Deep Mukherjee

Dotasra rubbished the allegations, terming them as propaganda.

The Pilot faction has been hoping for over a year now that the high command will intervene to address their grievances regarding party affairs in the state.

The Congress had won 47 seats in the heritage municipal corporation in the civic polls last year and emerged as the single largest party. However, it had to take the support of Independent councillors to reach the majority mark in the civic body of 51.

Senior ACB officials said the arrested person has been identified as Shashank Yadav, a 2010 batch IRS officer, who is currently posted as General Manager, Government Opium & Alkaloid Works in Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh.

Bipin Chandra Negi, ASI Jodhpur circle superintendent, said fresh plaques would be put up in Rajsamand district's Rakta Talai, with information based on ‘proven historical facts'.

Rajasthan Youth Congress president and MLA Ganesh Ghogra also said there is a need for a law for population control.

Eleven people were dead and more than 10 others injured in the incident, a video of which was widely circulated shortly after a thunderstorm hit Jaipur on Sunday.

According to the FIR, Ahuja allegedly announced that 5,000-10,000 people will assemble near the village on July 25 and bring weapons such as sticks, swords, spears and licenced guns.

Last year, Rajasthan had witnessed a political crisis after Pilot had taken off with 18 of his loyalist MLAs and camped in Delhi and Manesar in Haryana for over a month.

“We had filed an application in the court around June 30, that we be granted the permission to take the voice sample of Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Sanjay Jain." said an official.

Senior officials from the Rajasthan forest department say that in April, the state government had sent the proposal to develop the Ramgarh Vishdhari sanctuary for tigers.

According to the recently released 2019-20 report, in Rajasthan, the GPI value for classes 11-12 is 0.87, much lower than the national average of 1.04 in this category.

On June 25, the combined inoculation in both the government and private sector was 10.45 lakh doses, which is the recorded highest single-day vaccination figure in the state till now.

Family members of 62-year-old Devendra Singh Faujdar allege he was ‘framed’ because he raised issues pertaining to public interest and highlighted shortcomings in the public healthcare system in Bharatpur.

Claim 'injustice', say Pilot camp building pressure on high command for ministry berths.

The police said the two who were attacked were from Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh and had come to Rajasthan to buy bulls for farm work.

Additional Director General of Police (Crime), Ravi Prakash Meharda, said Chittorgarh police have taken 7-8 people into custody and the accused will be arrested soon.

“Some Congress MLAs are talking about their phones being tapped. They told me about this. I told them that they should speak with the Chief Minister, and I think they have conveyed the message," said Chaksu MLA Ved Prakash Solanki, who was among the 18 MLAs who supported Pilot last year.

A senior leader is in touch with Pilot, and AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is again playing a role in ensuring that the situation does not escalate, sources said.

Pilot made these comments at a protest in Jaipur in response to a question from mediaperons about BJP leader Joshi’s claim that he was not comfortable in the Congress and may join the BJP soon.

Vinod Bamnia, who was a member of Bhim Army, was assaulted on June 5 near his home in Kikraliya village of Rajasthan’s Hanumangarh district, and died in a hospital in Sriganganagar two days later, police said.

Last month, Rajasthan declared mucormycosis an epidemic. Since then, cases have steadily increased in rural as well as urban areas.

The division bench of Justices Rameshwar Vyas and Vijay Bishnoi also directed the state government on Thursday to explain why it is not considering Pakistani Migrants who are not in possession of ID cards eligible for vaccination.

Amidst reports of the growing say of the BJP central leadership in state matters and Vasundhara Raje being missing from several programmes of the state unit, the former CM’s supporters have in recent times floated parallel outfits backing her.