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Aditi Tandon New Delhi, November 20 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday continued to lead the BJP’s Rajasthan poll campaign from the front, launching a massive Sikh outreach in Hanumangarh, home to a sizable Sikh population. Hits out at Gehlot...

Aditi Tandon New Delhi, November 19 The race for power in Rajasthan intensified on Sunday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi comparing rival Congress with a ramshackle cricket team where players were working to run each other out. In twin rallies...

Animesh Singh Sikar/Fatehpur, November 18 Even as Assembly elections are just a week away in Rajasthan, people in the historical Shekhawati region grapple with some of the basic issues like water scarcity, poor roads and power cuts, which ironically take...

Aditi Tandon New Delhi, November 18 Prime minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hammered the Congress’ internal frictions in the state and said even a century of handshakes had not mended broken ties between two top squabbling leaders. Without naming Chief...

Muktsar, November 17 A man from Jalore district in Rajasthan allegedly pushed his two sons and a daughter into the Rajasthan feeder canal and later, himself jumped into it near Bhullar village here on Muktsar-Bathinda highway today. Those feared...

New Delhi, November 17 Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday launched a scathing attack on the Congress, saying it considered Rajasthan as its ATM where its leaders from Delhi swiped card to withdraw money. Addressing a public rally in...

Satya Prakash New Delhi, November 7 As Delhi-NCR continues to be a virtual gas chamber due to smog, the Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the governments of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi to take immediate steps to stop...

Chandigarh, November 6 For the first time, four all-woman armed police companies from Punjab would stand for election duty in other states. Four woman companies, about 280 in strength, led by Commandant Avneet Sidhu would be doing election duty...

Jaipur, November 5 The BJP in Rajasthan on Sunday expelled a party leader in Alwar, Sandeep Dayma, over his remarks on gurdwaras and mosques at a recent rally in the Tijara assembly constituency. The decision to expel Dayma was announced...

Aditi Tandon New Delhi, November 2 The BJP on Thursday skipped fielding any Union Minister opposite Rajasthan Congress stalwarts — Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and former deputy CM Sachin Pilot. The party, in the third Rajasthan candidates list, chose state...

New Delhi, October 31 Noting that air pollution persists in the national Capital despite several remedial steps having been taken by the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM), the Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the governments of Delhi, Punjab, Haryana,...

Ashok Gehlot vs Vasundhara Raje  CM Ashok Gehlot (72) Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his rival Vasundhara Raje are known in Rajasthan as the comeback leaders. Both have survived rebellions, staying afloat in tempests. Gehlot not only crushed a daring...

New Delhi, October 27 Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday announced five guarantees for the people of the state, including a law on the Old Pension Scheme and buying cow dung at Rs 2 per kg. Among other electoral...

New Delhi, October 26 Turning the heat on the ruling Congress in poll-bound Rajasthan, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday raided the premises of state Congress president Govind Singh Dotasra in Jaipur and Sikar as part of a money laundering...

New Delhi, October 25 The Congress today promised an annual honorarium of Rs 10,000 to the women heads of families in Rajasthan. Targeting the BJP-led government at the Centre during an election rally at Jhunjhunu, Congress general secretary Priyanka...

New Delhi, October 25 The BJP on Wednesday accused Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra of “invoking the personal religious devotion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi” to make false claims during her poll campaign in Rajasthan and urged the Election Commission...

Deepender Deswal Hisar, October 24 Announcing its first list of six candidates, the JJP has fielded Congress MLA’s wife Reeta Singh from the Danta Ramgarh Assembly constituency in Sikar district. She is the daughter-in-law of Congress leader and seven-time MLA...

Aditi Tandon New Delhi, October 21 The ruling Congress and the opposition BJP on Saturday banked on old warhorses for the November 25 Rajasthan elections, besides signalling the capacity to let bygones be bygones. Congress fields 5 ministers Unlike the...

Aditi Tandon New Delhi, October 19 In a rare public move that could have far-reaching political consequences in Rajasthan, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday defended predecessor Vasundhara Raje, telling the BJP not to punish her because of him. “Do...

Sumedha Sharma Gurugram, October 19 Even as normalcy has been returning to Haryana’s Nuh district after the July 31 communal violence and last year’s Nasir-Junaid murders, the issues have been dominating the political scene in the Mewat region of neighbouring...

Aditi Tandon New Delhi, October 19 In an interesting turn of events on Thursday, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot sent out a message to the BJP leader to “not punish Vasundhara Raje because of him.” “She should not be punished...

Aditi Tandon New Delhi, October 17 The BJP on Tuesday held marathon meetings to make strategy for Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh with top central and state brass in attendance. The central election committee of the party chaired by Prime Minister...

Jaipur, October 15 Seven people died and eight were injured in a collision between a truck and a cruiser jeep in Rajasthan’s Dungarpur district on Sunday, police said. The accident occurred near the Ratanpur border, local Bichhiwada police station SHO...

New Delhi, October 11 The Election Commission on Wednesday changed the date of polling for the Rajasthan Assembly elections from November 23 to 25 following large-scale representations from political parties and social organisations about November 23 being an auspicious day...

New Delhi, October 10 The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the transfer of Justice Avneesh Jhingan of the Punjab and Haryana High Court to the Rajasthan High Court. Earlier, the five-member Collegium, led by CJI DY Chandrachud, had on...