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.
As of Thursday, June 18, Narendra Modi and Amit Shah did not have an escape route to save the Rajasthan chief minister.
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Ramesh released some fresh documents including one of 1949 which showed that the Dholpur Palace was owned by the Rajasthan government.
Large number of locals were seen queuing up at the ticket counters.
Joshi said he does not want the 'dignity' of the prestigious event to be compromised by the Padmaavat controversy.
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.
Health Minister Shatrughan Sinha is likely to be allotted another portfolio, BJP sources said.
'There is no money with the villagers as there is little work.'
The highest winning margin was registered by BJP candidate Subhash Chandra Baheria in Bhilwara who defeated Congress candidate Ram Pal Sharma with a margin of 6,12,000 votes.
The Congress has made lack of jobs, along with agrarian distress, its key election plank in the run-up to the December 7 assembly polls.
She watched Khakee on the recommendation of Deputy Prime Minister Lal Kishenchand Advani.
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.
Officers who have gone on yearend leave have been informally asked to join duty immediately.
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.
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 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.
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.
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
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.
She would be the chief minister if the BJP wins the assembly election in Rajasthan, Advani said.
He was returning to Delhi after a day's visit to Lucknow when his plane was diverted to Jaipur.
Names of the remaining 90 candidates will be short-listed in a day or so, Raje told a press conference in Jaipur.
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 government is open to specific offers of foreign investment in the nuclear power sector, Minister of State for Atomic Energy and Space Vasundhara Raje said on Thursday.
'The sacrifice made by Queen Padmini is a matter of pride for the state,' Raje said.
Says govt is creating conditions for greater private investment
The member, Somya Gurjar, handed over her resignation to Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje.
Raje is likely to meet the BJP top brass amidst mounting opposition pressure for her resignation.
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.
'In Chhattisgarh, MP and Rajasthan, he is far more popular than the defeated chief ministers,' notes Karan Thapar.
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 precautions are being proposed to ensure that other cattle varieties are not exported or transported outside the state as Nagori cattle
Deputy Prime Minister Lal Kishenchand Advani will flag off the yatra and it would be led by the state unit chief of the BJP, Vasundhara Raje.
