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Saturday, August 16, 2025
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Topic: Rajasthan

For three years, only 5% of unrecognised parties filed donation reports: ADR

Report raises fears of them being used as money laundering fronts or for electoral malpractice, calls for more stringent EC monitoring

NHRC issues notice to Rajasthan over ‘illegal’ detention of Dalit leaders

The apex rights’ body also made note of news reports that spoke of alleged police brutality against Dalit activists and leaders during the 2 April bandh.

Raje-Shah tussle not over yet, Rajasthan BJP chief to be announced after Karnataka polls

Tussle between BJP top brass and CM Vasundhara Raje far from over; Amit Shah has made it clear to her that appointment of party leaders is his prerogative

PM Modi to step in to resolve Shah-Raje tussle over new Rajasthan party chief

Deadlock over the position of Rajasthan BJP president continues since Ashok Parnami resigned on 18 April.

Rajasthan BJP waits as Amit Shah & Vasundhara Raje can’t agree on new state party chief

Shah is pushing for either Gajendra Shekhawat or Arjun Ram Meghwal, both union ministers of state, but Raje insists on her cabinet colleague Shrichand Kriplani.

A year before returning to service, CRPF commandant Cheetah said he’d love to return to Kashmir

The commandant who took nine bullets in an encounter, known as Cheetah, says 70 per cent of Kashmiris are pro-India and that it is possible to win the hearts of Kashmiris.

After successes in Rajasthan & Gujarat, Ashok Gehlot may be Rahul Gandhi’s Chanakya

In recent months, there is a perceptible change in Ashok Gehlot’s public positioning. He appears to be preparing for a larger national role too.

Rajasthan’s budget this week had the seed of a new milk revolution, but everybody missed it

The two state budget this week stand out in contrast to any other in India, for uniqueness and long-term physical and intellectual impact in Rajasthan.

BJP trying to prevent two Maharashtra Lok Sabha bypolls from going the Rajasthan way

The party faces a tough fight from the Congress-NCP in Bhandara-Gondia in Vidarbha, but is expected to have a smoother path to victory in Palghar.

As unhappiness with Modi govt rises, opponents see 2019 opening up

The BJP’s defeat in bypolls, its dissenting allies and slow economic growth have given opposition parties an opening they are keen to capitalise on in 2018.

On Camera

SC’s stray dog order lit a match in Delhi. Are they a menace or companions?

The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?