News from Rajasthan

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Sati economy is still big in Rajasthan. No pending file on Roop Kanwar in Jaipur

‘I don’t think sati can ever happen again,’ Karni Sena member Bhagwan Singh Rathore said with a scowl. ‘Today’s women are not like women of the past.’

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Alive pensioners marked ‘dead’, out of social security umbrella in Rajasthan

Rajasthan pensioners wrongly marked dead in system, facing exclusion from social security benefits, sparking demand for accountability and justice.

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25 out of 75 tigers in Ranthambore National Park missing over last year, say officials

Ranthambore National Park faces a crisis as 25 tigers go missing, prompting an investigation into the disappearances.

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Labelled As 'Witch', Woman Tied To Tree, Burnt With Hot Iron Rod In Rajasthan

A self-proclaimed exorcist and his aides allegedly labelled a 50-year-old woman as "dayen" (witch), tied her to a tree, chopped her hair and tortured her with a hot iron rod for two days to "free" her from "evil spirit" in Rajasthan's Bundi district.

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Jaipur gas tanker explosion: Man in flames walked 600m seeking help, but people just recorded videos | Jaipur News - Times of India

A Jaipur gas tanker explosion left motor mechanic Radheyshyam Choudhary with 85% burns. He bravely walked 600 meters while engulfed in flames, even ca

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Jaipur highway tanker collision death toll reaches 14, over 28 injured | India News - Times of India

India News: A tanker truck carrying LPG collided with another truck on the Jaipur-Ajmer highway in Rajasthan, India, resulting in a massive fire that killed 14 pe

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As A Satellite Confirms What Rajasthan Officials Deny, A Court Tries To Reverse Destruction Of A Life-Giving River

A once-thriving river in an arid region is scarred by mining: land degraded, hills flattened and water reduced. A petition by local activists in April 2024 prompted a National Green Tribunal investigation and an order to district officials of Rajasthan's Kotputli-Behror to restore the Sota. In a...

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‘Some students die due to love affairs’: Rajasthan Education Minister Madan Dilawar on Kota suicide cases | Today News

 

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An Uncertain Victory: Rajasthani Farmers Battle To Save Sacred Groves Clashes With India’s Climate-Change Pledges

In Rajasthan, farmers are pushing back against solar energy projects, a cornerstone of India’s climate-change commitments but which threaten their sacred orans, centuries-old community forests, central to local livelihood and culture. While recent protests led to victory in moving a 600-MW solar...

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'Assaulted with iron rod, abandoned': Woman offered lift, gang-raped in moving car in Udaipur | Udaipur News - The Times of India

A 40-year-old woman was abducted and gang-raped by four men in Udaipur after they offered her a lift. They assaulted her with an iron rod and abandone

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