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.

Chief minister Ashok Gehlot has launched a frontal attack on the BJP and its senior leaders saying former deputy prime minister L.K. Advani has no moral right to criticise UPA chairperson Soina Gandhi. “Whenever the BJP faces infighting, it always raise issues like Bofors,” says Mr Gehlot.

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.

The management of India’s Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti’s dargah strongly objected to the formation of a trust in Karachi in the name of the saint. “We have decided to send a notice to the trust,” said Nazim Ahamd Raza.

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 agitating Gujjar leaders have sent a strong contingent of 60 community members to Jaipur for talks with the government.

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.

In a flip-flop after agreeing to hold talks with the Rajasthan government on the quota issue, agitating Gujjars on Friday demanded the intervention of Congress leaders from the community before they proceeded for the third round of parleys aimed at ending their 12-day stir.

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.