Deep Mukherjee
Deep Mukherjee is a senior correspondent based in Jaipur. He covers Rajasthan for The Indian Express. Follow his tweets @manwithaquill
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Dalit boy’s death: Something lacking, says Pilot in jibe at CM Gehlot
CM's man Dostara too lands in Jalore; a day earlier, Gehlot had launched a veiled attack on Pilot for saying “workers should be respected and honoured”.
Wed, Aug 17, 2022
Rajasthan Dalit boy’s death: ‘My nephew is dead because of his caste… We are living in fear’
While police have maintained that their investigation so far hasn’t revealed any caste angle to Indra's death, the family of the Dalit boy insist that the assault by the teacher on July 20 was provoked by the child's lower caste.
Tue, Aug 16, 2022
Rajasthan Dalit boy’s family sticks to claim, SC panel chief questions police’s ‘no caste angle’ line
Colleagues as well as the Rajput community back the teacher accused of beating to death the boy for drinking from a pot not meant for him.
Tue, Aug 16, 2022
Gehlot’s Achilles heel: Oppn steps up onslaught amid failure to stem atrocities against Dalits
Congress govt cornered over Dalit boy’s death in Jalore, state minister pins blame on ‘BJP-RSS mindset’.
Tue, Aug 16, 2022
Rajasthan Dalit boy’s death: Teacher tried to buy family’s silence
The FIR in the case, registered on Saturday after Indra Kumar Meghwal’s death, says that on July 20, the child was beaten up by his upper-caste teacher for allegedly drinking water from a pot meant for the teacher.
Mon, Aug 15, 2022
Rajasthan: ‘Were asked to compromise, not file case’, says family of Dalit boy killed for ‘drinking water from pot meant for upper caste teacher’
The FIR in the case, registered Saturday after nine-year-old Indra Kumar Meghwal’s death, said between July 20 and August 13, the family took the boy to hospitals in Bagoda and Bhinmal in Jalore district, Udaipur district and Gujarat’s Mehsana before finally admitting him at the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital where he died Saturday.
Mon, Aug 15, 2022
Rajasthan: 9-yr-old Dalit boy dies, teacher arrested as kin allege assault for touching ‘upper caste water’
Police said the accused teacher has been arrested and booked for murder and under the SC/ST Act.
Sun, Aug 14, 2022
Rajasthan Police data refutes Ashok Gehlot’s claim of rising rape-murder cases, shows decline in two years
According to the Rajasthan Police data for the past five years, rape-murder cases constitute only around 0.45 per cent of the total number of rape cases registered during this period.
Fri, Aug 12, 2022
Ashok Gehlot govt disrupted social audit process of exposing financial irregularities under pressure: Activists
Recently, protesting sarpanches demanded the ouster of Panchayati Raj Minister Ramesh Meena and also demanded the exclusion of civil society groups from the social audit process, which aims to highlight financial irregularities.
Tue, Aug 09, 2022
Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot says death penalty for rape leading to murders, faces backlash
Opposition parties, including the BJP and Aam Aadmi Party, as well as the Delhi Commission for Women slammed Gehlot for his remarks.
Mon, Aug 08, 2022
Newsmaker | Pilot loyalist & Kirodi Lal Meena’s rival, the Rajasthan Cabinet minister under fire from his MoS
Some sarpanches are calling for Panchayat minister Ramesh Meena’s ouster. They have found an ally in Rajendra Singh Gudha.
Mon, Aug 08, 2022
New Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Mamata Banerjee bete noire, started political innings with Janata, Cong
Having represented Kishangarh Assembly constituency from 1993 to 1998, Dhankhar, a graduate from University of Rajasthan, who completed LLB degree in 1978-79, is also a former president of Rajasthan High Court Bar Association
Sun, Aug 07, 2022
‘Dummy accounts’ row: Gehlot govt’s Rajiv Gandhi scheme rollout hits Opp, youth wall
The Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government’s fledgling internship programme has landed in controversy after an alleged letter got leaked on social media wherein the scheme’s beneficiaries are reportedly being asked to create “dummy” social media accounts.
Sat, Aug 06, 2022
Rajasthan: Beneficiaries told to create ‘dummy’ social media accounts; govt suspends official
Om Prakash Bairwa, Director-cum-Joint Secretary, Directorate of Economics and Statistics — the person whom the letter claims to have issued the order — denied he had issued any such order.
Fri, Aug 05, 2022
Rajasthan BJP chief Satish Poonia suggests a 70-yr age limit; rival Vasundhara Raje is 69
Apart from Vasundhara Raje, Poonia's suggestion could end up putting Rajasthan Leader of the Opposition Gulab Chand Kataria, 77, and Raje loyalist leaders such as Kailash Meghwal who are in their late 80s out of contention.
Thu, Aug 04, 2022
Gehlot’s pride, BJP’s target: A Rajasthan journalism university always in the news
BJP shut down Haridev Joshi University in 2017 but Congress re-established it after returning to power. Now, the institution finds itself in the middle of a tussle involving the Raj Bhavan.
Fri, Jul 29, 2022
Rajasthan minister Rajendra Singh Gudha: ‘Gehlot did not fulfil promises made to 6 BSP MLAs who merged with Congress…there is anger and insecurity among us’
Rajasthan minister of state (MoS) Rajendra Singh Gudha speaks about growing resentment and discontent among six BSP MLAs whom he led into the Congress fold.
Thu, Jul 28, 2022
The Meena factor: Vasundhara Raje to Congress MLA, even rivals can’t ignore Kirodi Lal
Reacting to Meena's letter to CM Gehlot claiming death threats, Congress Pratapgarh MLA Ramlal Meena declared: “Were Kirodi Lal to suffer even a scratch, there would be an earthquake.”
Wed, Jul 20, 2022
Ashok Gehlot: No tolerance, PM must speak out on violence
Gehlot was speaking at the All India Legal Services Authorities’ Meet, organised by the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA), where Union Minister of Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju and Chief Justice of India N V Ramana were among those present.
Mon, Jul 18, 2022
Mamata Banerjee’s bete noire, Jagdeep Dhankhar began political innings on Janata, Cong ticket
Having represented Kishangarh in the Assembly from 1993 to 1998, Dhankhar, a graduate from University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, who completed LLB degree in 1978-79, is also a former president of Rajasthan High Court Bar Association.
Sun, Jul 17, 2022
Nikamma, ragdai, a no-words-barred Gehlot-Pilot tussle
Words first used by Gehlot against Sachin Pilot during the 2020 political crisis resurface in Rajasthan.
Thu, Jul 28, 2022
BJP leaders asked police not to act against Udaipur murder accused after landlord complaint: CM Ashok Gehlot
CM Gehlot fires salvo at saffron party, alleges links with accused in Udaipur killing; BJP hits back
Wed, Jul 13, 2022
Chase to nab Udaipur murder accused: ‘They carried daggers… threatened to kill us, but we followed them’
The police had informed Chundawat, like many others in the area, that the accused were riding a bike with registration number 2611.
Thu, Jul 07, 2022
Udaipur killing: Two more arrested; Rath Yatra procession taken out amid heavy police deployment
The Special Operations Group and the ATS of the Rajasthan Police issued a statement saying media reports claiming that the NIA said there was no terrorist organisation's hand in the killing were “premature” because the investigation is in a preliminary stage.
Sat, Jul 02, 2022
Udaipur killing: One accused had a general store, other was a welder
The colony is part of the larger Khanjipeer locality in Udaipur, a predominantly Muslim neighbourhood. Neighbours said that Ghouse, in his 30s, mostly kept to himself.
Sat, Jul 02, 2022