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TopicDiya Kumari

Topic: Diya Kumari

Royal land dispute reopened, 14 yrs on: Rs 400 cr case involving Rajasthan dy CM Diya Kumari’s family

Jaipur Development Authority’s appeal against 2011 trial court order that declared erstwhile royal family of Diya Kumar as owner of land was dismissed by HC in September 2025.

Months after scrapping 9 new districts, Rajasthan’s BJP govt allocates Rs 1,000 crore for remaining 8

For almost two years, the new districts, which were created by the previous Congress govt, have been a logistical mess, most of them being run from mandis, hostels and schools.

In 1st budget, BJP govt in Rajasthan promises Khatu Shyam corridor, 4 lakh govt jobs in 5 years

Rajasthan Dy CM & Finance Minister Diya Kumari also announced ‘one state, one election’ and allocation of Rs 13 cr to be spent on celebrating festivals ‘with full joy and devotion’.

As BJP MP Diya Kumari wins from his turf, Bhairon Shekhawat son-in-law Rajvi comes 3rd in Chittorgarh

Kumari, a protégé of Vasundhara Raje, had replaced Narpat Singh Rajvi in Vidyadhar Nagar. Rajvi has won three elections from Vidyadhar Nagar — 2008, 2013 and 2018.

Gehlotji won’t get votes because crimes against women a big issue in Rajasthan, says BJP’s Diya Kumari

Member of Jaipur's erstwhile royal family, Kumari dismisses comparisons with veteran party leader Vasundhara Raje, says party’s parliamentary board will decide CM if BJP wins Rajasthan polls.

Royal, Rajput, and not Raje— why BJP is placing its bets on Diya Kumari in Rajasthan

Diya Kumari of the erstwhile Jaipur royal family is BJP’s candidate from Vidhyadhar Nagar. Party sources say she’s being groomed to offset Raje’s influence among women and Rajput voters.

BJP eyeing Lok Sabha ticket & ‘bigger role in Rajasthan’ for Jaipur ‘princess’ Diya Kumari

BJP MLA Diya Kumari, a member of the erstwhile Jaipur royal family, is not contesting the 7 December Rajasthan assembly election.

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Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.