Deep Mukherjee is a senior correspondent based in Jaipur. He covers Rajasthan for The Indian Express. Follow his tweets @manwithaquill

August 29, 2022 21:34 IST
Abhimanyu Poonia also congratulated Choudhary, even as Pilot himself did not issue any statement over the RUSU polls.
Tue, Aug 30, 2022
August 27, 2022 21:10 IST
Both Azad and Gehlot have had many commonalities in their political trajectories, crucial to which was their close relationships with the Gandhis. While Azad’s relationship with the Gandhi family soured along the way, culminating in his resignation from the Congress Friday, Gehlot has continued to remain one of their staunchest loyalists.
Sun, Aug 28, 2022
August 27, 2022 08:06 IST
Gehlot raised questions on the timing of Azad making his resignation letter public when Congress president Sonia Gandhi is in the US for a medical checkup.
Sat, Aug 27, 2022
August 16, 2022 20:48 IST
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
August 16, 2022 02:22 IST
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
August 15, 2022 19:10 IST
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
August 15, 2022 13:25 IST
Congress govt cornered over Dalit boy’s death in Jalore, state minister pins blame on ‘BJP-RSS mindset’.
Tue, Aug 16, 2022
August 15, 2022 05:00 IST
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
August 14, 2022 19:51 IST
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
August 14, 2022 03:40 IST
Police said the accused teacher has been arrested and booked for murder and under the SC/ST Act.
Sun, Aug 14, 2022
August 11, 2022 12:58 IST
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
August 09, 2022 07:13 IST
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
August 07, 2022 18:52 IST
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
August 07, 2022 18:12 IST
Some sarpanches are calling for Panchayat minister Ramesh Meena’s ouster. They have found an ally in Rajendra Singh Gudha.
Mon, Aug 08, 2022
August 06, 2022 20:05 IST
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
August 06, 2022 14:36 IST
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
August 05, 2022 04:01 IST
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
August 03, 2022 17:56 IST
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
July 29, 2022 11:50 IST
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
July 27, 2022 12:04 IST
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
July 20, 2022 16:54 IST
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
July 17, 2022 04:37 IST
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
July 16, 2022 21:19 IST
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
July 12, 2022 18:29 IST
Words first used by Gehlot against Sachin Pilot during the 2020 political crisis resurface in Rajasthan.
Thu, Jul 28, 2022
July 12, 2022 05:19 IST
CM Gehlot fires salvo at saffron party, alleges links with accused in Udaipur killing; BJP hits back
Wed, Jul 13, 2022



