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Sachin: The Pilot who helped drive Congress to victory in Rajasthan
The 41-year-old Stephanian, as those from Delhi’s elite St Stephen’s College are sometimes called, and Wharton MBA graduate had made a vow in 2014 when the party lost in the Lok Sabha elections to not wear a turban he so loved till the Congress returns to power.

BJP MLA files Jaipur’s first nomination for Rajasthan assembly polls after chanting Ganesh mantra
In the office of returning officer Jagat Rajeshwar, BJP MLA Ghanshyam Tiwari began chanting a mantra before the idol of Lord Ganesh on his son Akhilesh’s mobile phone around 1.35am and submitted his papers soon after.

Updated on Nov 13, 2018 03:26 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByJaykishan Sharma
Civil society outfits in poll-bound Rajasthan submit people’s demands to political parties
The 32 demands submitted by civil society organisations in poll-bound Rajasthan relate to ration, labour, unorganised labourers, Dalits, saharias, semi-nomadic tribes, education, land, agriculture, mining, child rights, transgender community, employment guarantee, women’s right, disabled, youth, and so on.

Independent MLA Hanuman Beniwal floats new party, calls for third front government in Rajasthan
Reacting to Beniwal’s third front, Rajasthan BJP spokesperson Mukesh Pareek said, “Earlier too many people in the state tried to form a third front based on castes and small parties, but they have not succeeded. It is for sure that third front will not succeed. There will be only two parties in Rajasthan and no other party can survive here.”

No woman MLA on 8 seats in Rajasthan’s Hadoti region since 1952
Giving reasons for fewer women being elected MLAs in Rajasthan’s Hadoti region, former Ladpura MLA Poonam Goyal said that political parties only do lip service of giving tickets to women but actually do not give tickets to them.

Updated on Nov 02, 2018 09:16 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Kota | ByAabshar H Quazi