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Topic: Rajasthan

Sati economy is still big in Rajasthan. No pending file on Roop Kanwar in Jaipur

‘I don’t think sati can ever happen again,’ Karni Sena member Bhagwan Singh Rathore said with a scowl. ‘Today’s women are not like women of the past.’

After son’s joyride with police escort, Rajasthan deputy CM in soup again, over RERA post recommendation

Prem Chand Bairwa is accused of misusing power for pushing name of retd official for Real Estate Regulatory Authority registrar. BJP says he can make recommendations in some cases.

Urdu is the ticket to a govt job in this Rajasthan village. Even more than English

‘There’s not a single Muslim student’ here. Sidra village has become the region’s Urdu ‘influencer’.

Rajasthan’s 17 new districts are running from mandis, hostels, schools. A logistical mess

A year after Rajasthan’s 17 new districts were carved out, they’ve become a political battleground between BJP and Congress. But action on a review panel’s report still pending.

Dausa: Disaster teams rescue girl, 2, from borewell after 18-hour operation

The girl was stuck at 28 feet and a parallel approach was dug to rescue her; she is admitted in hospital.

Rajasthan BJP chief’s ‘scrapping districts’ remark bares govt-party disconnect, more woe for CM Bhajan Lal

Addressing reporters in Bhilwara, Rathore had said BJP govt in Rajasthan intends to scrap 6-7 districts purportedly drawn out for “appeasement” by previous Congress dispensation.

How deleted WhatsApp messages on Ganesh Chaturthi led to a Muslim school principal’s arrest in Kota

Complainant says FIR was filed on advice of Rajasthan education minister’s assistant. School principal's family members argue he isn’t familiar with WhatsApp, deleted texts by mistake.

‘Will teach BJP a lesson.’ Rajput outfits up ante over ‘insult’ to former LoP Rajendra Rathore

Anger boils over 20 August episode in Jaipur wherein BJP state in-charge Radha Mohan Das Agrawal questioned Rajendra Rathore for leaving a meeting of party functionaries.

PM Modi inaugurates Rajasthan HC Museum, addresses platinum jubilee celebrations

The Prime Minister iterated the importance of 'simple, accessible and easy justice'.

Rajasthan to ban pvt vehicles to visit Hanuman temple in Sariska tiger reserve, start e-bus shuttles

SC has fixed 31 March, 2025, as deadline for this. Order was passed after court reviewed Central Empowered Committee report on action needed to improve habitat management inside reserve.

On Camera

MBBS guidelines for students with disabilities reduce a life to a limb

The guidelines ask whether a student can climb stairs, but not whether the college has a ramp. They ask whether a student can bear weight, but not whether the system can bear the weight of its own prejudice.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.