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Manoj Ahuja

Manoj Ahuja

Manoj Ahuja is a principal correspondent based in Indore. He writes on business, agriculture and aviation. His focus is on south-western Madhya Pradesh, particularly the tribal belt.

Articles by Manoj Ahuja

From IPL to elections, gambling no taboo in Rajasthan’s betting hub of Phalodi

Every second person in Rajasthan’s Phalodi town is into gambling. It’s like a second business for them.

Updated on Oct 21, 2018 02:21 IST

Rajasthan BJP comes out with constituency-specific strategy to win assembly election

The BJP has identified about 20 seats where it has lost successively in the past two or three elections.

Updated on Sep 14, 2018 20:05 IST

Rajasthan govt to sponsor professional education of labourers’ children

The total outlay for the new scheme is yet to be worked out, but the money will come out of the welfare budget allocated to the labour department.

Updated on Sep 12, 2018 19:41 IST

Congress flays Jaipur discom’s ‘Tuglaki order’ over use of payment app

The discom has also come out with a monthly lottery system to encourage digital electricity bill payments through the app. (Sakib Ali /HT Photo)

Updated on Sep 8, 2018 19:08 IST

Police lathi-charge farmers, Congress workers on Gaurav Yatra route, 7 hospitalised

Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje during her ‘Rajasthan Gaurav Yatra' in Bikaner.

Updated on Sep 8, 2018 19:03 IST

Toy seller gets ₹5,000 bonanza after paying electricity bill of ₹88 online

Paying electricity bills is just a finger tap away through the new Bijli Mitra app.

Updated on Sep 7, 2018 19:54 IST

Vasundhara Raje govt to give free smartphones to 1 crore families in Rajasthan

Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje speaks during the 'Labharthi Samvad' programme in Jaipur.

Updated on Sep 5, 2018 08:55 IST

Wary of Swabhiman rally, Rajasthan BJP revokes expulsion of two Rajput leaders

Manvendra Singh (grey turban), is an influential BJP rebel MLA from Sheo assembly constituency in Barmer.

Updated on Sep 4, 2018 02:59 IST

CM Raje’s Gaurav yatra raises hopes on old issues, BJP upbeat on poll gain

Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje during Women Shakti Conference in 'Rajasthan Gaurav Yatra', in Jaisalmer on Friday, Aug 24, 2018.

Updated on Aug 28, 2018 09:36 IST

Stones thrown at Vasundhara Raje’s bus, BJP blames Congress for attack

Bawdi: Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje addresses a public meeting during her 'Rajasthan Gaurav Yatra' at Bawdi near Jodhpur on August 25, 2018.

Updated on Aug 27, 2018 07:42 IST

Even as CM, I have faced problems: Vasundhara Raje on gender discrimination

Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje at the Shakti Sammelan women’s convention in Jaisalmer on Friday.

Updated on Aug 25, 2018 04:49 IST

At Ramdevra, Raje’s Gaurav Yatra stop on Friday, people yearn for ‘meetha paani’

Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje, in a bid to retain power in the assembly elections later this year, has embarked upon Gaurav Yatra that will traverse more than 6,000 km during the 40-day tour of the state.

Updated on Aug 24, 2018 02:47 IST

Rs 16,000 for pen drive, Rs 63,000 on mufflers: How BJP spent over Rs 1 crore on Vasundhara Raje’s Gaurav Yatra

The BJP spent Rs 1.75 lakh on the branding of the chief minister’s rath (bus) that has been fitted with an elevator and a sunroof that allows Raje to address the public from the roof of the bus

Updated on Aug 22, 2018 10:05 IST

No parachute candidates will get tickets in Rajasthan assembly polls, says Rahul

Congress president Rahul Gandhi with Rajasthan unit president Sachin Pilot and former chief minister Ashok Gehlot at the Ramlila grounds in Jaipur on Saturday.

Updated on Aug 11, 2018 16:58 IST

Chemical fertiliser use shows uptick amid Rajasthan govt’s organic push to farming

Official data indicates that the use of chemical fertilisers in Rajasthan has risen to 52 kg per hectare from 48 kg per hectare over the past four years.

Updated on Aug 10, 2018 16:31 IST

‘Third front’ in pipeline as elections approach in Rajasthan

Former BJP leader and MLA Ghanshyam Tiwari, who recently floated Bharat Vahini Party (BVP), is now in talks with some MLAs and small parties for forging an alliance.

Updated on Aug 6, 2018 17:42 IST

‘Insane due to PMS’: Rajasthan HC acquits woman accused of murdering child

The woman’s lawyer pleaded she was suffering from a ‘mental disease’ known as premenstrual stress syndrome, which made her dangerously aggressive some days prior to the beginning of her menstrual cycle.

Updated on Aug 7, 2018 04:55 IST

Battleground Mewar, launch pad of Raje’s poll yatra, holds the key to Rajasthan assembly

Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje waves during the 'Rajasthan Gaurav Yatra' at Gogunda near Udaipur on Sunday. Since she became the chief minister for the first time in 2003, Raje has always started her election campaign from the Charbhuja temple in Rajsamand, one of the six districts in Udaipur division that constitute the Mewar region.

Updated on Aug 5, 2018 17:23 IST

Rajasthan prepares blueprint to prevent lynchings by mobs

Members of All India Students Association (AISA) hold placards as they protest against the mob lynchings in the country, at Parliament street, in New Delhi, India, on Friday, June 22, 2018.

Updated on Aug 3, 2018 18:06 IST

Rajasthan govt issues advisory to police on mob lynchings

Asmina (centre), the wife of Rakbar Khan, 35, a resident of Kolgaon in Haryana, and others mourn the death of her husband who was allegedly lynched by a mob in Rajasthan’s Alwar district.

Updated on Aug 3, 2018 11:47 IST

Temple visits mark Raje’s public events in Rajasthan

CM Vasundhara Raje greets saints during a felicitation ceremony in Jaipur a few months ago.

Updated on Jul 28, 2018 16:29 IST

Alwar lynching accused innocent, should be released: Rajasthan BJP lawmaker

File photo of BJP MLA from Ramgarh Gyandev Ahuja speaking to media persons in Alwar circuit house.

Updated on Jul 24, 2018 12:58 IST

Vasundhara Raje’s poll yatra to focus on nationalism, development

Chief minister Vasundhara Raje’s 40-day ‘Suraj Gaurav Yatra’ will be flagged off by BJP president Amit Shah on August 4.

Updated on Jul 23, 2018 17:06 IST

Amit Shah endorsement cheers up Vasundhara Raje camp, all eyes on Suraj Yatra

BJP president Amit Shah and Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje at the closing ceremony of state working committee meeting in Jaipur.

Updated on Jul 22, 2018 18:13 IST

PM Modi’s popularity rising, lynchings being done to defame him, claims Union minister Arjun Ram Meghwal

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (right) is welcomed by minister of state Arjun Ram Meghwal (left) for the first day of budget session of Parliament, in New Delhi, in January 2018.

Updated on Jul 22, 2018 06:13 IST

In Alwar lynching, Union minister sees bid to defame PM Modi

Union Minister for Water Resources Arjun Ram Meghwal.

Updated on Jul 21, 2018 16:46 IST

Lynching incidents will happen as PM Modi’s popularity rises, says Union minister Arjun Ram Meghwal

The lynching on Friday was the third such incident in Alwar since April last year when dairy farmer Pehlu Khan was beaten to death by a mob.

Updated on Jul 21, 2018 16:59 IST

Rajasthan farmers used to struggles, don’t commit suicide, says BJP’s state unit chief

Rajasthan, like many other states, is in the midst of an agrarian crisis caused largely by falling prices for farm output .

Updated on Jul 18, 2018 05:20 IST

State govt has done a lot for farmers: BJP’s Rajasthan chief Madanlal Saini

BJ’s Rajasthan unit president Madanlal Saini is confident of the party winning in the next assembly elections.

Updated on Jul 18, 2018 04:57 IST

BJP has fulfilled PM Modi’s campaign promise of giving ₹15 lakh: Rajasthan party chief

Rajasthan BJP state president Madanlal Saini during his visit to HT office in Jaipur.

Updated on Jul 18, 2018 04:40 IST

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