May 04, 2009 01:44 IST
This dusty Rajasthan town,famous for its starched cotton sarees,finds its electoral niche in its assembly line production of IIT entrants....
Mon, May 04, 2009May 01, 2009 03:14 IST
At Patoli in Rajasthans Dausa district,the epicentre of the reservation agitation,the Gurjjars are not debating political affiliation....
Fri, May 01, 2009May 01, 2009 01:56 IST
Col Kirori Singh Bainsla,who spearheaded the twin Gurjjar agitations for ST reservation in Rajasthan,is the BJP candidate from Sawaimadhopur-Tonk....
Fri, May 01, 2009April 30, 2009 02:18 IST
This is a constituency in which the campaign for the Lok Sabha election has no bearing on the Lok Sabha election....
Thu, Apr 30, 2009April 25, 2009 23:52 IST
The Rajasthan High Court on Friday issued a notice to Indian Premier League commissioner Lalit Modi asking him why his bail...
Sat, Apr 25, 2009April 21, 2009 23:55 IST
Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje is pulling out all stops to garner the support of the Gurjjar community in the state in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections....
Tue, Apr 21, 2009April 12, 2009 02:53 IST
Col Kirori Singh Bainsla,formally joined the BJP in Jaipur ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
Sun, Apr 12, 2009April 10, 2009 00:07 IST
Cartoons lampooning Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot which featured on BJPs election hoardings across the state have become the subject of controversy...
Fri, Apr 10, 2009April 05, 2009 01:39 IST
The Ashok Gehlot Government consolidated its position in Rajasthan as the single largest party on Saturday after all six BSP legislators.....
Sun, Apr 05, 2009April 03, 2009 02:18 IST
Not satisfied with the negotiations with the Congress over Lok Sabha seat distribution in Rajasthan,veteran Meena community leader Kirori Lal Meena...
Fri, Apr 03, 2009March 28, 2009 23:45 IST
Congress MP Sachin Pilots Lok Sabha campaign got off the ground on Friday in Rajasthan,with Pilot venturing into the Ajmer constituency for the first time as a candidate.
Sat, Mar 28, 2009March 26, 2009 23:57 IST
The Gurjjars and Sachin Pilot can perhaps empathise with one another these Lok Sabha polls. Post-delimitation,both have been forced to rethink their poll strategies.....
Thu, Mar 26, 2009March 15, 2009 01:04 IST
After being given a raw deal by the BJP and Congress in Rajasthan,even after the bloodshed in the 2007 and 2008 Gurjjar agitations.....
Sun, Mar 15, 2009March 02, 2009 01:42 IST
Lalit Modi suffered a setback on Sunday when he lost his bid to stay on as the president of the Rajasthan Cricket Association...
Mon, Mar 02, 2009March 02, 2009 00:06 IST
Veteran BJP leader and former Rajasthan CM Bhairon Singh Shekhawat says he will not be able to contest the Lok Sabha polls due to health reasons.
Mon, Mar 02, 2009February 14, 2009 23:23 IST
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is busy doing some ground work for his party ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.
Sat, Feb 14, 2009February 02, 2009 00:50 IST
Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman and BCCI vice-president Lalit Modis meteoric rise to fame has not been without controversy...
Mon, Feb 02, 2009February 01, 2009 15:37 IST
During WWII,a Polish painter fled the Germans to find refuge in India. Now,four restoration experts from Poland camp at Jodhpurs Umaid Bhavan Palace to restore the works of Stefan Norblin
Sun, Feb 01, 2009January 09, 2009 00:47 IST
The impact of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) flat allotment scam,is being felt in far flung villages in Rajasthan's Jhunjunu district,where close to 200 Meenas had unwittingly signed applications for flats in New Delhi.
Fri, Jan 09, 2009January 05, 2009 00:29 IST
For students of the NAB P & N Merwanji Rehabilitation Centre for the Blind in Mount Abu,a resource in spirituality has come in the unlikeliest of ways....
Mon, Jan 05, 2009December 18, 2008 23:10 IST
Passions and tempers may have run high during the Gurjjar community agitation for Scheduled Tribe status in 2007 and 2008...
Thu, Dec 18, 2008December 12, 2008 01:42 IST
Putting an end to all speculations, Ashok Gehlot (57) was chosen as the CM of Rajasthan, after three days of factional infighting within the Congress.
Fri, Dec 12, 2008December 11, 2008 10:18 IST
The battle for the top spot in the Rajasthan Assembly intensified on Wednesday with senior Jat leaders descending on Jaipur to exercise their influence even as eight among the 18 Congress’ Jat MLAs openly endorsed Ashok Gehlot as the best chief ministerial candidate.
Thu, Dec 11, 2008December 10, 2008 00:22 IST
The Congress victory in Rajasthan was not without ironies. Nothing has surprised the Congress more than Pradesh Congress Committee president CP Joshi’s loss by a lone vote, effectively putting him out of the chief ministerial race.
Wed, Dec 10, 2008December 10, 2008 00:18 IST
The Congress managed to garner the support of eight Independent MLAs after a day of negotiations and presented them before Governor S K Singh.
Wed, Dec 10, 2008