Ashok Kataria

A day after a truce between Sachin Pilot and the Gandhis signaled the end of the Rajasthan Congress rebellion, the BJP cancelled a big meeting it had called at a time the Ashok Gehlot government seemed wobbly and a test of strength in the assembly on Friday was a real possibility.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot told Congress MLAs on Saturday that he was ready to go to the President of India to make sure that what he calls a "BJP conspiracy" to stall a test of strength does not succeed. Mr Gehlot, who protested for hours at Governor Kalraj Mishra's home on Friday to press for an assembly session, held meetings with Con...

The Rajasthan BJP today signalled that they will remain in wait-and-watch mode as the warring factions in the Congress camp showed signs of "disengagement" and the Ashok Gehlot government appeared to pull away from the precipice. The BJP, which has been planning to officially ask that Chief Minister Gehlot prove his majority in the assembly, indica...

Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Madhya Pradesh today joined a growing list of states that have rejected the revised traffic penalties prescribed by the Union Transport Ministry for erring motorists, stating that their implementation would not be advisable at a time of economic difficulty.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has rejected the resignation of Agriculture Minister Lalchand Kataria, who had offered to quit following the poor results of the Congress party in the Lok Sabha polls in the state.

The first session of the 15th Rajasthan Assembly began on Tuesday amid clamour for oath-taking in the Rajasthani language after the newly elected members arrived barefoot or on tractors.

A 12-year-old child died after being attacked by some stray dogs when he had gone out to play in the district, police said today.

Vasundhara Raje, who failed five years ago on account of infighting in BJP, reinvented herself and galvanised the cadre to spearhead her party's spectacular comeback to power in Rajasthan.

The Supreme Court has asked the Rajasthan government if the June 2011 murder of Mr Kataria's associate Bansidhar Jat was a fit case for a CBI inquiry.

A day after a truce between Sachin Pilot and the Gandhis signaled the end of the Rajasthan Congress rebellion, the BJP cancelled a big meeting it had called at a time the Ashok Gehlot government seemed wobbly and a test of strength in the assembly on Friday was a real possibility.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot told Congress MLAs on Saturday that he was ready to go to the President of India to make sure that what he calls a "BJP conspiracy" to stall a test of strength does not succeed. Mr Gehlot, who protested for hours at Governor Kalraj Mishra's home on Friday to press for an assembly session, held meetings with Con...

The Rajasthan BJP today signalled that they will remain in wait-and-watch mode as the warring factions in the Congress camp showed signs of "disengagement" and the Ashok Gehlot government appeared to pull away from the precipice. The BJP, which has been planning to officially ask that Chief Minister Gehlot prove his majority in the assembly, indica...

Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Madhya Pradesh today joined a growing list of states that have rejected the revised traffic penalties prescribed by the Union Transport Ministry for erring motorists, stating that their implementation would not be advisable at a time of economic difficulty.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has rejected the resignation of Agriculture Minister Lalchand Kataria, who had offered to quit following the poor results of the Congress party in the Lok Sabha polls in the state.

The first session of the 15th Rajasthan Assembly began on Tuesday amid clamour for oath-taking in the Rajasthani language after the newly elected members arrived barefoot or on tractors.

A 12-year-old child died after being attacked by some stray dogs when he had gone out to play in the district, police said today.

Vasundhara Raje, who failed five years ago on account of infighting in BJP, reinvented herself and galvanised the cadre to spearhead her party's spectacular comeback to power in Rajasthan.

The Supreme Court has asked the Rajasthan government if the June 2011 murder of Mr Kataria's associate Bansidhar Jat was a fit case for a CBI inquiry.