Rajasthan Journalist

The third case against journalist Aman Chopra was put on hold by the Rajasthan High Court today following the Supreme Court's decision on the sedition law.

The Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday stayed the arrest of Noida-based journalist Aman Chopra who was booked by the state police over a TV debate on the demolition of a temple by civic authorities in Alwar district.

Three FIRs have been registered against Mr Chopra, including in Bundi, Alwar and Dungarpur districts under various sections pertaining to sedition, outraging religious sentiments, promoting enmity between two groups, and under the IT Act on April 23.

A news channel reporter was arrested on Saturday in connection with the Rajasthan Eligibility Examination for Teachers-2021 (REET) paper leak case, police said.

A journalist died after being allegedly attacked for resisting the molestation of a female colleague in Jaipur on Wednesday.

The Rajasthan Police has filed a case against two senior journalists for reporting that phones of Congress MLAs were allegedly tapped during the political crisis that brought the Ashok Gehlot-led government to the brink of collapse this year. The stand-off ended with Sachin Pilot stepping down from the Deputy Chief Minister's post after weeks of ba...

The CEO of an evening newspaper was found dead at a hotel room in Rajasthan's Jaipur on Saturday, police said.

The Rajasthan assembly authorities have curtailed journalists' movement inside the Vidhan Sabha premises, triggering strong protest on Thursday from the journalists covering the House proceedings.

A journalist from Rajasthan's Barmer has been arrested after a Dalit man from Patna filed a case against him, accusing him of assault. The journalist, Durga Singh Rajpurohit, claims he is being framed for his Facebook posts linking Bihar Governor Satyapal Mallick with a local BJP leader, Priyanka Choudhary.

The Rajasthan high court today issued notices to the Centre and the state government on writ petitions challenging the controversial ordinance that protects serving and former judges and public servants from being investigated for on-duty action without prior sanction of the state government.

Rajasthan today deferred at least until next year a controversial measure to protect ministers and officials from corruption investigations and restrict the media from reporting on them. Pummeled by critics, the BJP government referred an ordinance or executive order it had issued last month, to an all-party committee for review. An amended bill wi...

Confronting widespread outrage over a law that seeks to protect ministers and officials from corruption investigations and also restrict the media from reporting on them, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje late on Monday night called a meeting in which it was decided that the move would be reviewed by a panel

Rajasthan's widely-criticised order shielding ministers, lawmakers and government officials from investigation into complaints against them was challenged in the High Court today and openly opposed by two lawmakers of the ruling BJP - one even referencing the Emergency of 1975. A petition in the court says the order allows a "large section of the s...

Rajasthan's new law shielding ministers, lawmakers and government officials from investigations into private complaints against them without sanction should be withdrawn as it "gives untrammelled power to even imprison journalists" and "endangers freedom of the press", the Editors Guild of India has said in a strong statement directed at Chief Mini...

A freelance journalist has approached the Rajasthan High Court against the state's decision to hold three IPL matches in Jaipur next month. Mahesh Pareek's plea in court contends 19 out of 33 districts in the state are affected by drought.

The third case against journalist Aman Chopra was put on hold by the Rajasthan High Court today following the Supreme Court's decision on the sedition law.

The Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday stayed the arrest of Noida-based journalist Aman Chopra who was booked by the state police over a TV debate on the demolition of a temple by civic authorities in Alwar district.

Three FIRs have been registered against Mr Chopra, including in Bundi, Alwar and Dungarpur districts under various sections pertaining to sedition, outraging religious sentiments, promoting enmity between two groups, and under the IT Act on April 23.

A news channel reporter was arrested on Saturday in connection with the Rajasthan Eligibility Examination for Teachers-2021 (REET) paper leak case, police said.

A journalist died after being allegedly attacked for resisting the molestation of a female colleague in Jaipur on Wednesday.

The Rajasthan Police has filed a case against two senior journalists for reporting that phones of Congress MLAs were allegedly tapped during the political crisis that brought the Ashok Gehlot-led government to the brink of collapse this year. The stand-off ended with Sachin Pilot stepping down from the Deputy Chief Minister's post after weeks of ba...

The CEO of an evening newspaper was found dead at a hotel room in Rajasthan's Jaipur on Saturday, police said.

The Rajasthan assembly authorities have curtailed journalists' movement inside the Vidhan Sabha premises, triggering strong protest on Thursday from the journalists covering the House proceedings.

A journalist from Rajasthan's Barmer has been arrested after a Dalit man from Patna filed a case against him, accusing him of assault. The journalist, Durga Singh Rajpurohit, claims he is being framed for his Facebook posts linking Bihar Governor Satyapal Mallick with a local BJP leader, Priyanka Choudhary.

The Rajasthan high court today issued notices to the Centre and the state government on writ petitions challenging the controversial ordinance that protects serving and former judges and public servants from being investigated for on-duty action without prior sanction of the state government.

Rajasthan today deferred at least until next year a controversial measure to protect ministers and officials from corruption investigations and restrict the media from reporting on them. Pummeled by critics, the BJP government referred an ordinance or executive order it had issued last month, to an all-party committee for review. An amended bill wi...

Confronting widespread outrage over a law that seeks to protect ministers and officials from corruption investigations and also restrict the media from reporting on them, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje late on Monday night called a meeting in which it was decided that the move would be reviewed by a panel

Rajasthan's widely-criticised order shielding ministers, lawmakers and government officials from investigation into complaints against them was challenged in the High Court today and openly opposed by two lawmakers of the ruling BJP - one even referencing the Emergency of 1975. A petition in the court says the order allows a "large section of the s...

Rajasthan's new law shielding ministers, lawmakers and government officials from investigations into private complaints against them without sanction should be withdrawn as it "gives untrammelled power to even imprison journalists" and "endangers freedom of the press", the Editors Guild of India has said in a strong statement directed at Chief Mini...

A freelance journalist has approached the Rajasthan High Court against the state's decision to hold three IPL matches in Jaipur next month. Mahesh Pareek's plea in court contends 19 out of 33 districts in the state are affected by drought.