In view of floods and torrentialrains taking many lives and blocking highways in Uttarakhand, Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot today announced a financial aid of Rs. 2 crore to the state.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s decision to induct senior Congress leaders Sis Ram Ola and Girija Vyas (in pic) as cabinet ministers in Monday’s reshuffle appears to have been carried out in a bid to appease the Jat and theBrahmin communities in Rajasthan ahead of assembly elections later this year.
Tension prevailed at a town in Rajasthan's Rajsamand district today after communal clashes left over a dozen people, including a policeman, injured, police said.
Goods worth crores of rupees were destroyed after a fire broke out in a shoe factory in Agra late Saturday. The firefighters have managed to extinguish the blaze, police said.
A case of abetment to suicide was registered against two senior police officers after a note left by the relative of slain IRS officer alleged that he was tortured during interrogation in connection with the murder.
BJP president Rajnath Singh today ruled out change in the party's decision to appoint Narendra Modi as Lok Sabha election campaign committee chief.
Lalu Ram Meena, 25, a resident of Rambas village in Dausa, was shocked to receive an admission card from the staff selection commission that carried picture of US President Barack Obama.
The youths stopped at a point where the accused were already consuming the alcohol, police said, adding the miscreants thrashed the youths and snatched the car, besides Rs. 3000 cash, police said.
A MiG-21 aircraft of IAF today crashed in Rajasthan's Barmer district, with the pilot ejecting safely.
Peeved over the marriage of her boyfriend, a 25-year-old woman with an intention to land him in trouble sent an e-mail to chief minister's office and Jaipur police threatening a bomb blast on June 13.
Police in Jaipur have received an email threatening a bomb blast on June 13.
A twelve-year-old boy has allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling hook in Sriganganagar city with family members claiming he was apparently upset over actress Jiah Khan's death.
Driven away from their village by musclemen and forced to live on the streets for more than a year, a Dalit family of seven in Rajasthan will soon head home under police protection. Zakir Hussain reports.
A man killed his 13-month-old daughter by hanging her from a steel bar and then committed suicide on Friday night in Kotri area of the city, the police said.
A woman and her parents were allegedly paraded wearing garlands of shoes and ostracized by a caste panchayat here for having broken off an engagement with a boy over his drinking habit.