 plots measuring over 770 hectares were picked up by Vadra's firms in Bikaner, months after the Ashok Gehlot government assumed power in the state. According to property agents in Bikaner, the land was barren and worth precious little at the time Vadra purchased it....
06:12 PM, Oct 26, 2012
Jaipur: Heavy rainfall in Rajasthan has killed 36 people till now and the MET department has predicted more rain in the next 48 hours. As many as 11 districts of the desert state are affected. The government has promised relief for those who are the worst sufferers, but is it too late? One of the victims, Shanti, recalls with horror how her 20-year-old daughter had a miscarriage as the family...
09:28 PM, Aug 27, 2012
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
London: Jonny Bairstow hit an undefeated 72 on Friday to keep England in contention on 208 for 5 at stumps on day two of the third Test against South Africa at Lord's. The 22-year-old Bairstow, who replaced star batsman Kevin Pietersen, scored his first Test 50 as he moved England to within 101 runs of South Africa at Lord's with a 137-ball innings, including nine fours. Bairstow shared a fifth-wicket...
10:00 AM, Jun 17, 2008
The left-hander says he has recovered from germ-cell cancer and is aiming to comeback at the ICC World Twenty 20. ...
09:35 PM, Jun 06, 2008
Kuala Lumpur: Bowlers in one-day international cricket will be allowed to bowl two bouncers an over, the ICC has declared after the conclusion of its Executive Board meeting, chaired by outgoing ICC president Sharad Pawar, on Wednesday. The other significant changes to the 50-over game that will come into effect later this year are that the bowling Powerplay in ODIs has been done away with it and that the number...
09:13 PM, Jun 03, 2008
Southampton: Chris Gayle, the recalled West Indies opener, has termed as unfortunate the decision taken by Kevin Pietersen to retire from ODIs and Twenty20 internationals due to the terms of England's central contracts state that players must be available for both limited-overs formats to be considered for either. KP is the best batsman in the team and the coach, captain, players and fans will really miss him, said Gayle. The...
04:51 PM, May 31, 2008
