Human right groups have made a fresh appeal to secure amnesty on humanitarian grounds for jailed Pakistani virologist Dr Khaleel Chishty in Ajmer while right wing Hindu activists also geared up to oppose such attempts. “We hope for the best, insallah sab theek hoga” Dr Chishty told local media while going for medical check up.

The local administration in Bikaner is searching records of princely states to find details about the Japanese prisoners of war [POW] kept in Bikaner during World War II.

The deck has been cleared for the release of Pakistani virologist, Dr Khaleel Chishty, who has been serving a jail term in connection with a murder in Ajmer.

The brother of parliamentary secretary Dili Choudhary ended his life on Sunday in Jaipur by shooting himself at his sister Kanta Choudhary’s residence in the city.

A local court in Alwar found five persons guilty of poaching the tiger in Sariska reserve and sentenced them to seven years’ imprisonment. The court has also imposed a fine of `1.30 lakh on each of them. This was the seventh case since year 2007 when the court sentenced the poachers under the Wild Life Act.

A local court has extended the judicial custody of Swami Aseemanand, an accused in the Ajmer Dargah bomb blast case, till June 24.

After the reinduction of Uma Bharti into the party BJP leaders were trying to woo Meena strongman and Dausa MP Kirodi Lal Meena,who had put a spanner in the party’s way in the last Assembly elections. The senior BJP leader and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley, had called on Mr Meena recently during his Jaipur visit.

The man who tried to attack Congress leader Janardhan Dwivedi with a shoe in Delhi by posing as a journalist of a Rajasthan fortnightly is not associated with any newspaper in the state.

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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has mentioned the name of a senior BJP leader and former minister Rajendra Rathore in a chargesheet filed against suspects in the Dara Singh alias Dariya encounter case. The CBI described the incident in which Dariya was killed on October, 23, 2006 in Mansarovar area of Jaipur as “stage-managed.”

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday named Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Rajasthan minister Rajendra Singh Rathore in its charge sheet for 2006 Dara Singh shootout case.