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Topic: Alwar

2 girls, 15 km, a world apart — the distance between school and child marriage in Rajasthan

There are grants and govt schemes galore but keeping girls out of child marriage is still an unfinished fight in Rajasthan. ‘You cannot just give information about a scheme.’

Daughter’s challenge to dad in Rajasthan’s Alwar Rural fizzles out, but Congress beats both

Meena Kumari contested as an Independent against her father, BJP’s Jairam Jatav, from the Alwar Rural seat. Congress candidate Tikaram Jully wins seat, repeating 2018 victory.

5 Rajasthan doctors hid travel history to coronavirus-hit nations, govt sends notice

Govt has quarantined all 5 Rajasthan doctors who treated patients immediately after returning from abroad. 4 of them have tested negative for COVID-19, result of fifth awaited.

Alwar cops ‘slept’ as gang with AK-47s blazing freed most-wanted boss from police station

Vikram Gurjar, Haryana’s ‘most wanted criminal’, was freed by his aides from police custody Friday. Police have arrested two of his aides so far. 

Alwar ‘gang rape’ victim gets a job as Rajasthan Police constable

'Gang rape' of the Alwar woman became a flashpoint in the Lok Sabha polls after her husband alleged that police initially refused to register their complaint.

Mamata meme case: Dinamani says public figures must have thick skin

A round up of the Hindi and Tamil newspapers opinion pages to reflect a North-South viewpoint on topical issues.

BJP swept away in Rajasthan’s cow vigilante hotbed of Alwar & Bharatpur

Cow vigilantism failed to help the BJP in this region where the party won just two of the 18 assembly seats.

Rakbar lynching was pre-planned, says the chargesheet against 3 accused

The three accused had allegedly attacked two Muslim men, who were returning to their village in Haryana with two cows.

Gyan Dev Ahuja: The moustachioed ‘Muslim-hater’ BJP just dropped in Rajasthan

As BJP drops controversial Ramgarh MLA Gyan Dev Ahuja ahead of the assembly elections, here's all you need to know about him.

Alwar lynching is the result of manufactured Hindu fury that I saw three years ago

A reporter's diary from 2015 traces the rise of gau rakshaks in Rajasthan.

On Camera

Mamata Banerjee vs the Election Commission—Why India needs an annual voter list revision

We cannot absolve the Election Commission of all the blame, but we must emphasise that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee must shoulder the lion’s share of the responsibility for these exclusions.

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.

Western theatre against Pakistan to be headed by IAF, Northern theatre under Army to focus on China

India's military to get Vice Chief of Defence Staff along with one Theatre Commander from each of three services, it is learnt.

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.