Pakistan PM Raja Pervez Ashraf arrived today in Ajmer amidst tight security to offer prayers at the dargah of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti after a brief halt at Jaipur where foreign minister Salman Khurshid hosted a lunch for him.
Army Chief denies comment on Ashraf's visitOpposition BJP corner Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in the Assembly over the allegations of favouring his relatives in allotment of mines and demanded a House committee to probe the matter.
Agitating lawyers today clashed with police and went on a rampage torching a vehicle and vandalising a check post to protest against yesterday's police action against them during a march to the Rajasthan assembly.
Rajasthan police has arrested a Union home ministry official in connection with an espionage case in which a suspected ISI agent was arrested in Pokhran last month.
A Sukhoi 30 aircraft of the Indian Air Force today crashed in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer district but both the pilots bailed out safely. There was no loss of life or damage to property on the ground, Defence spokesman S D Goswami told PTI.
Indian Air Force will conduct its first day-night exercise to demonstrate combat and fire prowess at Rajasthan's Pokharan firing range on February 22, marking the debut of indigenously developed light combat aircraft Tejas.
Relations with an American national have cost an army major his job. The woman hailing from USA also paid the army major Rs. 17.5 lakh.
A MiG-27 aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed within two minutes of taking off in Rajasthan's Barmer district, but the pilot bailed out safely.
The 11-year-old girl who was gang raped in Sikar and has undergone treatment in Jaipur for over five months, which has included five major surgeries, was today referred to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi for specialised treatment.
A five-month-old baby, who had been hospitalised after her abusive father bit her lips and nose off, died in a Jaipur hospital today morning, reports said.
The Rajasthan police will go to Delhi if sociologist Ashis Nandy does not come to Jaipur to join investigation in the case against him.
The Rajasthan high court on Tuesday stayed till February 19 the 5% quota in government jobs provided to the special backward classes (SBCs) of the state last year.
In a major decision that will provide around 2.5 million unorganised mine workers with medical, monetary and social benefits, the Rajasthan government will issue show cause notices to 27,000 mine owners in the state. Urvashi Dev Rawal reports.
A minor girl was allegedly gang raped and pushed into a well by two youths in Rajasthan's Dausa district, police said today.
Jaipur Police on Tuesday issued a notice to sociologist Ashis Nandy asking him to appear before it in connection with his controversial remarks against SC and STs at the Jaipur Literature Festival.