Former defence minister Mulayam Singh Yadav shared the dais with BJP leaders in Jaipur while felicitating Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) detainees on Friday and cautioned people that there are forces who are trying to weaken democracy. A section of the saffron leaders expressed displeasure over it.

Elephants got a new home as India’s first Elephant Village was inaugurated at Kunda on Saturday. The mahawats [keepers] moved into newly-built houses amid celebrations at the village which is the first of its kind. “'I am so moved as a four-decades-old dream of Mahawat community has come true,” said Abdul Rashid, the president of Elephant Owners association.

Even as Congress workers were busy celebrating the birthday of their leader Rahul Gandhi, a junior engineer, Mr Vijesh Saini, penned a “Rahul Chalisa” in praise of Mr Gandhi. Mr Saini presented the chalisa to chief minister Ashok Gehlot. “I am moved by Rahul’s personality as a leader,” says Mr Saini.

Half-a-dozen ruling Congress MLAs are under the scanner for allegedly changing their preferences for second candidate in the Rajya Sabha elections. The Opposition BJP also got stunned when two of its votes were rejected. According to sources, three Independent MLAs supporting the Congress cast their vote in favour of the BJP.

Jaipur’s chief judicial magistrate Thursday directed the police to file an FIR against some BJP leaders and the managers of a resort for screening a pirated DVD of Prakash Jha’s Raajneeti for BJP MLAs

The BJP’s move to lock up its MLAs at a resort is not new. The Rajasthan BJP has witnessed herding of its MLAs and ministers in the past too. The party had treated Jharkhand MLAs to royal hospitality when it was in power in Rajasthan.

The Opposition BJP has claimed all of its 79 MLAs, barring one, have checked into the resort Jaipur Greens on Jaipur-Ajmer road for crucial Rajya Sahba poll slated to held on Thursday in Jaipur.

Though he is contesting Rajya Sabha elections as an Independent from Rajasthan, industrialist-turned-politician Santosh Bagrodia says he has faith in the leadership of Mrs Sonia Gandhi and Mr Rahul Gandhi. “Even though I am in the fray as an Independent, Soniaji is my leader,” Mr Bagrodia said. His presence in the fray is giving the

Independent MLA from Rajasthan’s Bassi constituency Anju Khangwal landed in trouble while the Scheduled Tribes Commission questioned her certificate as a tribal and recommended action against her.

A 75-year-old accused was tied and hung from a tree outside a police station in Rajasthan's Dholpur district, allegedly by three policemen, including a station house officer, who were later suspended.