The Rajasthan government is taking serious note of the rising number of cases of teachers reporting to the schools in drunken condition. Education minister Bhanwar Lal Meghwal admitted that 18 such cases have been reported in the past two years.

Rajasthan government on Thursday suspended three doctors in connection with the death of women who were given intravenous fluid in two state-run hospitals in Jodhpur.

Tension gripped Ajmer city and marble town of Kishangarh after Bhanwar Sinodia’s body, the son of a ruling Congress MLA Nathuram Sinodia, was found in a vehicle near Jaipur on Thursday. He was shot dead after abduction on Wednesday in Ajmer district’s Roopangarh. Mr Sinodia represents Kishangarh constituency in the state Assembly.

Even though they have performed around the world and mesmerised the audiences with their talent, when they return to their villages in the Thar desert of Rajasthan, they get upset.

BJP leader Vasundhara Raje was on Wednesday appointed as the leader of Opposition in Rajasthan Assembly, a year after she had to quit the post following the party's poor performance in Assembly and Parliamentary polls.

The much-awaited reshuffle in the Congress drew mixed reactions in Rajasthan where the party organisation is waiting to get a new PCC chief in place of Mr C.P.

In a surprising political development, the BJP has elected former chief minister Vasundhra Raje as leader for the Assembly at the party office on Saturday in presence of two Central observers Venkaiah

BJP legislators will choose their leader of Opposition for Vidhan Sabha in the presence of central observers on Saturday.

The BJP is all set to elect its leader for the Assembly in presence of party’s two Central observers on February 26 in Jaipur. The rival factions in the saffron party geared up to formulate their strategy in view of the MLAs’ meeting.

A number of Indian labourers from Rajasthan are stuck in strife-torn Libya amid unrest and violence against Col. Gaddafi while their family members requested authorities to make arrangements for their repatriation. CM Ashok Gehlot sent a letter to external affairs minister S.M. Krishna seeking a relief for the stranded labourers.