Rajasthan

10:04 AM
Rajasthan: Male Nurse botches delivery, split baby in half, leaves head in womb

A shocking dereliction of duty has come to light from a hospital in Ramgarh district of Rajasthan. A male nurse working at a government medical centre has 'decapitated a baby while pulling too hard during a difficult birth'.

12:43 PM
Rajasthan government promotes 120 officers

The newly formed Rajasthan government, led by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, put a smile on the faces of officers by elevating them to the next ranks on the first day of new year.

12:34 PM
Rajasthan: Portfolios allocated, Gehlot keeps Finance, Home; Pilot gets PWD, RD

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has kept nine departments with himself including Finance, Excise, Home, and Legal, while Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot has got Public Works Department (PWD), Rural Development (RD), Statistics, and Science a

05:46 PM
LS polls: BJP appoints in-charges for 18 states

BJP president Amit Shah Wednesday appointed the party's in-charges for the Lok Sabha polls for 18 states, drafting in Union minister Prakash Javadekar for steering the campaign in Rajasthan and Thawarchand Gehlot, another minister, for Uttarakhand.

03:37 PM
Man booked for raping minor daughter in Rajasthan

A 40-year-old man has been booked for allegedly raping his 13-year-old daughter twice in two days in Rajasthan's Jhalawar district, police said on Tuesday.

11:42 AM
Ashok Gehlot sworn-in as Rajasthan CM, Sachin Pilot his deputy

Ashok Gehlot took oath as the Chief Minister of Rajasthan, while Sachin Pilot was sworn-in as his deputy at the historic Albert Hall on Monday.

04:34 PM
Ashok Gehlot to be Rajasthan’s next CM, Sachin Pilot to be deputy CM

Ashok Gehlot will be Rajasthan’s next chief minister and Sachin Pilot the deputy chief minister, the Congress announced on Friday.

04:26 PM
Congress poised to form governments in Hindi heartland states, CM choices remain in balance

The Congress was poised on Wednesday to form governments in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh, signalling a newfound energy in the party ranks and energizing opposition efforts to stop the BJP juggernaut before general elections next year.

07:07 PM
BJP loses vote share big time, but not all to Congress

With the BJP suffering losses in three key states, its vote share has taken a sharp dip in Chattisgarh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh since the last assembly elections in 2013, but all these votes do not seem to have gone to the Congress alone as othe

04:55 PM
BSP gains reckoning

Former Chief Minister Mayawati led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has gained 'some kind of reckoning' by surging ahead on 15 Assembly seats in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, and Rajasthan.

01:09 PM
Congress maintains lead in Rajasthan

The opposition Congress has consolidated leads on 92 of the 199 Assembly seats in Rajasthan, trends of counting indicated.

11:41 AM
Celebrations in Congress camp as party leads in 3 states

With early trends in three of the five state assembly elections showing a tilt towards the Congress, its workers and supporters burst into celebrations at various party offices as well as its headquarters in New Delhi.

08:02 AM
Counting of votes for 5 state assembly election begins

Counting of votes for assembly elections in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram begun.

10:42 AM
Rajasthan: 2 officials suspended after ballot units found on road

Two officials have been suspended after a ballot unit was found lying on road in Shahabad area of Kishanganj Assembly Constituency in Baran district of Rajasthan on Friday.

11:23 AM
72.7% voting recorded in Rajasthan Assembly election till 5 pm

Around 72.7% voters exercised their franchise on Friday in the Rajasthan Assembly election elections.

08:23 AM
Rajasthan: Polling begins in 199 constituencies

Polling has begun to decide the fate of over 2,000 candidates across 199 Assembly constituencies in Rajasthan. It is scheduled to end at 5pm today.

01:50 PM
BSP candidate on Ramgarh seat in Rajasthan dies

The BSP candidate in Alwar district's Ramgarh constituency in Rajasthan died of cardiac arrest on Thursday.

12:53 PM
Rajasthan polls:BJP releases manifesto

The BJP on Tuesday released its manifesto for the December 7 Rajasthan polls, saying it had met 95 per cent of the promises it had made in 2013.

03:45 PM
Rajasthan: Rahul Gandhi promises farm loan waiver if Congress voted to power

Congress President Rahul Gandhi Monday promised farm loan waiver in ten days if the party forms government in the state.

12:20 PM
CP Joshi in trouble over 'Brahmins' remark, slapped with EC notice

Nathdwara Returning Officer Nisha has sent a notice to Congress leader from Rajasthan Dr CP Joshi seeking his reply by 11 pm tomorrow on his "Brahmins" remark.

11:51 AM
Ashok Gehlot: Raje govt patronised liquor, land and sand mafia in Rajasthan

Senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot on Saturday attacked Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on the issue of corruption and claimed that the state government led by her patronised liquor, land and sand mafia.

12:57 PM
BJP, Congress bet on turncoats in Rajasthan

The ruling BJP and the Congress in Rajasthan have fielded 11 turncoats for the December 7 Assembly polls, hoping that the "parachute" candidates will shine for them in the elections.

11:24 AM
BJP MLA Gyan Dev Ahuja booked for violating model code in Rajasthan

BJP MLA Gyan Dev Ahuja has been booked for violating the model code of conduct by allegedly distributing money to his supporters during a rally before filing nomination papers as an independent candidate on Monday.

12:11 PM
Rajasthan assembly polls: BJP releases fifth candidates list, Yunus Khan against Sachin Pilot in Tonk

BJP on Monday fielded transport minister Yunus Khan against Congress Rajasthan chief Sachin Pilot in the Muslim-dominated Tonk Assembly constituency by replacing sitting MLA Ajit Singh Mehta.