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Salik Ahmad

Salik Ahmad

Salik covers education in Rajasthan; occasionally does videos.

Articles by Salik Ahmad

Muslim man killed by Hindu woman’s family in Bikaner over love affair, say police

The victim, Saif Ali, who used to work at a fruit mandi.

Updated on May 2, 2018 17:16 IST

Two days before rape verdict, state govt pushes Asaram idea

The idea of ‘Matri-Pitri pujan diwas’ was first espoused by Asaram in 2012.

Updated on Apr 29, 2018 16:43 IST

Ex-constable clears UPSC, likely to become IPS, was inspired by Sunny Deol’s ‘Indian’

Manoj Kumar Rawat.

Updated on Apr 28, 2018 16:36 IST

As trial ends in tears, Asaram set for life as Qaidi No 130

File photo of Asaram after being arrested from his Indore ashram in connection with the sexual harassment case.

Updated on Apr 25, 2018 17:42 IST

Top cop who led probe in Asaram rape case received 2,000 threat letters, phone calls

Ajay Pal Lamba led the investigation into the rape charges against Asaram.

Updated on Apr 25, 2018 12:29 IST

Cottage where Asaram raped 16-year-old is now a deserted site

A special court in Jodhpur will deliver its verdict on Wednesday against 79-year-old self-styled godman Asaram (pictured) in the rape case inside Jodhpur Central Jail.

Updated on Apr 25, 2018 09:50 IST

Rajasthan schools and colleges told to observe Ambedkar Jayanti

Ambedkar Jayanti or Bhim Jayanti is an annual festival observed on April 14 to commemorate the memory of social reformer Dr BR Ambedkar.

Updated on Apr 12, 2018 16:35 IST

Rajasthan RSS worker immolates himself shouting ‘save the country’, dies in Delhi hospital

The victim owned a drug store.

Updated on Apr 9, 2018 16:45 IST

Rajasthan woman who drowned in 1.5-ft-deep water tank watched Sridevi’s death coverage on TV

A 35-year-old woman, who allegedly committed suicide by drowning in the water tank at her house in Udaipur last week, had closely watched the coverage of actress Sridevi’s death on television.

Updated on Mar 19, 2018 16:03 IST

Son’s cross border wedding in two days, mother awaits visa

The border districts of Jaisalmer and Barmer host the maximum number of cross border weddings.

Updated on Feb 15, 2018 16:52 IST

In death, Rajasthan woman pays price of loving a Dalit

Narayan Balai at his partner Sohni Devi’s residence in Rajasthan’s Suwana village. He said he was forced to carry Devi’s body on his own as the villagers refused to help.

Updated on Feb 11, 2018 17:48 IST

Rajput pride, moustachioed men and legacy: What drives the Karni Sena protests against Padmaavat

Founder of Shri Rajput Karni Sena Lokendra Singh Kalvi and its president Mahipal Singh Makrana at a press conference in Jaipur on Wednesday.

Updated on Jan 25, 2018 03:42 IST

Man steals bikes to pay panchayat fine to live with woman, but she elopes with another

The young man resorted to stealing motorcycles to pay the fine. But the time he saved the money, the woman eloped with somebody else.

Updated on Jan 23, 2018 05:14 IST

Brahmagupta II gave law of gravitation 1,000 years before Newton, claims Rajasthan education minister

Rajasthan education minister Vasudev Devnani had last year claimed that cow is the only animal that inhales and exhales oxygen.

Updated on Jan 8, 2018 15:47 IST

On a 3-km stretch in Pokhran, speeding trains kill 42 vultures in five weeks

One of the vultures that was run over by a train in Jaisalmer's Pokhran area.

Updated on Jan 4, 2018 15:24 IST

Killed Afrazul by mistake, somebody else was target: Rajsamand’s Shambhu Lal Regar to police

Mohammed Afrazul was a resident of West Bengal’s Malda.

Updated on Dec 19, 2017 02:32 IST

RU postpones semester exam dates, NSUI sees ‘ABVP influence’

NSUI has alleged that the university postponed semester examinations ’due to the ABVP meeting’.

Updated on Dec 17, 2017 10:55 IST

Who is Shambu Lal Regar? A man who didn’t seem capable of murder, say neighbours in Rajasthan

A screengrab from a WhatsApp clip showing Shambu Lal Regar killing Afrazul in Rajasthan’s Rajsamand district on Wednesday.

Updated on Dec 8, 2017 16:37 IST

Man hacked to death, set ablaze in Rajasthan: Nephew says Afrazul didn’t wrong anyone

Afrazul’s nephew and son-in-law with documents and identity cards of the deceased.

Updated on Dec 8, 2017 04:27 IST

A birth and a death, life’s cruel twist plays out in slain cattle trader Umar’s house

Cattle trader Umar Mohammed’s funeral in Rajasthan’s Ghatmika village on Thursday. Umar was allegedly murdered by cow vigilantes last week in Alwar.

Updated on Nov 17, 2017 14:41 IST

Women should grind ‘chakki’, sweep floors and do other household chores to stay fit: Rajasthan education dept magazine

Cover of Shivira magazine’s November edition.

Updated on Nov 11, 2017 08:51 IST

Raje govt wants Rajasthan colleges to install Vivekananda statue

A statue of Vivekananda at the University of Delhi. Detractors of the BJP government say that the directive will turn colleges into places where personality cults are worshipped.

Updated on Oct 29, 2017 17:05 IST

Demand for meat fuels chinkara poaching in Rajasthan

The chinkara continues to face threats by poachers in western Rajasthan.

Updated on Oct 22, 2017 17:26 IST

For this Rajasthan village, green Diwali means shunning firecrackers, planting trees

The villagers of 12 TK in Raisinghnagar will plant trees to celebrate green Diwali.

Updated on Oct 17, 2017 16:11 IST

No more skinning, burying dead cows, Rajasthan gaushala gets gas-fired crematorium

The gas crematory being installed at the Shri Gopal Gaushala in Jhunjhunu.

Updated on Oct 9, 2017 15:40 IST

Rajasthan: Govt school alumnus sponsors principal, staffers’ holiday

Kamal Poddar, former student of the Seth Durgadutt Jatiya Government Senior Secondary School, Jhunjhunu, with Principal Kamlesh Tetarwal.

Updated on Oct 9, 2017 10:00 IST

Rajasthan college students to get app aid for job tests

Dishari has been developed by Imran Khan, a web developer from Alwar who was praised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his speech at Wembley Stadium in London in November 2015.

Updated on Sep 26, 2017 15:06 IST

Battling all odds, girl from tribal Rajasthan journeys to Minnesota

Sujita Shah.

Updated on Sep 11, 2017 15:41 IST

Driven out of house, woman with newborn recovers at Jaipur hospital

Soniya Bano, who was abandoned by her husband on Tuesday, a day after she gave birth to a baby girl.

Updated on Sep 2, 2017 14:40 IST

Thief on run arrested after 23 years

Updated on Aug 29, 2017 14:23 IST

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