Though the human right groups expressed shock over the cancelling of author Salman Rushdie’s video address at Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF), the Muslim activists assembled at the venue expressing j

Though the human right groups expressed shock over the cancelling of author Salman Rushdie’s video address at Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF), the Muslim activists assembled at the venue expressing joy and satisfaction.

The Rajasthan government strongly refuted the charges made by author Salman Rushdie against the state police and said the government received messages related to threat perception to him.

Although well-known writers like Ben Okri, poet Gulzar and Prasoon Joshi were interacting and sharing the best of their work with people in jam-packed halls at Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) but author Sir Salman Rushdie’s controversy refused to die down.

They narrated their moments in confinement. It has pain, sorrow and lessons for humanity.

The tribals from Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pardesh and Maharashtra gathered in huge numbers at Mangarh Dham in tribal-dominated Banswara district and commemorated the massacre known as Mini Jalinwala Bagh, which claimed hundreds of Bhill tribals in 1913 when they revolted against the then British colonial government. A section of tribal leaders also raised a demand for “Bhill Rajya”.

The three-day Pravasi Bharatiya Divas concluded on Monday in Jaipur with a call to promote a greater relationship with the Indian diaspora.

Though it was an occasion marked to emotionally connect PIOs to their motherland, when over 1,500 PIOs assembled in Jaipur to participate in the 10th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, state governments as well

The pink city of Jaipur decked up to welcome over 1,300 delegates as non-resident Indians (NRI) from 54 countries participating in the 10th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas [PBD] with the old glory of the wal

Even though two high-profile marriages — Liz Hurley with Arun Nayar and Katy Perry with Russel Brand — resulted in divorce, tourism experts say it would not affect the rising number of foreigners comi