Salik Ahmad

Man lynched in Rajasthan: Eyewitnesses say govt officials yelled ‘kill him’

Rajasthan’s Zaffar Hussein, a CPI (ML) member and activist, was allegedly beaten to death by civic officials after he objected to them taking photographs of women defecating in the open.

Funds from Gulf, European nations used to carry out conversion: Rajasthan textbook

The revised textbooks for classes 10, 11 and 12 also bring students up to speed on current “hot topics” such as the Uniform Civil Code, Hindi as the country’s contact language and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s foreign policies, especially with reference to Pakistan.

Flower power: Rajasthan Class 10 textbook says lotus represents Indian culture

The revised textbooks for classes 10, 11 and 12 also bring students up to speed on current “hot topics” such as the Uniform Civil Code, Hindi as the country’s contact language and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s foreign policies, especially with reference to Pakistan.

Demonetisation ‘campaign to wipe out black money’ in Rajasthan board textbooks

The Congress condemned the revised textbooks of the Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education.

Eating meat harms body, chant mantra before meals: Class 10 Rajasthan textbook

A chapter on balanced diet carries the six-line mantra under the subhead ‘Bhojan se poorv bolne ka mantra’.

In new Rajasthan textbooks, Veer Savarkar overshadows Gandhi and Nehru

The class 10 textbook reduces Mahatma Gandhi’s historical significance during India’s freedom struggle to a passing mention while the country’s first prime minister Jawahar Lal Nehru is missing from class 8 textbooks.

Plan to develop Hadoti as ‘thriving ecotourism site’

Home to a vibrant flora and fauna and with Chambal river flowing through it, the region comprising parts of Jhalawar, Kota, Baran and Bundi districts, has a huge tourism potential.

Muslims consider Ram as one of their 1,24,000 prophets: RSS leader

Indresh Kumar also said that Muslims of Ayodhya never went to pray at the Babri Masjid as they knew that their prayers would never be accepted and would rather be a sin.

Bikaner institute join hands with Kashmir varsity to study double hump camels

The aim of the study is to find out the genes responsible for adaptation in the camels, both single hump and double-hump.

Now grandmas to tell stories in Rajasthan govt schools

Grandmothers of students will be invited for storytelling sessions in government schools in Rajasthan once every month, said a recent order from the department of secondary education

Heat, thirst and dogs killing Rajasthan’s protected chinkaras

In April, more than 50 chinkaras have been killed in dog attacks after they strayed into human habitations in search of water.

JMC says don’t slaughter chicken at shops, slaughterhouses don’t have facility to slaughter birds

The Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) has recently issued a new form for those seeking to renew their licence for their meat shop or apply for a new licence. According to the new form, the person has to give an undertaking that he or she will not slaughter any animal or bird (including chicken) at the shop.

How professors and coaching centres colluded in Rajasthan’s question paper leak scam

The scam, which could very well be termed as the Vyapam moment of the desert state, was busted by the Special Operations Group (SOG) of the Rajasthan police on April 17

Month after Alwar attack by cow vigilantes, victims stare at debt, livelihood crisis

Bed-ridden and unable to earn livelihood since the attack, Azmat and Rafeeq have to pay for treatment and daily needs even as anxiety grips Jaisinghpur villagers about their occupation—dairy farming.

Rajasthan driver suffers heart attack, saves 40 passengers by parking bus to safety

The bus was on way from Dungarpur in the southern Rajasthan to Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh.

Kashmiri students ‘called stone-pelters’, beaten up in Rajasthan university

Students of Chittorgarh’s Mewar University say they were assaulted for no reason, police claim they got into an argument with locals.

Eight months on, transgenders still await ID cards in Rajasthan

The decision to issue separate ID cards to transgenders was taken at the first meeting of the transgender welfare board in August last year, but the board has made little progress in the direction.

₹1-lakh income ceiling will shut RTE admission doors for many: Activists

The state government’s notification, which defined weaker sections as those whose annual income is not more than ₹1 lakh, will prevent many poor children from getting school admissions under the right to education (RTE) Act, activists said.

Alwar lynching: Resentment in cattle market where Pehlu Khan made last purchase

The traders at the fair are seething with resentment against gau rakshaks and police. Most of them are victims of harassment, extortion and even assault by cow vigilantes, and Khan’s death has only reinforced their anger.

Warm Ajmer welcomes Pakistani pilgrims to Urs under tight security watch

This year 402 pilgrims from Pakistan have come to Ajmer for the 805th death anniversary of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti

Rajputs in Rajasthan attack Dalit wedding group, assault women

“You scavenger caste, you have been kicked with boots, how dare you take a wedding procession with loudspeakers,” the Rajputs said before attacking the Dalit groom’s procession.

Dalit wedding procession attacked by Rajput men in Churu

A year after Delta Meghwal’s death, family ‘allergic’ to education

Mahendra Ram Meghwal, whose daughter, Delta was found dead on March 29, 2016, after being allegedly raped and killed in Rajasthan’s Bikaner, is today a bitter man, waging a lone battle to get justice.

In Rajasthan CM Raje’s constituency, pay Rs 15,000 annually and adopt a cow

Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje’s constituency Jhalawar has unveiled a scheme that allows people to adopt a cow at government run shelters by paying Rs 15,000 annually

To promote bovine love, Rajasthan starts adopt-a-cow scheme

Jhalawar, chief minister’s constituency, has started a scheme in which people can pay ₹15,000 a year to adopt a cow at any of the 28 licensed cow shelters in the district

Love jihad: Muslims of Rajasthan village boycotted after man elopes with Hindu woman

A mahapanchayat decided to boycott Muslims from Gudia village in Rajasthan’s Hanumangarh district, after a 21-year-old woman from Khara Khera village eloped with a Muslim man on March 13, a day before her marriage to another man.

2007 Ajmer blast case: Swami Aseemanand acquitted, three people convicted

A special court in Jaipur acquitted on Wednesday former Rashtriya Sawamsevak Sangh (RSS) pracharak Swami Aseemanand and one other person in the 2007 Ajmer Dargah bomb blast case. Three other accused were convicted.

Udaipur rape victim’s family agrees to keep baby after finding out it’s a boy

The family members of a 16-year-old rape victim in Udaipur have decided to keep her baby after they found out that it was a boy. They had earlier expressed reservations in this regard.

In Room No 23, only sign of ‘VIP treatment’ is a signboard

State health minister Kali Charan Saraf Saturday reportedly said that the BJP workers can go to Room No .23 and avail VIP facilities. The comment evoked a sharp reaction from the opposition Congress following which the minister claimed that he was misquoted.

The longest night: Alwar villagers live in shadow of ‘man-eater’ leopard

Leopards have also become one of the biggest casualties of growing human population, their habitats destroyed and prey based diminished.