The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) took Aseemanand into its custody and produced him before a local court in Ajmer on Saturday in connection with blast at the dargah in 2007. The ATS brought Aseemanand from Harayana to Ajmer following the court-issued production warrant for him.

The Diggi Palace has decked up to welcome the “who’s who” of literary world and world of music, who are participating in the Jaipur Literature Festival.

A local court in Ajmer has issued fresh warrant on Aseemanand in the Ajmer blast case while the court gave more time to the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) for filing a chargesheet against Harshad Solanki and Mukesh in the blast case. The court posted the matter for next hearing on February 1.

The Congress high command has directed all its ruling states to form a “coordination committee” to maintain better coordination between the government and the organisation. “We will soon constitute a committee in the state,” says a senior party leader.

Agitating Gujjar leader K.S. Bainsla has signed a peace pact with the state government on Wednesday and announced that the community had called off its 17-day-old agitation for reservation in government services. “I immediately call off the agitation,” said Mr Bainsla after signing the pact at the state secretariat.

Gujjar leader K.S. Bainsla held a long meeting with energy minister Jitendar Singh on Tuesday evening to resolve the quota issue. “Talks were positive,” said Mr Bainsla while coming out of the meeting room. He indicated that there will be a meeting with chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday.

The talks between state government and agitating Gujjar leaders could not proceed as the community leaders insisted to involve Union minister of state Sachin Pilot and other Gujjar leaders.

The agitating Gujjar leaders agreed to hold talks after keeping senior officials waiting for the whole day in Bayana town under Bharatpur district. The Gujjars also withdrew from the rail tracks connecting Delhi to Mumbai, where they were squatting for a week. But the Gujjar leaders refused to call off the agitation.

As the Gujjar agitation entered its ninth day on Tuesday, chief minister Ashok Gehlot lashed out at the BJP claiming the conspiracy to revive the agitation was hatched in Nagpur during a high-profile wedding function. The state government had decided to reserve four per cent posts for the Gujjars till it got a legal nod.

Though the Rajasthan government described the first round of talks between Gujjar leader K.S.