Deep Mukherjee

In the political circles of Rajasthan, this move is being seen as an attempt to reassert the authority of Raje in the state by her supporters. In recent times, there have been reports of friction between Raje and the state unit of the BJP in Rajasthan amid growing clout of the party’s central leadership.

The Higher Education Department on December 31 had released transfer and deputation lists for assistant and associate professors.

Ride operators however, say that they ensure care for the elephants and that closing down the rides would be unfair to mahouts. “How is it fair for this report to say that the elephant rides should be done away with," asked Abdul Aziz, president of the Haathi Malik Vikas Samiti.

Party appointments no concern of BJP, says chief whip.

The announcement was made by RLP chief and Nagaur MP Hanuman Beniwal at a rally at Shahjahanpur in Rajasthan's Alwar district.

BJP MLA and Rajasthan Deputy Leader of Opposition Rajendra Rathore tweeted on Monday that he has written to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot demanding government procurement of bajra at MSP.

A prominent Jat leader, Beniwal enjoys considerable support among the youth and the community in districts such as Nagaur and Barmer in Rajasthan.

With the Ashok Gehlot government completing two years on December 17, more than 20 lakh farmers have received a waiver for the money they borrowed from state cooperative banks. However, the waiver for loans taken from nationalised and commercial banks remains in limbo.

Tiwari, who had floated his own outfit, the Bharat Vahini Party before the 2018 Assembly elections, had moved to the Congress after losing his seat in Sanganer constituency.

The hospital, which is especially dedicated for children and infants, had grabbed headlines in January this year after more than 100 infants died in one month.

The police said an FIR has also been registered in connection with the assault after videos of the incident went viral.

State forest department officials said the tiger was tranquilised and the wire removed on Saturday.

Hanuman Beniwal’s Rashtriya Loktantrik Party has one seat in the Lok Sabha and three MLAs in the Rajasthan Assembly.

While the BJP has cited instances such as the party recently fielding more than four dozen Muslim candidates in the civic elections as an example of it raising issues related to minority communities, the Congress has slammed the saffron party of levelling baseless allegations.

The probable entry of the AIMIM in Rajasthan has also prompted a response from the Congress, which has accused its chief Asaduddin Owaisi of being an “agent” of the BJP.

Data on pendency under the scheme on the online portal of the state Labour Department show that in the last five years, around 22 per cent of applications were approved.

According to police, the incident took place on Saturday night – the accused allegedly entered the woman's house while she was lighting lamps to celebrate Diwali and set her on fire.

Despite the government citing better governance as the reason behind the fresh delimitation of the three municipal corporations and bifurcating them, party insiders as well as those in the opposition saw it as a means to raise the seat tally of the Congress in the civic polls.

Social activists and officials from the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) of the Rajasthan Police told The Indian Express that children from states like Bihar were frequently trafficked to Rajasthan and made to work as child labourers.

On October 23, the Rajasthan High Court had ruled that considering the hardship of private schools, the state government shall issue necessary directions by October 28 regarding interim fees they shall be allowed to charge subject to a final decision.

One of the Bills in Rajasthan does speak about enforcing the MSP, but it is only limited to contract farming.

Bodies such as state women's commission functioning without head and members.

The FIR, registered on September 29, says that the accused, along with 60-70 others, assembled at Statue Circle on September 29, started sloganeering and took out a candle march.

Since a public rebellion saw him stripped-off his post of deputy chief minister and PCC chief, Pilot is back at work in the state, among the people.