Author: Parul Kulshreshta

‘Deeply Hurt’ Congress MLA Quits After Dalit Boy's Death

JAIPUR: On the eve of Independence Day, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot reached the houses of freedom fighters and garlanded them, while honouring them with a shawl. Gehlot first went to the house of freedom fighter Ramu Saini located at Dadudayal Nagar in Mansarovar and felicitated him. The Chief Minister, along with Saini, lit the lamp […]

  DAUSA: Sitting at a corner of his dingy two-room house in the nondescript Aluda village in Dausa district, 51-year-old Nathu Lal Mahawar sounds upbeat when he says, “We are proud of our rich and glorious legacy. I feel the magic of the 1940s can be revived.” Nathu Lal is the son of Nanag Ram Mahawar, […]

JAIPUR: A nine-year-old Dalit child was beaten up by his school teacher for touching the pot of water in a school in Surana village in Rajasthan’s Jalore district. His condition turned critical and he died on Saturday. A case of SC-ST Act has been registered against the teacher and he has been arrested, the Jalore […]

JAIPUR: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of various projects worth ₹399 crore at Mangarh and Sangdungri in Banswara on the occasion of World Tribal Day. Gehlot stated on World Tribal Day that the day provides us with an opportunity to consider how to solve tribal difficulties and […]

JAIPUR: After the three male students of Rajasthan University did a Sholay by climbing an overhead water tank, three female students also followed suit on Monday. Three girls from Maharani College climbed the overhead tank at around 1.30 pm on Monday, demanding free student education and guaranteed admission for all girls, setting up an open […]

JAIPUR: Rajasthan Chief minister Ashok Gehlot has expressed deep condolences on the death of three women devotees in the stampede at Khatushyam Ji Temple in Sikar. “The death of three women devotees due to a stampede in Shri Khatu Shyam Ji temple is very sad and unfortunate,” CM Gehlot said. CM Gehlot wished speedy recovery […]

JAIPUR: Three students belonging to Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) enacted the famous water tank scene from the 1975 Bollywood blockbuster Sholay, although altogether for a different reason. While Veeru (Dharmendra) climbed the water tank to marry Basanti (Hema Malini), the students sat on the overhead water tank near the Rajasthan University Girls Hostel demanding […]

  JAIPUR: ‘Necessity is the mother of invention’, the well-known proverb holds true for the camel herders of Rajasthan as they bank on camel milk and its products for their very survival. The Rajasthan government’s decision to ban the transportation of the animal, known as the desert ship, out of the state has put a […]

JAIPUR: Camel owners in Rajasthan are bearing the brunt of a Government Act that bans the transportation of the desert animal out of the state. This has caused a steep decline in the camel population – the animal’s count has hit the lowest in seven decades. As per the 20th Livestock Census, the camel population […]