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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 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

Rahul Gandhi wants to jail Himanta Sarma but Congress has a Bihar-sized problem in Assam

The Congress has promised Rs 50,000 assistance to each woman but as we've seen in many recent elections, voters seem to be conscious of the proverb: 'A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.'

Stocks fall, oil prices climb as Trump issues fresh threat to Iran ahead of his deadline

Fears that an escalation of the conflict could heighten a fuel squeeze & endanger the economy unnerved traders, with NYT reporting Iran stopped negotiating a truce with the US.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.