Senior Cabinet Ministers, including Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari met Prime Minister Narendra Modi to brief him over the suicide of farmer Gajendra Singh.
At Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas's nuptials, the Adil Manuel Collective played funk, jazz and R&B for longer than planned that evening at the Umaid Bhawan Palace in Jodhpur. One of the couple's friends in the audience yelled: 'Are you guys even from India?' Adil Manuel offered to show her their passports.
'In Chhattisgarh, MP and Rajasthan, he is far more popular than the defeated chief ministers,' notes Karan Thapar.
Gandhi was referring to prime minister's 'silence' on Rafale fighter aircraft deal with France and the Modi government's 'failure' to bring fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya to book.
A senior official said that Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje gave the direction in this regard to the home department yesterday following which remarks of the director general of police were sought on Wednesday.
The man who could well have been a high-level corporate may have to content himself being deputy chief minister. But other challenges await.
British firm Cairn Energy has approached the Rajasthan government seeking permission for commercial production of up to six million tonnes of pit oil a year from its fields in Barmer district.
The 41-year-old 'young gun' travelled the length and breadth of the state to strengthen the party at the grassroots level and ensure its comeback.
The erstwhile royal family of Jaipur on Thursday took its battle with Jaipur Development Authority over Raj Mahal Palace to the streets with 'Rajamata' Padmini Devi taking out a rally in which scores of her supporters participated.
The CM said the decision to sack Khan was taken after examining a audio clip of a purported conversation in which the food minister was heard asking for a bribe from a builder.
'The sacrifice made by Queen Padmini is a matter of pride for the state,' Raje said.
The precautions are being proposed to ensure that other cattle varieties are not exported or transported outside the state as Nagori cattle
A cyclonic circulation over Haryana was the trigger for the deadly dust storm that swept parts of Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, weather experts said.
He said he is 'more than satisfied' with his long political career as a five-time Lok Sabha MP, three time Union minister and chief minister for 10 years.
Shivraj Singh Chouhan was on Saturday sworn in as Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister for third consecutive term, nearly a week after he led Bharatiya Janata Party to a spectacular hat-trick in Assembly elections.
Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje breaks her silence.
For the first time in the Jaipur City constituency not a single rally has been held for any candidate contesting for the state capital seat.
Health Minister Shatrughan Sinha is likely to be allotted another portfolio, BJP sources said.
Hitting back at the Congress after its Saharanpur leader Imran Masood threatened to chop Narendra Modi to pieces in a hate speech, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje said the Lok Sabha results will clearly show who will be cut to size and who will be the winner.
The member, Somya Gurjar, handed over her resignation to Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje.
She watched Khakee on the recommendation of Deputy Prime Minister Lal Kishenchand Advani.
Officers who have gone on yearend leave have been informally asked to join duty immediately.
'If you compare Rahul with Modi, then Modi seems larger.' 'The campaign has been built to show that Rahul is not mature enough to lead the nation.'
Says govt is creating conditions for greater private investment
Raje is likely to meet the BJP top brass amidst mounting opposition pressure for her resignation.
Upset over denial of Lok Sabha ticket, senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh on Monday filed his nomination papers from Barmer as an Independent, leaving the central leadership sulking over his decision.
The Congress on Thursday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his "silence" on the Lalit Modi controversy, saying he should come out of his 'meditation' and answer the nation as he too is "liable".
The Russian president, who flew in from China, was received at the airport by Minister of State Vasundhara Raje and Foreign Secretary Kanwal Sibal.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
She would be the chief minister if the BJP wins the assembly election in Rajasthan, Advani said.
In the Narendra Modi-Shah masterminded regime, organisational elections have acquired the gravity, authority and colour of a national or state poll, reports Radhika Ramaseshan.
He was returning to Delhi after a day's visit to Lucknow when his plane was diverted to Jaipur.
The latest updates from the Tamil film industry.
Names of the remaining 90 candidates will be short-listed in a day or so, Raje told a press conference in Jaipur.
Whatever the outcome of the assembly election in Rajasthan, Ashok Gehlot is firmly ensconced in the Congress inner circle.
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