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Thursday, January 15, 2026
TopicRajasthan

Topic: Rajasthan

How row over Rs 50 ticket sparked battle of challans & halted bus services between Haryana, Rajasthan

It all started with a viral video of a Haryana constable refusing to pay the fare on a Rajasthan Roadways bus, claiming she was entitled to travel free because she was in police force.

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'.

On Camera

From Bronze Age migrations to British Raj—how ideas stopped flowing between India and Iran

As early states developed in the Iranian plateau and northern India, ideas continued to circulate between the steppe and the settlements of the Iranian plateau and the Punjab plains.

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.'

Rafale deal to be inked in 2026, final assembly line in Nagpur, Indian firms to be roped in

The proposed project costing about Rs 3.25 lakh crore will entail procurement of 18 aircraft in fly away condition & the rest made in India with up to 60% indigenous content.

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.