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

January 10, 2022 17:28 IST
Speaking to reporters about the crime situation in the state during 2021, Rajasthan DGP ML Lather attributed the increase in the registration of criminal cases to the easing of Covid-19 restrictions in 2021.
Mon, Jan 10, 2022
December 31, 2021 15:01 IST
🔴 Dinesh Kharadi, Chief Medical and Health Officer (CMHO), Udaipur told reporters that the death appeared to be from post-Covid pneumonia with comorbidity of diabetes mellitus, hypertension and hypothyroidism.
Sat, Jan 01, 2022
December 30, 2021 11:17 IST
The Chittorgarh Fort light-and-sound show, which was forced to stop following objections by BJP MP and some Rajput community members, resumed Tuesday after removal of its script’s disputed portion involving Alauddin Khilji & Padmini
Tue, Jan 04, 2022
December 28, 2021 18:43 IST
BJP MP CP Joshi and members of the local Rajput community objected to a portion in the script of the light-and-sound performance that allegedly shows 13th-century Delhi sultan Alauddin Khilji admiring Mewar queen Rani Padmini's beauty through a mirror.
Wed, Dec 29, 2021
December 28, 2021 04:12 IST
Writes to Congress President Sonia Gandhi, says coal supplies will last only till January.
Tue, Dec 28, 2021
December 26, 2021 03:27 IST
Attacked in Rajasthan’s Barmer district on December 21, with nails pierced on his legs, and forced to drink urine, Amra Ram Godara has undergone surgery and is recuperating at Jodhpur’s MDM Hospital.
Sun, Dec 26, 2021
December 21, 2021 17:57 IST
Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM has started doing groundwork for establishing Rajasthan unit ahead of 2023 Assembly polls, even as it seeks to capitalise on perceived Muslim 'resentment' against ruling Congress
Tue, Dec 21, 2021
December 15, 2021 16:02 IST
🔴 Many posts in state corporations, boards, commissions etc. have been lying vacant for years due to protracted tussle between Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot, that seems to have been resolved for now.
Wed, Dec 15, 2021
December 12, 2021 10:25 IST
🔴 "The difference between Hindu and Hindutvawadi is that Hindu searches for truth, it is called satyagraha but Hindutvawadi searches for power (satta) and it is called as Sattagraha," Rahul Gandhi said.
Mon, Dec 13, 2021
December 09, 2021 18:17 IST
🔴 At the time, the Congress had accused that the uniform brought in by the Vasundhara Raje government – the first time it was changed in 20 years – resembled the dress of the RSS.
Fri, Dec 10, 2021
December 06, 2021 13:51 IST
The man crossed the India-Pakistan international border near Rajasthan’s Sriganganagar district on Saturday night. He said he had hoped to meet a woman who he had befriended through social media.
Mon, Dec 06, 2021
December 04, 2021 11:34 IST
The police said the station house officer (SHO) of a police station in the district was suspended after it was found that he delayed registering a case after the victim went to the police station on Thursday night.
Sat, Dec 04, 2021
December 03, 2021 03:45 IST
🔴 According to the police, the accused, identified as Jayesh Ravji Sejpal, 50, was arrested from Surat, where he was hiding after the robbery.
Fri, Dec 03, 2021
December 02, 2021 19:02 IST
'Not in public interest, if allowed public will lose trust in justice system,' rules special judge
Thu, Dec 02, 2021
December 02, 2021 18:18 IST
🔴 The accused is also suspected of a similar theft at a hotel in Udaipur on November 20, before he carried out the heist in Jaipur on November 25.
Thu, Dec 02, 2021
December 01, 2021 21:33 IST
The Congress had dissolved all district and block committees after Sachin Pilot was removed as deputy chief minister and from the party president's post in the wake of his tussle with Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot last year.
Wed, Dec 01, 2021
November 30, 2021 16:38 IST
According to the police, the prime suspect in the case is Jayesh Ravji Sejpal, a man who has several previous cases registered against him of similar nature for over a decade now.
Tue, Nov 30, 2021
November 29, 2021 15:58 IST
Members of Rajasthan Berozgar Ekikrut Mahasangh (RBEM) question Congress' announcement of 20 lakh jobs in UP, say party should first fulfil promises made in Rajasthan.
Mon, Nov 29, 2021
November 27, 2021 03:31 IST
🔴 As per the chargesheets filed by the Anti Corruption Bureau in July 2016, the officials were part of a “criminal conspiracy” to allot land belonging to a housing society to a private construction company.
Sat, Nov 27, 2021
November 27, 2021 00:39 IST
🔴 The incident took place late on Thursday, when the wedding procession of a Dalit groom, who was riding a mare, reached the bride’s house in Kairodi village of Pawta in Jaipur.
Sat, Nov 27, 2021
November 24, 2021 06:55 IST
Among the new faces, eight out of the 15 newly-appointed ministers come from four districts — Bharatpur, Alwar, Dausa and Karauli — all situated in eastern Rajasthan.
Wed, Nov 24, 2021
November 22, 2021 03:19 IST
Former Rajasthan Congress president Sachin Pilot speaks to Deep Mukherjee about the need for greater representation of weaker sections in the state Cabinet among other things
Mon, Nov 22, 2021
November 21, 2021 17:44 IST
Of the 15 names who were sworn in on Sunday to the Ashok Gehlot government, seven come from the SC/ST category including four SC and three ST MLAs.
Mon, Nov 22, 2021
November 21, 2021 12:15 IST
Pilot asserted that there is no division or factionalism within the party and that the Congress will have to work together to inform the public about the “bad deeds” of the BJP.
Sun, Nov 21, 2021
November 21, 2021 08:36 IST
Rajasthan Cabinet reshuffle: Who are the new faces in the Rajasthan council of ministers? What factors seem to have been taken into consideration before their selection?
Mon, Nov 22, 2021




