Rajasthan

Udaipur, May 13 (PTI) The Congress on Friday said it will discuss alliance issues after strengthening its own organisation and unifying its cadres as no partner will come if you don't have any investment .

Ahead of the three-day 'Chintan Shivir' here, senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge said the party will decide on alliances with those parties that subscribe to its ideology and are concerned over the "attack" on democracy and the Constitution and want to save them.

Jaipur, May 14 (PTI) Two people have been arrested in Rajasthan's Bhilwara for marrying off their minor children, police said on Saturday.

Bhilwara Superintendent of Police Adarsh Sidhu said the marriage of Sadapur village resident Kishan Lal's minor son with Jassu ji Ka Kheda resident Prabhu Lal Balai's daughter had taken place in the Jahazpur area on May 11.

The SP said a special police team arrested Kishan Lal (33) and Prabhu Lal Balai (40) with the technical assistance of the cyber cell.

Jaipur, May 10 (PTI) Former Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot on Tuesday hit out at the Centre over the fall in the Indian rupee against the US dollar, saying it has ruined the country's economy.

"The tenure of the Centre on the economic issues of the country is full of failures. The biggest fall recorded in rupee against dollar is proof that the central government has ruined the country's economy," Pilot tweeted.

Jaipur, May 6 (PTI) A court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for kidnapping and raping a minor girl in Rajasthan's Baran district, police said on Friday.

A special court for trial of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act cases sentenced Sonu Chaudhary (30), hailing from Sheopur district of Madhya Pradesh, to life imprisonment till death and imposed a fine of Rs 70,000 on him, Baran Superintendent of Police Kalyan Mal Meena said.

Jaipur, May 6 (PTI) Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday alleged that the BJP and the government run by it at the Centre are suppressing the media, which only shows debates on religious polarisation while ignoring real issues.

Gehlot said this expressing concern over India's ranking in the Press Freedom Index, in which country stood at 150th spot among 180 nations.

Jaipur, May 4 (PTI) As many as 141 people have been arrested so far in connection with communal clashes over the hoisting of a flag before Eid in Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's constituency Jodhpur where a curfew continued for the second consecutive day on Wednesday.

The situation is under control and no fresh incident of violence has been reported, police said.

Nearly 1,000 police personnel have been deployed to maintain law and order.

Jaipur, Apr 27 (PTI) Rajasthan Congress president Govind Singh Dotasra on Wednesday said the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is a hidden termite that is hollowing out the society.

"The Sangh is trying to divide the society and pitching brother against brother by spreading false and misleading facts in the society by pretending to be a cultural and social institution," Dotasra said in a statement.

He said, "The RSS is a hidden termite which is hollowing out the society by spreading poison."

Jaipur, Apr 3 (PTI) Curfew remained clamped in Rajasthan's Karauli on Sunday, while more than a dozen people were arrested and an SIT was formed to probe the communal clashes that broke out in the district during a motorcycle rally taken out to celebrate the Hindu new year.

A total of 46 people have been arrested -- 13 in connection with the violence and 33 for violating the curfew. Seven people are under detention for questioning and 21 vehicles have also been seized.

Jaipur, Apr 3 (PTI) A 55-year-old man was killed on Sunday in a fight between two vegetable sellers in Beawar town of Rajasthan's Ajmer district, police said.

The incident occurred in a vegetable market where a seller, Mohammad Salim, had an argument with another vendor over the issue of bike parking.

A pick-up jeep which had come to deliver vegetables to the other seller hit the motorcycle of Salim's son, leading to a heated exchange between the two, according to police.

Jaipur, Mar 27 (PTI) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday dissolved its all units in Rajasthan to restructure the party organisation to prepare for the state assembly polls.

The party has started expanding its base in Congress-ruled Rajasthan after it formed the government in Punjab.

AAP's new election in-charge in Rajasthan Vinay Mishra announced the dissolution of all units, including the state executive, in a party workers' meeting at Birla Auditorium here.