Rajasthan Protest

Deepak Hooda, who has played 10 ODIs and 20 T20Is, is leading the Rajasthan team and has been unhappy with some selection calls

A bandh to protest the Supreme Court's 'quota within a quota' decision about quota in state government jobs and colleges for SC and ST candidates was held in parts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and other states Wednesday.

The Rajasthan assembly on Tuesday witnessed uproar over cases registered against the Congress leaders during the recent Kota protest and the controversial statements of a minister regarding tribal communities made last month.

Rajasthan minister Jhabar Singh Kharra said here on Wednesday that it is evident who is backing the protesting farmers.

The hijab controversy has travelled to Rajasthan from distant Karnataka after a BJP MLA's visit to a school. The students hit the streets today protesting against his comments, and claimed they were also forced to raise religious slogans.

The Muslim girl students of a government senior secondary school staged a protest outside the Subhash Chowk police station demanding action against BJP MLA Balmukund Acharya for objecting to the girls wearing hijab during a school event.

Jat leaders on Wednesday began a protest at Jaicholi in Rajasthan's Bharatpur district, demanding inclusion of the community in the central Other Backward Classes (OBC) list.

Markets were closed in Jaipur and some other Rajasthan districts and protesters blocked roads and stopped trains on Wednesday after a bandh call by the Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena over the killing of its chief Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi.

Rajput leader Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi, whose murder has sparked widespread protests in Rajasthan, was under threat, suggest intelligence inputs.

The supporters of prominent Rajput leader Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi have called a Rajasthan bandh today after he was shot dead in his Jaipur home.

Rajasthan BJP expelled Scheduled Tribe Morcha former state president Jitendra Meena for contesting the upcoming state election from the Bassi constituency against the officially declared candidate of the party.

A massive protest was held outside a police station in Rajasthan's Dausa district after a four-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a cop.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday explained dissatisfied Congress workers protesting over ticket allocation that it is natural that everyone won't be satisfied, and in a democracy.

After the fourth and fifth lists for the Rajasthan Assembly elections, which will be held on November 25, were released on Tuesday, infighting in the party has come to the fore in the form of protests by Congress workers in some parts of the state

Protests by disgruntled BJP leaders and their supporters over denial of party ticket for the Rajasthan assembly polls erupted on Monday in several districts of the state.

Deepak Hooda, who has played 10 ODIs and 20 T20Is, is leading the Rajasthan team and has been unhappy with some selection calls

A bandh to protest the Supreme Court's 'quota within a quota' decision about quota in state government jobs and colleges for SC and ST candidates was held in parts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and other states Wednesday.

The Rajasthan assembly on Tuesday witnessed uproar over cases registered against the Congress leaders during the recent Kota protest and the controversial statements of a minister regarding tribal communities made last month.

Rajasthan minister Jhabar Singh Kharra said here on Wednesday that it is evident who is backing the protesting farmers.

The hijab controversy has travelled to Rajasthan from distant Karnataka after a BJP MLA's visit to a school. The students hit the streets today protesting against his comments, and claimed they were also forced to raise religious slogans.

The Muslim girl students of a government senior secondary school staged a protest outside the Subhash Chowk police station demanding action against BJP MLA Balmukund Acharya for objecting to the girls wearing hijab during a school event.

Jat leaders on Wednesday began a protest at Jaicholi in Rajasthan's Bharatpur district, demanding inclusion of the community in the central Other Backward Classes (OBC) list.

Markets were closed in Jaipur and some other Rajasthan districts and protesters blocked roads and stopped trains on Wednesday after a bandh call by the Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena over the killing of its chief Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi.

Rajput leader Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi, whose murder has sparked widespread protests in Rajasthan, was under threat, suggest intelligence inputs.

The supporters of prominent Rajput leader Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi have called a Rajasthan bandh today after he was shot dead in his Jaipur home.

Rajasthan BJP expelled Scheduled Tribe Morcha former state president Jitendra Meena for contesting the upcoming state election from the Bassi constituency against the officially declared candidate of the party.

A massive protest was held outside a police station in Rajasthan's Dausa district after a four-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a cop.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday explained dissatisfied Congress workers protesting over ticket allocation that it is natural that everyone won't be satisfied, and in a democracy.

After the fourth and fifth lists for the Rajasthan Assembly elections, which will be held on November 25, were released on Tuesday, infighting in the party has come to the fore in the form of protests by Congress workers in some parts of the state

Protests by disgruntled BJP leaders and their supporters over denial of party ticket for the Rajasthan assembly polls erupted on Monday in several districts of the state.