Sachin Saini is Special Correspondent for Rajasthan. He covers politics, tourism, forest, home, panchayati raj and rural development, and development journalism.
Articles by Sachin Saini
Congress hopes old pension plan may bolster prospects in Rajasthan elections
The Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government in Rajasthan is hopeful that the restoration of the Old Pension Scheme will help the party ‘s cause in the coming state elections, just as it did in Himachal Pradesh late last year, Congress leaders said.
Updated on Oct 11, 2023 07:08 AM IST
Sachin Saini, Jaipur
Rajasthan election 2023: Congress looks to buck the trend; BJP eyes power
Rajasthan has seen 11 elections in last five decades, with the incumbent government managing to win just twice, in 1985 and 1993
Updated on Oct 10, 2023 02:02 AM IST
Rajasthan polls: Congress, BJP look to break the trend, set new precedent
The incumbent Congress aims to win the state and break the three-decade old trend of power being shared between Congress and BJP alternately
Published on Oct 09, 2023 02:17 PM IST
CM announces caste survey across Rajasthan ahead of elections
The order was issued by the department of social justice and empowerment after the state cabinet approved it.
Updated on Oct 08, 2023 07:28 AM IST
Rajasthan CM has faith that Modi will take care of things: PM takes swipe at Gehlot
PM Modi was in Jodhpur for a public meeting in Ravan ka Chabutra ground to inaugurate several projects worth ₹5,000 crore
Updated on Oct 05, 2023 05:19 PM IST
Age bar, refunds: Rajasthan panel's likely steps to stem Kota suicides
The 15-member panel was set up by the Rajasthan government on August 17 against the backdrop of mounting outrage over student suicides in Kota.
Updated on Sep 16, 2023 11:09 AM IST
NTCA approves expansion of three tiger reserves in Rajasthan: Official
The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has approved the proposal, and now approximate 1,900 sq km of protected area will add to these reserves as buffer
Updated on Sep 05, 2023 04:50 PM IST
HT interview | ‘Wanted to be Cong chief; it’s a 100 times better job’: Gehlot
Gehlot said he is confident of repeating his 1998 feat of winning 153 seats in the 200-member Rajasthan assembly
Updated on Aug 25, 2023 04:25 AM IST
Centre approves Rajasthan’s fifth tiger reserve in Dholpur-Karauli
Union minister of environment, forest and climate change, Bhupender Yadav described it as a giant leap for wildlife conservation in Rajasthan
Updated on Aug 22, 2023 09:18 PM IST
Gehlot directs to form panel to check student suicides in Kota
According to police records, 21 cases of suicides have been reported among students preparing for competitive exams in Kota district.
Updated on Aug 19, 2023 03:55 AM IST
Modi and Shah to lead BJP’s election campaign blitz in Rajasthan
Elections to the 200-member Rajasthan legislative assembly are scheduled for later this year, along with Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana and Mizoram
Updated on Jul 31, 2023 04:56 AM IST
Raj witnessed 27% increase in tiger population in 2022, currently has 88: Report
According to the state forest department officials, the number of tigers in Rajasthan has increased to around 120 in 2023, including the cubs till date
Updated on Jul 29, 2023 06:56 PM IST
PMO hits back after Gehlot says wasn’t allowed to address event
Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot alleged his speech was cancelled at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s event, while the PMO charged that the CM was invited but his office said he would “not be able to join”
Updated on Jul 28, 2023 01:01 AM IST
Gehlot says his speech at Modi’s Rajasthan event cancelled, PMO says not true
Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday said his address listing demands, including scrapping the Agniveer scheme and loan waiver, was removed from the schedule for the event in Sikar
Updated on Jul 27, 2023 01:27 PM IST
Rajasthan: CM Gehlot sacks minister of state Rajendra Gudha
Gudha, a turncoat, who joined Congress from Bahujan Samaj Party, along with other five MLAs in January 2020, was inducted into the Cabinet on November 21, 2021
Updated on Jul 22, 2023 11:34 AM IST
Gehlot launches ‘Jan Samman’ video contest, winners to get cash prize daily
A government official familiar with the matter said the state will award 103 people with the best video every day, in which the first prize winner will be given Rs.1 lakh, the second prize winner will get Rs.50,000 and the third prize winner will get Rs.25,000
Updated on Jul 07, 2023 05:59 PM IST
Minimum guaranteed income bill to be tabled in Rajasthan assembly
Chief minister Ashok Gehlot announced the minimum income guarantee in his 2023 budget speech and is part of his efforts to provide social security to citizens of the state
Updated on Jul 06, 2023 03:11 PM IST
Rajasthan govt seeks to collaborate with influencers in election season
The Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government has decided to issue advertisements to influencers on various social media platforms.
Updated on Jul 01, 2023 12:59 AM IST
Sachin Saini, Jaipur:
Amid Sachin Pilot may-leave reports, Congress's ‘90% issues resolved’ response
Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa denied reports that Sachin Pilot is planning to form own party and said he neither had this intention before nor does he have it now.
Updated on Jun 06, 2023 11:52 PM IST
Sachin Saini, Jaipur
Sachin Pilot threatens agitation if action not taken on his demands by month-end
The public meeting marked the completion of Pilot’s five-day foot march from Ajmer to Jaipur over “inaction” by the state government
Updated on May 15, 2023 05:24 PM IST
Congress’ Karnataka win is people’s response to BJP’s politics of religion: Gehlot
Voting for the Karnataka assembly elections was held on May 10 and the counting of votes is underway. Congress has so far won 107 seats and is leading on 29 more
Updated on May 13, 2023 07:00 PM IST
Pilot announces foot march, sharpens attack on Gehlot
He cited Gehlot’s speech in Dholpur on Sunday and said it seems the chief minister’s leader is not Sonia Gandhi but his predecessor, Vasundhara Raje.
Updated on May 09, 2023 02:25 PM IST
3 civilians killed as IAF MiG-21 crashes in Rajasthan
Three women were killed after a MiG-21 Bison fighter jet crashed into a house near Rajasthan’s Hanumangarh on Monday morning, officials said.
Updated on May 09, 2023 04:57 AM IST
Sachin Saini, Jaipur
Raje, two other BJP leaders helped ensure my govt wasn’t toppled: Ashok Gehlot
In July 2020, then deputy CM Sachin Pilot and 18 other party MLAs revolted against Gehlot’s leadership
Updated on May 08, 2023 01:04 AM IST
Election commission should ban prime minister’s campaigning in Karnataka: Gehlot
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday urged the people of Karnataka to say ‘Jai Bajrangbali’ when they cast their vote to “punish” the Congress for its “culture of abuse”, as the BJP stepped up attack on the opposition party over its election manifesto promise of banning the Bajrang Dal
Updated on May 07, 2023 05:03 PM IST
Rajasthan: NCTA approves relocation of tigresses from Ranthambore
The tigress was shifted to MHTR in 2019, and a tiger T-110 was shifted in 2022 from RTR. In 2018, the tiger relocation plan was altered due to pressure built by the previous government
Updated on May 07, 2023 01:07 PM IST
Congress leaders sacrificed their lives fighting terrorism: Ashok Gehlot
This development comes the same day when Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleged that Congress’s history is about “appeasing terror and terrorists”
Updated on May 02, 2023 05:20 PM IST
BJP party of lies, Congress coming to power in Karnataka: Ashok Gehlot
Addressing media persons in Bengaluru ahead of the state assembly elections, Gehlot took a swipe at prime minister Narendra Modi saying the PM in 2014 made a number of accusations against the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government such as the 2G spectrum or coal gate scam to taint the image of the then ruling government
Updated on May 01, 2023 07:49 PM IST
Rajasthan outlines plan for gig workers’ welfare
The cess to be levied on consumers is likely to be 1% of the total value of the service or delivery (such as a taxi ride or a food order), a top government official aware of the matter indicated
Updated on Apr 27, 2023 12:16 AM IST
Sachin Saini, Jaipur
Gehlot downplays tussle with Pilot, asks media not to make people fight
Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot and his former deputy, Sachin Pilot, have been at loggerheads since Congress formed the government in the state in 2018
Updated on Apr 25, 2023 12:45 PM IST