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

February 03, 2018 06:18 IST
In the video, Choudhary is seen repeatedly heckling and strangling his mother who appears to be extremely frail and not in a condition to resist the assault.
Sat, Feb 03, 2018
February 01, 2018 04:59 IST
Head constable Harun Khan from the Behror police station, who is the investigating officer in the Pehlu Khan lynching case, said they didn’t get any documents from the victims and that's why they were found guilty of smuggling cows
Thu, Feb 01, 2018
January 27, 2018 12:58 IST
Rajput outfits such as the Karni Sena have opposed CBFC chief Prasoon Joshi's visit in to Rajasthan amidst the row over the movie Padmaavat.
Sat, Jan 27, 2018
January 26, 2018 05:33 IST
Constable found dead with wife and children in Rajasthan; relatives point finger at colleague for filing jewellery theft charges, police book three of their own.
Fri, Jan 26, 2018
January 26, 2018 04:57 IST
“The attack on the school bus was not an act by any Rajput or Hindu group. I am absolutely sure that Bhansali and his network are behind the attack. It is not the dharma of a Rajput or a Kshatriya to attack children,” said Sena patron Lokendra Singh Kalvi.
Mon, Aug 20, 2018
January 24, 2018 05:25 IST
Sukhdev Singh, national president of Shri Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena, said that members of his outfit will wave black flags at Joshi if he arrives.
Wed, Jan 24, 2018
January 21, 2018 06:01 IST
Sakir Ali, 38, from Swarupnagar village, under Chanchol police station of Malda, was found dead in his room in Jaipur’s Painter Colony on Tuesday.
Sun, Jan 21, 2018
January 21, 2018 05:33 IST
On Thursday, the Supreme Court had cleared the decks for Padmaavat — scheduled for nationwide release on January 25 — by staying notifications of Rajasthan and Gujarat governments
Sun, Jan 21, 2018
January 20, 2018 10:40 IST
Last month, Mohammed Afrazul, another migrant labourer from Bengal, was murdered in Rajsamand district of Rajasthan by Shambhulal Regar, who also filmed the act and recorded several videos with anti-Islam propaganda.
Sat, Jan 20, 2018
January 17, 2018 01:04 IST
Togadia was found ‘unconscious’ in a park in Ahmedabad on Monday evening. He was admitted to a private hospital.
Wed, Jan 17, 2018
January 16, 2018 05:45 IST
Regar allegedly thought that by killing Afrazul, he would scare Bengali labourers and they would stop coming to Rajsamand.
Tue, Jan 16, 2018
January 15, 2018 04:30 IST
The chargesheet says that Regar may have raised the whole ‘love jihad’ claim to cover the real motive behind the murder.
Mon, Jan 15, 2018
January 13, 2018 05:54 IST
“The chargesheet in the case has been filed and the documents were submitted to the court of the chief judicial magistrate here in Rajsamand today,” Rajsamand SP Manoj Kumar told The Indian Express Friday.
Sat, Jan 13, 2018
January 12, 2018 08:45 IST
The 'House' is currently adjourned for a break after a fierce debate that saw participants presenting numerous arguments in favour of the motion to repeal the autonomous status given to Jammu and Kashmir.
Fri, Jan 12, 2018
January 09, 2018 05:24 IST
"A few days ago, I was reading about Newton...who came up with the law of gravitation? Newton did, this is what I read, you read. If you delve deeper, Bramhagupta the second had given us this rule a thousand years before Newton."
Tue, Jan 09, 2018
January 05, 2018 05:10 IST
Engineers, lawyers, chartered accountant, MBAs were among 12,453 interviewed for 18 Class IV posts at Rajasthan Assembly Secretariat
Fri, Jan 05, 2018
January 02, 2018 02:10 IST
The data shows that of the 23 cases of cow-related violence, five cases took place in Alwar and Sri Ganganagar each.
Tue, Jan 02, 2018
December 31, 2017 01:51 IST
It was the first instance of a convict under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act being granted parole by the Rajasthan High Court.
Sun, Dec 31, 2017
December 24, 2017 01:41 IST
Police said the accident took place between 6.30 am and 7 am, when the bus was overtaking another vehicle on a bridge on the Sawai Madhopur-Lalsot road.
Sun, Dec 24, 2017
December 22, 2017 05:18 IST
Now 60, Sufi will walk out of the Jaipur Central Jail this Saturday for a seven-day parole to attend his son’s wedding.
Fri, Dec 22, 2017
December 21, 2017 05:40 IST
Had reports of religious conversion, turned out to be false alarm: police
Thu, Dec 21, 2017
December 18, 2017 04:23 IST
On December 6, Regar hacked Mohammed Afrazul, from Saiyedpur in Malda, to death in Rajsamand and set fire to the body as his minor nephew filmed the act.
Tue, Jan 28, 2020
December 17, 2017 01:47 IST
Restrictions had been imposed under Section 144 in the town on December 14 to prevent protests over the arrest of Shambhulal Regar in Rajsamand, accused of murdering labourer Afrazul Khan and sharing a video of the killing.
Sun, Dec 17, 2017
December 17, 2017 01:01 IST
Mohsin Khan’s late father was an autorickshaw driver. After his death, the Class 5 dropout started driving the autorickshaw, while taking up painting assignments on the side.
Sun, Dec 17, 2017
December 17, 2017 00:10 IST
“I will get the death certificate from the authorities in the next couple of days and then I will head back to Saiyadpur in Malda,” says Inaul.
Sun, Dec 17, 2017



