Bharatpur Violence

Phool Singh died in an accident in 2007. In records of Rajasthan Police, he came back to life this month. He was named in a case registered by the police in Bharatpur's Rupabas, accusing him of violence during the Dalit agitation on 2 April, the Bharat Bandh.

The Jat community in Rajasthan has called off its stir, a minister announced today -- the third day of the agitation demanding reservations which saw a mob try to set afire the engine of a goods train.

A mob today vandalised a railway station and set ablaze a goods train engine in the district where normal life remained affected for the second consecutive day due to the Jat quota stir in Rajasthan.

A special CBI court on Saturday directed the agency to investigate the alleged role of two MLAs in fomenting communal violence in Gopalgarh in which ten people were killed last year.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is under pressure from the Congress high command to clean the image of his government. He has had three rounds of meetings with Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi, who according to sources has told Mr Gehlot to remove the tainted ministers in his cabinet.

Trouble seems to be mounting for the Ashok Gehlot-led government in Rajasthan. Two weeks after nine people were killed in alleged police firing in Bharatpur during violent clashes between two communities, the National Minorities Commission (NCM) has found the administration responsible for the incident.

Rajasthan Home Minister Shanti Dhariwal, already in the dock for defending police firing during Bharatpur violence, has ignited a fresh row. He has advised policemen in his state to respond aggressively if they are out-numbered in a mob situation, even if it means innocents getting injured during the police action.

Sources have told NDTV that postmortem reports of those killed in Bharatpur violence earlier this month have revealed that of the nine people killed, three died in police firing and the other six died in mob clashes.

With the Rajasthan government under fire over the riots in Bharatpur that killed eight people, the post-mortem report of the deceased has become critical for the Ashok Gehlot government. The report will establish whether the victims died in the police firing or in the firing between the two groups.

At least eight persons were killed today in a clash here between two communities over a land dispute, forcing the district authorities to impose curfew in a few areas.

Phool Singh died in an accident in 2007. In records of Rajasthan Police, he came back to life this month. He was named in a case registered by the police in Bharatpur's Rupabas, accusing him of violence during the Dalit agitation on 2 April, the Bharat Bandh.

The Jat community in Rajasthan has called off its stir, a minister announced today -- the third day of the agitation demanding reservations which saw a mob try to set afire the engine of a goods train.

A mob today vandalised a railway station and set ablaze a goods train engine in the district where normal life remained affected for the second consecutive day due to the Jat quota stir in Rajasthan.

A special CBI court on Saturday directed the agency to investigate the alleged role of two MLAs in fomenting communal violence in Gopalgarh in which ten people were killed last year.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is under pressure from the Congress high command to clean the image of his government. He has had three rounds of meetings with Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi, who according to sources has told Mr Gehlot to remove the tainted ministers in his cabinet.

Trouble seems to be mounting for the Ashok Gehlot-led government in Rajasthan. Two weeks after nine people were killed in alleged police firing in Bharatpur during violent clashes between two communities, the National Minorities Commission (NCM) has found the administration responsible for the incident.

Rajasthan Home Minister Shanti Dhariwal, already in the dock for defending police firing during Bharatpur violence, has ignited a fresh row. He has advised policemen in his state to respond aggressively if they are out-numbered in a mob situation, even if it means innocents getting injured during the police action.

Sources have told NDTV that postmortem reports of those killed in Bharatpur violence earlier this month have revealed that of the nine people killed, three died in police firing and the other six died in mob clashes.

With the Rajasthan government under fire over the riots in Bharatpur that killed eight people, the post-mortem report of the deceased has become critical for the Ashok Gehlot government. The report will establish whether the victims died in the police firing or in the firing between the two groups.

At least eight persons were killed today in a clash here between two communities over a land dispute, forcing the district authorities to impose curfew in a few areas.