A departmental inquiry by the police to look into the alleged breach of protocol in Ajmer, after Pakistan federal minister for commerce Makhdoom Amin Fahim addressed a gathering of his supporters, hel

The ruling Congress party in Rajasthan has decided to constitute its units at village panchayats levels to broaden the organisation’s support.

For the first time in Rajasthan, the district administration has slapped a fine on its own officials, including a sub-divisional magistrate (SDM), for delay in delivering things to a farmer in Bikaner district under the Rajasthan Public Services Guarantee Act (RPSGA).

As a gesture of defiance, a panel discussion was held later with writer Javed Akhtar, Rahul Bose, journalist Tarun Tejpal, and two members of the Rajasthan Muslim Forum — Salim Engineer, national secretary of the Jamaat-e-Islami, and Mohammed Hasan, an academic and activist.

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 five-day Jaipur Literature Festival closed on a sad, angry and distressing note on Tuesday when even the image of Salman Rushdie, the author of the Booker of Bookers Midnight’s Children, The Satan

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

The five-day Jaipur Literature Festival closed on a sad, angry and distressing note on Tuesday when even the image of Salman Rushdie, the author of the Booker of Bookers Midnight’s Children, The Satanic Verses and other novels, was not allowed to appear on a video screen because of the fear of violence.

Salman Rushdie, taking to a TV channel from London on Tuesday evening, was calm, even belligerent. He said the fact that he was allowed to interact with authors and readers at a literary festival “is much worse than censorship, because it comes with a threat of violence. It’s tyranny”.

What do you think happens when two Bollywood titans meet? On Monday, day four of the Jaipur Literature Festival, Javed Akhtar and Gulzar shared the dais, along with lyricist Prasoon Joshi and director, writer and music composer Vishal Bhardwaj, to discuss “Kahani Kisko Kehte Kain? Script, Story, Screenplay”.