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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.

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Congress was committed to alcohol ban law without being practical: MA Venkata Rao

Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.