Rajasthan
- India
No more Sheru or Shaitan: Rajasthan govt to change student names if offensive
Jaipur: Names like “Sheru”, “Shaitan” and other unusual or derogatory monikers often finding their way into school registers could soon be a thing of the past in Rajasthan, with the state government…
- India
Petrol bombs hurled at mosque in Rajasthan’s Alwar, two arrested
Alwar: Rajasthan police on Saturday, April 11, apprehended two miscreants, identified as Paramjeet alias Nonu and Praveen Gurjar, after they hurled petrol bombs at a mosque. On April 9, a group of…
- India
SC agrees to hear plea challenging validity of Rajasthan’s anti-conversion law
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, April 13, agreed to hear a plea challenging the validity of the Rajasthan Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2025. A bench of Chief…
- India
15-year-old girl, who went missing from Arunachal, rescued from Rajasthan
Itanagar: A 15-year-old girl from Arunachal Pradesh, missing since December last year, has been rescued from Rajasthan’s Banswara district, police said on Sunday, April 12. Capital Superintendent of Police Jummar Basar said…
- India
Right to vote, right to contest not fundamental rights: Supreme Court
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday, April 10, reiterated that neither the right to vote nor the right to contest an election is a fundamental right, holding that both are purely statutory…
- Sports
IPL under Sooryavanshi spell: 15-yr-old hits 78 off 26 balls in easy RR victory
Guwahati: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi proved one can better the best by playing another astonishing innings – a 26-ball 78 with seven sixes – to set up an easy six-wicket victory for Rajasthan Royals (RR)…
- Hate Crime
Muslim vendors harassed, asked to show ID proof to continue working
In two separate incidents, Muslim workers faced harassment from local residents who demanded to see their identification and proof of police verification for working in the area. A video from Punjab’s Ludhiana…
- World
Lung diseases among workers who built major US Hindu temple: Report
Workers who helped construct the BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham temple in New Jersey, one of the largest Hindu temples outside India, have developed serious respiratory illnesses, including silicosis, an incurable lung disease linked…
- India
Bomb threat triggers evacuation at Rajasthan court, turns out to be hoax
Jaipur: A bomb threat to the district and sessions court complex in Rajasthan’s Sriganganagar triggered panic on Wednesday, March 25, prompting authorities to evacuate the premises and launch a search operation, officials…
- India
Rajasthan to teach local dialects in government schools
Jaipur: Rajasthan has launched a multilingual education initiative in government schools to make learning more engaging by incorporating local dialects into classroom teaching, officials said. To bridge the gap between home and…
- India
Rajasthan VHP set up 24/7 helpline to report ‘love jihad’
Jaipur: The Rajasthan Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Friday, March 20, launched a 24-hour “helpline” to report “love jihad,” “land jihad” and religious conversion in the state. The right-wing outfit said people…
- India
Rajasthan ACB arrests police constable while accepting bribe of Rs 20,000
Jaipur: The Rajasthan Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) caught a police constable when he was allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 from a garage owner in Udaipur, officials said on Thursday, March 12.…
- Hyderabad
Adulterated cooking oil, wheat flour worth Rs 21 lakh seized in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The Madhapur Special Operations Team conducted raids at two locations in Hyderabad on Monday, March 9. During the raid, thousands of litres of adulterated cooking oil and wheat flour were seized.…
- India
Nasir-Junaid murder case: Monu Manesar returns to village after getting bail
Gurugram: Monu Manesar, accused in the 2023 Junaid and Nasir murder case, returned to his native village in Gurugram after being released on bail from a Rajasthan jail, where villagers welcomed him…
- India
Aamir drove truck with vegetables, not cattle. Yet cow vigilantes killed him
Bhiwadi: A 28-year-old man, Aamir, was allegedly killed by cow vigilantes in Rajasthan’s Bhiwadi area in the early hours of March 2, with his family claiming that he was shot by members…
