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Topic: Rajasthan

100 sites, 21 cities across states—Search on for retd IAS wanted in Rs 960 cr Jal Jeevan fraud case

Rajasthan ACB in February issued a look-out circular against Subodh Agarwal to prevent him from leaving the country. He has been absconding since 17 February

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.’

Yogi Adityanath sends one deputy abroad, but not the other & Rajasthan CM’s new avatar

Pre-Truth — snappy, witty, and significant snippets from the world of politics and government.

‘I am not afraid of death’—one woman’s war on child marriage in Rajasthan

Kriti Bharti has annulled 53 child marriages in Rajasthan. She's battled death threats, families hiding weddings, and panchayats that fine dissenters Rs 20 lakh.

After ‘no blanket to Muslims’, something shifted in Rajasthan village. ‘Now we have to be wary’

At Kareda Buzurg village in Rajasthan's Tonk district, religion is not a daily fault line. But a routine blanket distribution drive by BJP leader Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria turned into a public sorting of loyalty.

Bihar, Rajasthan ministers’ health tips for kids—buffalo milk makes you ‘bhrasht’, meat ‘violent’

Bihar govt to ban open sale of meat near educational institutes, religious places, crowded areas for 'social harmony, hygiene'. Rajasthan minister says cow milk makes kids intelligent.

Kalraj Mishra: How the BJP old-timer & Brahmin flag-bearer is stirring the political pot in UP

Mishra has served twice as UP BJP president, and three terms as Rajya Sabha member. He was a Union minister from 2014 to 2017, and has been governor of Himachal and Rajasthan.

Rajasthan HC pulls up police for circulating photos of accused, says such practice ‘deeply disturbing’

The High Court described allegations that some accused were forced to strip and photographed as 'egregious'. It said such conduct was 'plainly inhuman' and 'degrading'.

DRI seizes 270 kg of mephedrone worth Rs 81 cr disguised as chicken feed in Rajasthan, 6 arrested

This week’s seizure comes just a month after Directorate of Revenue Intelligence busted a mephedrone manufacturing facility located around 60 km from Maharashtra’s Wardha district.

Toxic water to Aravalli, 4 BJP CMs in the dock over a crisis each—public ire with flak from within party

Many within BJP are questioning their own govts, infighting being a major issue for the party in these states. Some leaders say the CMs are hobbled by their lack of autonomy.

On Camera

SC decision on menstrual leave is feminist. Rani of Jhansi didn’t use period as an excuse

Women officers in the forces routinely manage the physiological realities of menstruation. Making menstrual leave mandatory would be two steps backwards for them.

India-US trade deal to be signed after Trump administration decides new global ‘tariff architecture’

New Delhi is examining the legal implications of the latest set of American investigations into Indian exports under Section 301(b) of the Trade Act of 1974, it is learnt.

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.