Rajasthan crisis: Speaker requests SC to stop High Court from passing verdict
Jul 22, 2020, at 06:59 pm
Jaipur/IBNS: Deepening the ongoing political crisis in Rajasthan amid Covid-19 pandemic, Assembly Speaker CP Joshi on Wednesday requested the Supreme Court to intervene and stop the high court from delivering a verdict on the pleas filed by 19 rebel Congress MLAs against the disqualification notices served to them.
Rajasthan crisis: Speaker to move SC after Sachin Pilot camp gets relief over disqualification
Jul 22, 2020, at 04:21 pm
Jaipur/IBNS: Leading the desert state to a constitutional crisis amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Rajasthan Assembly Speaker CP Joshi on Wednesday said he will knock the doors of the Supreme Court after his disqualification notices served to 19 rebel Congress MLAs were put on hold by the high court.
Rajasthan HC rules no disqualification of Sachin Pilot camp till Jul 24, verdict on Friday
Jul 21, 2020, at 09:00 pm
Jaipur/IBNS: The Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday ruled no rebel Congress MLAs including Sachin Pilot can be disqualified till Jul 24, media reports said.
Rajasthan HC to resume hearing on pleas filed by Sachin Pilot camp against MLAs' disqualification
Jul 21, 2020, at 03:57 pm
Jaipur/IBNS: The Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday will resume hearing on the pleas filed by rebel Congress leader Sachin Pilot and his 18 loyalists against the disqualification notices served to them by Assembly Speaker CP Joshi.
Jul 20, 2020, at 06:27 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress leader and advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi said the court has no jurisdiction in matters related to Speaker (Assembly Speaker) as the Rajasthan High Court on Monday resumed hearing on the pleas filed by Sachin Pilot and his loyalists against the disqualification notices served to them.
Rajasthan Congress crisis: Ashok Gehlot claims 2 Bharatiya Tribal Party MLAs' support
Jul 19, 2020, at 02:01 am
Jaipur/IBNS: Amid the ongoing political crisis in the Congress-ruled state Rajasthan, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday claimed the support of two regional party MLAs.
Rajasthan Crisis: BJP questions Congress on phone tapping; seeks CBI probe into audio tapes released
Jul 18, 2020, at 09:28 pm
Jaipur/IBNS: Amid the ongoing power tussle in Rajasthan, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has questioned the ruling Congress if the phones of the state leaders are being tapped as case based on the telephonic conversation between BJP leaders has been filed to investigate an alleged conspiracy to topple the Ashok Gehlot government.
Congress suspends MLAs Bhanwar Lal Sharma, Vishvendra Singh for 'anti-party activities'
Jul 17, 2020, at 06:55 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Congress on Friday suspended its rebel Rajasthan MLAs Bhanwar Lal Sharma and Vishvendra Singh for "anti-party activities".
Rajasthan political crisis: Cases filed against Union Minister, rebel Congress leader
Jul 17, 2020, at 05:16 pm
Jaipur/New Delhi/IBNS: Cases have been filed against Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and rebel Congress MLA Bhanwar Lal Sharma for allegedly conspiring against the Congress government in Rajasthan, media reports said.
Vasundhara Raje asked Congress MLAs to support Ashok Gehlot: BJP ally
Jul 17, 2020, at 06:12 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Adding a new twist to the ongoing political drama in Rajasthan, a lawmaker of Bharatiya Janata Party's ally in the state alleged that former CM Vasundhara Raje is helping her successor Ashok Gehlot by asking Congress MPs to support the present Chief Minister, whose government faces a threat from rebel leader Sachin Pilot.
Jul 16, 2020, at 10:03 pm
Jaipur/IBNS: The Rajasthan High Court has asked rebel Congress leader Sachin Pilot and his 18 loyalists to file a fresh petition against Assembly Speaker CP Joshi's disqualification notice, which was served to the politicians for "anti-party activities", on Friday.
Sachin Pilot, other rebel MLAs move Rajasthan High Court challenging disqualification notice
Jul 16, 2020, at 08:04 pm
Jaipur/IBNS: Former Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot and his 19 loyalists on Thursday moved the high court challenging the disqualification notice served to them by the Assembly Speaker for "anti-party activities".
Horse-trading committed, Sachin Pilot was involved: Ashok Gehlot
Jul 16, 2020, at 02:07 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Even as the former deputy chief minister of Rajasthan, Sachin Pilot, made it clear that he is not joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), CM Ashok Gehlot alleged that he has proof that the rebel politician was involved in horse-trading with the saffron league.
Amid power-struggle, Congress dissolves all district and block committees in Rajasthan
Jul 15, 2020, at 08:49 pm
Jaipur/IBNS: Amid the power-struggle within the Rajasthan Congress, the grand old party dissolved all its district and block committees in the state on Wednesday.
Doors not shut for Sachin Pilot: Rajasthan Cong incharge Avinash Pande
Jul 15, 2020, at 08:27 pm
Jaipur/UNI/IBNS: Congress' national general secretary and Rajasthan in-charge Avinash Pande on Wednesday said that the party has not 'closed its doors' for rebel leader Sachin Pilot.
Veteran leader Sanjay Jha suspended by Congress for 'anti-party activities.'
Jul 15, 2020, at 05:15 am
Mumbai/IBNS: The Maharashtra unit of Congress suspended veteran leader Sanjay Jha with immediate effect for 'anti-party activities.'
BJP tried horse-trading in Rajasthan: Ashok Gehlot after Congress sacks Sachin Pilot
Jul 14, 2020, at 09:29 pm
Jaipur/IBNS: Instead of acknowledging a power-struggle within the Rajasthan Congress, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of horse-trading his MLAs after sacking his rebel deputy Sachin Pilot from the post.
Jul 14, 2020, at 09:23 pm
Jaipur/IBNS: Soon after Congress sacked Sachin Pilot from the posts of cabinet minister, deputy chief minister and Pradesh Congress Committee president, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot met Rajasthan Governor Ashok Gehlot asking him to drop Pilot and two of his supporters from the state cabinet, said media reports.
BJP tried horse-trading in Rajasthan: Ashok Gehlot after Congress sacks Sachin Pilot
Jul 14, 2020, at 08:59 pm
Jaipur/IBNS: Instead of acknowledging a power-struggle within the Rajasthan Congress, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of horse-trading his MLAs after sacking his rebel deputy Sachin Pilot from the post.
Congress sacks Sachin Pilot as Rajasthan Deputy CM and state party chief
Jul 14, 2020, at 07:42 pm
Jaipur/IBNS: The Congress in Rajasthan on Tuesday sacked Deputy Chief Minister and state unit chief Sachin Pilot from his positions after the rebel lawmaker skipped the meeting of party MLAs for the second time.
Rajasthan political crisis: 'Defiant' Sachin Pilot skips second Congress MLAs' meet
Jul 14, 2020, at 05:01 pm
Jaipur/IBNS: Rebel Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot on Tuesday skipped the meeting of all Congress MLAs for the second time, keeping the Congress in the desert state on an edge, media reports said.
Rajasthan govt stable, Sachin Pilot won't go anywhere: Congress poses confident
Jul 13, 2020, at 06:00 pm
New Delhi/Jaipur/IBNS: The Congress on Monday expressed confidence in remaining its flock together in Rajasthan at a time the state's Deputy Chief Minister, Sachin Pilot, claimed to have the support of 30 MLAs, turning rebel against CM Ashok Gehlot.
Sad to see Sachin Pilot being sidelined: Jyotiraditya Scindia
Jul 12, 2020, at 11:44 pm
New Delhi: Former Union Minister and ex-Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia, who joined the Bharatiya Janata Party, said he feels sad to see his former party colleague Sachin Pilot also being sidelined and persecuted by Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot.
4.7 magnitude earthquake hits near Delhi, Kejriwal tweets in concern
Jul 03, 2020, at 08:40 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: A medium-intensity earthquake measuring 4.7 magnitude on the Richter Scale hit near Delhi on Friday forcing people to rush out of their homes.
Administration on alert after locust swarms reach Gurugram, outside of Delhi
Jun 27, 2020, at 10:41 pm
New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: The locust swarms reached Gurugram and the outskirts of Delhi on Saturday. People noticed huge clusters of locusts covering the skies of Delhi and Gurugram and captured the crop eating pests in their cameras.
New dense swarm of locusts enter Sriganganagar district of Rajasthan from Pakistan
Jun 22, 2020, at 01:57 am
Jaipur/IBNS: India is all set to battle a fresh wave of locust attack as a five square kilometer dense swarm of desert locusts entered Sriganganagar district of Rajasthan from Pakistan while locust breeding has been reported at Bikaner district, said a media report.
Rajasthan: After Congress, BJP shifts MLAs to Jaipur hotel ahead of RS polls
Jun 16, 2020, at 11:31 pm
Jaipur/IBNS: After the ruling Congress party in Rajasthan shifted their legislators to a hotel ahead of the Rajya Sabha polls on June 19, the opposition Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) has followed the suit.
Amid Covid-19 crisis, India puts up battle against the biggest locust attack in last 27 years
May 24, 2020, at 04:22 pm
Bhopal/Agra/IBNS: After Iran and Pakistan, the locust swarm has now entered India, threatening the country's food security amid the existing economic and health crisis triggered by the outbreak of coronavirus.
Delhi sent 40 buses to bring back stranded students from Kota: Arvind Kejriwal
May 01, 2020, at 01:46 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Delhi government on Friday sent 40 buses to Rajasthan's Kota to bring back all stranded students who are from the national capital.
Italian tourist who had recovered from COVID19 dies of heart attack in Rajasthan
Mar 20, 2020, at 09:35 pm
Jaipur/IBNS: An Italian man who had recovered from coronavirus infection earlier died of a heart attack here on Thursday night, media reports said.