Along with Aseemanand, Devendra Gupta, Lokesh Sharma, Chandrashekher Leve, Bharat Mohan Rateshwar, Jarshad Bhjai and Mukesh Wasani have been charged under sections 302 (murder) and 307 (attempt to murder) of IPC.
Intense monsoon rains brought normal life to a standstill in several parts of eastern and central Rajasthan, flooding out roads, rail tracks, low-lying residential areas and hospitals and claiming seven lives since Sunday night.
BJP leader Diya Kumari, who was elected deputy chief minister of Rajasthan along with Prem Chand Bairwa, is a member of erstwhile Jaipur royal family and a two-time MLA.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday offered a chadar at the dargah of Sufi saint Moinuddin Chishti on the occasion of the 801st Urs. Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office V Narayanasamy offered the chadar on behalf of Dr Singh.
The spiritual head urged the government to legislate a special law and ban illegal slaughterhouses across the country.
A thick security blanket involving hundreds of policemen besides snipers and commandos would be put in place for the visit of Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari in Ajmer on April 8.
The Rajasthan Anti Terror Squad (ATS) has moved an Ajmer court for permission to conduct a narco-analysis test on Devendra Gupta, who was arrested for his alleged role in the 2007 Ajmer Dargah blast. Gupta is allegedly linked to Hindu outfits.
The 2007 Ajmer Shariff blast was carried out to deter Hindus from going to the famous shrine and the act was carried out by a group of extremists whose members belonged to both majority and minority communities, Swami Aseemanand, an accused in the case has said in his confessional statement.
Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chief Yasin Malik left Ajmer on Friday night following a protest by Bharatiya Janata Party workers during which a shoe was also flung at him.
Before the event, many right-wing activists protested outside the venue. One of the protesters also hurled black ink on the poster of Shah.
Claiming to have found new leads in the 2007 Ajmer blast case, the Rajasthan Anti-Terrorist Squad has seized a car believed to have been used in transporting the bombs even as the names of four more people cropped up in connection with the case.
The Central Bureau of Investigation made a startling revelation on Saturday regarding the direct involvement of two RSS men in the Ajmer blasts. The crime against the duo -- Ashol Varshney and Ashok Berry -- was that they had harboured Devender Gupta, one of the key accused in the Ajmer blasts case.
Narsinghanand has several cases against him, including for allegedly making a hate speech at a conclave in Haridwar in December 2021, and was out on bail.
Devendra Gupta, arrested in connection with the 2007 Ajmer Dargah bomb blast and suspected to have links with a Hindu militant outfit, filed a revision petition in an Ajmer court on Thursday against the proposed narco and brain mapping tests on him by Rajasthan ATS.
The two actors sought blessings ahead of their film's release on January 30.
Syed Salim was at the Ajmer dargah on October 11,2007, like a lot of other pious Muslims to offer his prayers, when a bomb ripped through the shrine. However, little did he know that he would be tagged as the bomber after his death.
The Central Bureau of Investigation is all set to bring the accused of Ajmer blast, Devender Gupta and Lokesh Sharma, to Hyderabad in connection with Mecca Masjid blast in May, 2007.
Devotees at the dargah thronged around the actor and clicked selfies with her.
The Rajasthan police has arrested a man having alleged links with a Hindu militant outfit in connection with the 2007 Ajmer Dargah bomb blast, which killed three people and injured over 30 others.
The Rajasthan police have taken into custody a man from Chanda village here for interrogation in connection with the October 11 bomb blast at the shrine of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti in Ajmer, the police said.
Religious Affairs Minister Hamid Saeed Kazmi, who is on an official visit to India as the head of the Pakistani delegation taking part in the Urs celebrations during June 14-24, said only 500 Pakistanis had been granted visas for the event in Ajmer. On the other hand, Pakistan grants visas to thousands of Indian Sikhs and Hindus to visit their holy places in Pakistan, he said.
The Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai Dobaara cast, along with producer Ekta Kapoor, sought blessings ahead of the film's release on August 15.
Judge Dinesh Gupta let off the right-wing activist and six others, giving them "benefit of doubt".
Even though the NIA claims that more than 90 per cent of cases charge-sheeted have ended in conviction, the figure is likely misleading. To date, very few cases investigated by the NIA have resulted in a completed trial, points out former CBI joint director Navneet Rajan Wasan.
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangha on Tuesday vehemently denied the charges against some of its top functionaries in the Ajmer dargah blast case, saying 'tirade by political leaders and investigators indicated that the accusations were politically motivated.'
Amid the scorching heat, with temperatures soaring between 47 and 50 degrees Celsius, irregular electricity supply has added fuel to the fire, aggravating problems for people, farmers, and the industrial sector. While the state's Bhajan Lal Sharma-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government claims to be improving the power supply, the opposition is trying to corner the government on the issue. Amid all this, undeclared power cuts are continuing in districts including the capital, that are already facing power cuts.
K Natwar Singh wore many hats as he straddled the worlds of diplomacy, politics and writing but what remained consistent across decades was his sharp-wit and plainspeaking.
At Wagah, Pakistani Rangers offered sweets to Border Security Force personnel as officials on both sides shook hands at the Zero Line on the International Border.
Syed Firdaus Ashraf speaks to Haji Syed Salman Chisti, Gaddi Nashi, Dargah Ajmer Sharif, the hereditary custodian of the dargah and the 26th generation descendant of Khwaja Garib Nawaz (as the Pir is known) to understand the meaning and significance of the gesture.
Jat had served as Minister of State for Water Resources in the Narendra Modi government.
An anti-cow slaughter activist has been arrested from Gujarat by the Rajasthan Anti-Terrorist Squad for his alleged involvement in the 2007 Ajmer dargah blast in which three persons were killed. This is the fifth arrest in connection with the case. Mukesh Vasani, 42, who allegedly planted a bomb on the premises of the dargah of Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti, was taken into custody from Godhra on Wednesday and produced in a court in Ajmer.
Elaborate security arrangements have been made for the high-profile visit of Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, who is scheduled to pay obeisance at the dargah of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti on Sunday.
The actress is currently in Rajasthan shooting for Ashutosh Gowarikar's Jodha-Akbar, with Hrithik Roshan.
A Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh functionary, accused in Ajmer blast case, moved a Delhi court seeking registration of an FIR against the Central Bureau of Investigation and Tehelka magazine for making public right-wing activist Swami Aseemanand's confessional statement.
The Harkat-ul-Jihad-al Islami, which has been maintaining a low-profile for some time, is planning a second terror attack on Ajmer, according to Intelligence Bureau sources.Intelligence Bureau sources told rediff.com that the HuJI, an offshoot of the dreaded Laskhar-e-Tayiba, plans to send across a double message through this operation. The police crackdown on the Bangladeshi immigrants following the Jaipur blasts has not gone down too well with the outfit.
A local court on Friday rejected the application of Swami Aseemanand, an accused in several terror cases, to turn an approver in the Ajmer Dargah blast after he claimed the plea was filed under the pressure from investigating agencies.
Rajasthan Anti Terrorist Squared has arrested one more person from Gujarat in connection with the 2007 Ajmer dargah blast case following interrogation of Swami Aseemanand whose custody was on Saturday extended till February 11.
After spending over 14 months in jail, 80-year-old ailing Pakistani scientist Mohammed Khalil Chisti was on Wednesday released on bail from Ajmer jail in a two-decade-old murder case and said he wanted to return to his homeland soon.
Eggs are being sold at Re one apiece against Rs 1.75 before the scare while a broiler chicken is available for Rs eight against Rs 35 earlier.
Pakistan on Friday advised its nationals not to participate in the annual 'urs' at the Sufi shrine in Ajmer after India said it could not ensure their safety and security.
