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Topic: Rajasthan

Rajasthan portfolios allocation: CM Bhajan Lal Sharma keeps home, excise among 8 ministries

Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Misha approved the list of portfolios for the ministers who were recently inducted into Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma's ministry.

A decade after expelling Jaswant Singh, why BJP suddenly remembers former minister as its own

His son Manvendra is said to be weighing options about returning from Congress to BJP. Jaswant was expelled for contesting as Independent from Barmer parliamentary seat in 2014.

BJP’s social engineering in Rajasthan — why the party chose Bhajanlal Sharma as CM

Bhajanlal Sharma is BJP's 1st Brahmin CM in the state since 1990. Party sees the caste group as major influencers & key to its Hindutva push in Hindi heartland ahead of Lok Sabha polls.

Murder of Karni Sena faction chief: Rajasthan cops were alerted about ‘Bishnoi plan’ to attack Gogamedi

Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena chief's request for police cover was denied & Punjab cops had alerted about threat to his life from Bishnoi aide Sampat Nehra, it is learnt.

Counting underway in 4 states, Kharge calls meeting of INDIA bloc on 6 December

Party was waiting for results before starting talks of seat-sharing with the other alliance partners, it is learnt.

Exit polls 2023: Congress ahead in Telangana & Chhattisgarh, BJP in Rajasthan, MP

Most exit polls predict hung assembly in Mizoram, with ruling MNF as largest party. These indicative surveys, conducted after voters have cast their ballots, are not definitive.

Pink bollworm, boll rot wreak havoc again. Haryana sees lowest yield of cotton in north region

Not just yield, but even fibre quality affected adversely, say farmers, industry and agriculture experts. State agriculture minister J.P. Dalal says govt will compensate farmers.

A Rajasthani king gave Swami Vivekananda his name & turban. He also funded the Chicago trip

A new docu-drama, Ajit-Vivek: Tale of a Monk and a King, follows the relationship between Vivekananda and Raja Ajit Singh. But it reduces the monk to a caricature.

Polling begins for 199 assembly seats in Rajasthan

The results of the polls will be declared on December 3. Ashok Gehlot, Vasundhara Raje, and Sachin Pilot are some of the key faces among the candidates.

On Camera

Geoeconomic confrontation top trigger for global crisis, cyber insecurity biggest risk for India—WEF

WEF report flags growing erosion of multilateralism, long considered stabilising force. 'Declining trust, heightened protectionism are threatening trade, investment.'

The curious case of Pakistan’s JF-17 ‘orders’

Pakistan lacks capacity to deliver aircraft at pace suggested by its claimed contracts as it depends on China for avionics, electronic warfare, weapons, and on Russia for engines. 

Thank you Donald Trump, again. India now has reason to shed fear of trade deals and risky reform

UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.