Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Wednesday said that the killing of tailor Kanhaiya Lal in Udaipur was both against Islam as well as humanity. “The perpetrators are enemies of Islam. The brutality and cruelty with which the killing took place shows the duo’s Talbani mindset. This kind ofRead More →
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Wednesday directed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to take over the investigation into the murder of Kanhaiya Lal Teli, a tailor who was hacked to death by two men in Rajasthan’s Udaipur a day earlier. In a statement, the Home Minister’s Office said, “TheRead More →
NEARLY THREE weeks before he was hacked to death inside his tailoring shop, Kanhaiya Lal was arrested on an FIR lodged against him for allegedly hurting religious feelings — and, following his release on bail, had sought police protection citing death threats. ADG (Law and Order) Hawa Singh Ghumaria toldRead More →
The Rajasthan government is considering bringing in legislation to give the Chief Minister the power to appoint chancellors for the 28 state-funded universities. As per the Bill, the Governor, who is at present the Chancellor, will become the Visitor of these universities. If the new legislation — titled Rajasthan StateRead More →
Manoj Kumari believed in her husband. She was sure that he would become a branch manager at his bank, took his word when he promised their honeymoon in Kashmir would be safe and that would one day they would return to Rajasthan. He managed to keep one promise. The otherRead More →
Eight years of the BJP-led NDA dispensation have been dedicated to the country’s balanced development, social justice and social security, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday while asserting that people’s faith in the government’s delivery mechanism has been restored post-2014. Addressing the BJP’s national office bearers’ meeting in JaipurRead More →
Last month, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot announced his government’s intention to enact the Rajasthan Guaranteed Right to Services and Accountability Law that civil society organisations have been demanding for quite some time. In an interview, Aruna Roy and Nikhil Dey of the Soochna Evum Rozgar Adhikar Abhiyan (SR Abhiyan),Read More →
Police said that a seven-year-old disabled girl from a Dalit community was raped in Rajasthan’s Chittorgarh district on Thursday and that they arrested an 18-year-old man in connection with the incident. “The accused, who lives in the same neighbourhood as the girl, raped her after taking her to a fieldRead More →
