Doc gets 15 yrs for planting bombs
A local court in Ajmer on Tuesday has held Dr Jalees Ansari and Abrer Ahmad Ansari, alias Qari, guilty of planting bombs in Jaipur in 1993 to execute serial blasts and awarded sentences ranging from 1
CBI: Gehlot was conspiracy target
The CBI’s supplementary chargesheet in the Bhanwari Devi abduction and murder case, filed in Jodhpur before a local court on Saturday, claims that it was part of a conspiracy to defame Rajasthan chief
State to send anti-graft law for Prez nod
The state government has made all preparations to send an anti-corruption legislation which empowers the authorities to seize disproportionate assets amassed by politicians and government officials to
Chishty released from Ajmer jail
Freedom for 80-year-old Pakistani microbiologist Khalil Chishty came after 14 months on Wednesday when he was released from the Central jail in Ajmer.
BJP Workers Protest Against leader’s Arrest
The Opposition BJP workers and Rajput Sabha members on Saturday demonstrated at several places in Rajasthan against the arrest of party chief whip Rajendra Rathore in connection with the Dara Singh fa
Ajmer decked up, security increased
Though this is not the time for the famous annual urs in Ajmer, the city of 13th-century Sufi mystic Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti, is decked up to welcome Pakistan President Asif Zardari, who will visit th
BJP MLA arrested for fake encounter
The CBI on Thursday arrested BJP MLA Rajendra Rathore, a former Rajasthan minister, and chargesheeted him swiftly over the alleged fake encounter death of local liquor smuggler Dara Singh in 2006.
BJP says it will stand by arrested legislator
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday has arrested senior BJP leader and former minister Rajendra Rathore for his role in the alleged fake encounter of Dara Singh, alias Daria.
Ajmer Sharif awaits Zardari visit
Though there has been no word from the authorities about Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari’s visit to the Ajmer shrine, khadims (caretakers) at the shrine remain hopeful.
Rajasthan cops arrest 100 for illegal mining
In what is being billed as the biggest crackdown on illegal mining in Aravalli Hills under Bharatpur district in Rajasthan, the police arrested over 100 people and seized a number of equipment and vehicles used in the illegal mining activities. Nature enthusiasts expressed their concern over the unabated illegal miming in restricted Aravalli Hills.