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TopicAjmer

Topic: Ajmer

Heroic journalists who worked to keep Ajmer 1992 gangrape case alive—in public memory, courts

After 32 years, a POCSO court in Ajmer sentenced six accused to life imprisonment and fined them ₹5 lakh last week, marking a passive, lukewarm end to a case that had shaken the city to its core.

Why court acquitted cleric, 5 others accused of raising ‘sar tan se juda’ slogan against Nupur Sharma

Ajmer court cited several loopholes in prosecution case to acquit Khadim Gauhar Chishti and the others, arrested in 2022 for allegedly raising the slogan against suspended BJP leader.

Ajmer’s Chisty Foundation boycott cleric over sloganeering; deny any connection to Ajmer Sharif Dargah

Calling such comments anti-Islamic, anti-humanity and anti-society, the Chairman of the Chisty Foundation denounced the provocative statements saying those who said these slogans are the real culprits.

Ajmer Dargah cleric arrested for ‘offering house’ to anyone who ‘beheaded’ Nupur Sharma

An FIR was registered against the dargah ‘khadim’ Monday night after a viral video showed him making incendiary comments.

Gangraped in teens, visiting courts as grandmothers: 1992 Ajmer horror is an open wound

Ajmer: A gangrape survivor’s anger tore through the old, yellowing POCSO courtroom in Rajasthan’s Ajmer last December. “Why are you still calling me to...

Shakti Pratap Singh Rathore, a prominent leader who was 1st NSUI president in Ajmer university

Shakti Pratap Singh Rathore has risen to become quite possibly one of the most prominent leaders in Rajasthan.

‘We have got it under control’: How Ajmer has kept its Covid-19 count at just 5

Ajmer began implementing precautions as early as 17 March, a full week before the nationwide lockdown, and has more than 26,000 people in quarantine.

Congress cries foul as EC postpones poll dates announcement before Modi’s Ajmer rally

Expected to announce assembly elections dates for states including Rajasthan, EC pushes conference to 3 pm.

Bypoll results show people’s mood is changing, not only in Rajasthan but across India

The result of Mandalgarh assembly seat is especially significant, as it was a triangular contest between the BJP, the Congress and a Congress rebel.

On Camera

New labour codes make India’s workforce competitive with China—and build Viksit Bharat

By consolidating 29 laws into four codes, compliance is streamlined and regulations are simplified, improving “ease of doing business”. This is bound to improve investor confidence.

Vehicles, TVs, mobile phones—PM EAC report shows rural India is catching up with urban consumers

Rural ownership of motor vehicles jumped from 19 percent in 2011-2012 to 59 percent in 2023-2024, while urban rose from 40 percent to 68 percent during the same time period, study by two members of PM-EAC says.

General secrets from frozen peaks: A Kargil veteran reveals what politically correct writers left out

At the Jindal Literature Festival, Maj Gen (Retd) Lakhwinder Singh reveals secrets from 25 years ago, speaking about the decision that outwitted Musharraf and changed the course of the war. 

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.