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Rajasthan being run by Centre through remote control, says ex-CM Gehlot

Former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday accused the Centre of governing the state through remote control and undermining the authority of the elected chief minister. The state doesn't seem to have a government for the last three months, he alleged. He said that ministers are not able to appoint their private secretaries according to their wish and the Centre is implementing the Gujarat model in Rajasthan. "It's been two-three months of the BJP government in the state. There is a discussion in every household as to why there is no governance. I believe that only the chief minister cannot be blamed for it. It is a remote-controlled government which is against the spirit of democracy," Gehlot told reporters after moving into the new government bungalow from the official CM's residence, now allotted to the new incumbent. He added, "An elected Chief Minister has authority, and the government is run by that authority and it provides good governance. They (Centre) have ...

Rajasthan's trade bodies urge govt to amend gold mine auction system

About a decade back, the state had discovered 113.52 million tonnes of gold ore in reserves in the Bhukia-Jagpura village of Banswara district

Ashok Gehlot only did work of delaying schemes, says Gajendra Shekhawat

Shekhawat said that in the year 2019, only 16 percent of the rural homes in the country had access to water through pipelines and 19 crore 40 lakh families in the country live in rural areas

Rajasthan people will never forget Yuvraj of Congress: CM attacks Rahul

"On one hand, Sonia Gandhi is busy worrying about Rahul Gandhi and Ashok Gehlot is busy worrying about Vaibhav Gehlot, they are not concerned about the people of the country and the state."

Gehlot calls for immediate release of Rajiv Gandhi Scholarship funds

Former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot has demanded that the state government should release the amount to the youths selected under the Rajiv Gandhi Scholarship Scheme without any delay. He had also written a letter to Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma in this regard. Gehlot said on X, "The Rajiv Gandhi Scholarship for Academic Excellence scheme, started by our government with the aim of providing free education to 500 children abroad, is also stuck in the new government. Due to this, children studying abroad are facing problems". He claimed that 346 students are not getting scholarship despite selection in the scheme. Gehlot said the students who came to meet him gave him this information. The Congress leader had written a letter to Chief Minister Sharma over the issue. Now again the students and their families have come together to say that even after more than a week has passed, they have not received the scholarship. "I would like to again request Chief Minister Bhajanl

Amit Shah in Rajasthan's Bikaner on daylong visit; to address BJP workers

Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived at Rajasthan's Bikaner on Tuesday on a daylong visit to the state. Shah is scheduled to address a meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) state election committee in Bikaner in view of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. It will be followed by a party workers' meeting in Udaipur after noon and a meeting with prominent citizens in state capital Jaipur in the evening. Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma and state BJP president C P Joshi received Shah at the Bikaner airport. From the airport, they left for the venue of the meeting. Shah will focus on three "clusters", comprising three Lok Sabha seats each, of Jaipur, Udaipur and Bikaner during his visit.

PM to lay foundation stone of NLC's 300 MW solar plant in Rajasthan today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually lay the foundation stone for the 300 MW solar power plant in Rajasthan today, an official statement from the Ministry of Coal said.The project is being set up with an investment of over Rs 1,756 crore to ensure affordable power supply to government entities.NLC India Limited, a leading Navratna CPSE under the Ministry of Coal, is establishing the power project in Barsingsar, in Rajasthan's Bikaner district, as part of the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy's CPSE Scheme.The project is equipped with cutting-edge technology, including high-efficiency bifacial modules manufactured in India.The solar project aligns with the Atma Nirbhar Bharat initiative led by Prime Minister Modi.The electricity generated will be transmitted through the pre-existing power transmission lines of Barsingsar Thermal Power Station, aiming to produce around 750 million units of green power annually, offsetting carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 18,000 ...

Rajasthan Cong MLA Mahendrajeet Singh Malviya likely to join BJP: Report

Malviya currently represents the Bagidora Assembly seat in the Banswara district

Illegal mining case: ED raids more than a dozen locations in Rajasthan

The ED conducted raids over a dozen locations in Rajasthan in connection with its probe into a money laundering investigation linked to an alleged illegal mining case

Rajasthan Congress welcomes Sonia Gandhi's nomination for Rajya Sabha

Sonia Gandhi left her residence early on Wednesday morning for Rajasthan from where she will file her nomination for the Rajya Sabha elections

Sonia Gandhi to submit nomination for RS polls from Rajasthan today

Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi will file on Wednesday her nomination papers for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls from Rajasthan, party sources said. It will be the 77-year-old leader's first term in the Upper House after serving five terms as a Lok Sabha MP. Congress sources said party chief Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi's son Rahul Gandhi and daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra are likely to accompany her to Jaipur for filing her papers. Gandhi, who represented Rae Bareli in Lok Sabha, will not contest the next general elections. She has been a five-term Lok Sabha MP and was first elected in 1999 after taking over as the Congress president. "She is likely to file nomination for Rajya Sabha on Wednesday," a source said. A total of 56 members of Rajya Sabha from 15 states are retiring in April and the election to the seats will be held on February 27. The last date for filing nominations is February 15. The Congress is comfortably placed to win one of the three Rajya Sabha sea

Coming soon: Integrated e-platform for agricultural sector in Rajasthan

"If this comes out the way the CM is saying, I feel farmers will benefit a lot as everything related to agriculture would be under one place," said Ajay Meena, a farmer from Shivdaspura area

Rajasthan govt working on 'zero tolerance' policy against corruption: CM

Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma on Saturday said negligence and corruption in works related to public interest will not be tolerated under any circumstances. Sharma was addressing the review meeting of high officials of Pali division at the Satellite Tribal Center located on Abu Road in Sirohi district. He said the government is working on the policy of 'zero tolerance' against corruption. In the meeting, Sharma said all officers and employees should ensure that they fulfil their responsibilities so that public reposes confidence in the government. "The chief minister said the state government will encourage officers and employees who perform their duties sincerely and action will be taken against those who are negligent in their work," a release said. He instructed the officers to ensure regular public hearing, prompt disposal of complaints, monitoring them and taking feedback. The chief minister reviewed the status of electricity and drinking water supply, medical ...

Bhajan Lal-led Rajasthan government orders transfer of 24 RAS officers

The BJP government on Friday issued transfer orders for 24 Rajasthan Administrative Service (RAS) officers, with many of them attached to the office of Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma

Poor in Rajasthan will continue to reap benefits of Cong's policy: Gehlot

Former chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday said that the poor will continue to benefit from the Rajasthan Minimum Income Guaranteed Act implemented by his government. Gehlot in a post on X said that social security pension has never been the priority of the BJP but due to the Income Act implemented by the previous Congress government, there was an automatic increase of 15 per cent in social security pension in the vote on account presented in Rajasthan Assembly yesterday. State Finance Minister Diya Kumari had presented the vote on the state's behalf on Thursday. "The poor and the needy will continue to benefit from Congress' rights-based political philosophy," Gehlot said. "During the tenure of the Congress government in Rajasthan from 2008 to 2013, we had started a social security pension for the elderly, widows and disabled," he said. "The government changed in 2013 in the state. Despite rising inflation in the last five years, there was no increase in the social security pen

Over 1.5 mn first-time voters in state for LS polls, says Rajasthan CEO

More than 15 lakh new electors in Rajasthan will vote for the first time in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Praveen Gupta said on Thursday. A total of more than 5.32 crore voters are registered in the state for the general elections 2024. Of these, 2,74,75,971 are men, 2,53,51,276 are women, Gupta said. He said that 15,54,604 new voters aged 18-19 years have been added to the electoral roll after the recent state assembly elections who will exercise their franchise for the first time in the upcoming elections. A total of 616 persons of third gender are registered in the new voter list, he added. The CEO said during the Rajasthan assembly elections in November last year, over 5.6 lakh disabled voters and 11.72 lakh voters above 80 years of age were registered in the state, whose numbers have now increased to 5,72,965 and 12,85,960 respectively. Gupta added that information regarding integrated voter lists was given in a meeting with representat

Rajasthan FM proposes Rs 1,000 cr for schools, colleges, hospitals

Provision of Rs 1,000 crore to establish and upgrade schools, colleges, hospitals and administrative buildings in assembly constituencies, recruitment to fill 70,000 posts were among the key announcements by Rajasthan Finance Minister Diya Kumari, who presented the state's interim Budget on Thursday. The other major announcement was Mukhyamantri Jal Swavlamban Abhiyan to create 5 lakh water harvesting structures in 20,000 villages over the next four years, for which a Rs 11,200 crore provision has been made. Kumari said the former government ignored several assembly constituencies. "The previous government did not approve any plan for many areas like Ladpura, Nasirabad, Siwana, Ahor, Dag, Malpura. Now, to ensure regional balance of development, Rs 1,000 crore has been announced for setting up and upgrading additional colleges, schools, hospitals, and administrative buildings," she said. The minister said a Detailed Project Report to expand Jaipur Metro from Sitapura to Ambabari wil

Strictly implement it once it becomes law: Gehlot on examinations Bill

With the Lok Sabha passing a bill that seeks to deal sternly with malpractices in competitive exams, former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday said the central and state governments should coordinate and strictly implement it once it becomes a law. The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Bill, 2024, also has provisions for a maximum jail term of 10 years and a fine up to Rs 1 crore. "It was our long standing demand that the Government of India should make a strict law on paper leaks, on which a bill has now been introduced in the Parliament," Gehlot, a senior Congress leader, posted on 'X'. He said that "we made a law in Rajasthan providing life imprisonment and a fine of Rs 10 crore on paper leak". Now, the central government is making a law to impose 10 years imprisonment and a fine of Rs 1 crore, Gehlot said. He said, "The Government of India and all the state governments should coordinate and strictly implement the law against paper leaks so that just

CM Bhajanlal Sharma announces increase in pension, bonus to farmers

Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma on Tuesday announced an increase in social security pension for widows and elderly and bonus to farmers on minimum support price for wheat crop. Replying to a debate on the motion of thanks to the governor's speech in the state assembly, he also targeted the previous Congress government over various issues, including law and order and recruitment exam paper leaks, and said the BJP government will fulfil all its poll promises and establish the rule of law in the state. The chief minister said that a decision has been taken to increase the amount under PM Kisan Samman Nidhi in the state from Rs 6,000 to Rs 8,000 annually in the first phase. This will put an additional financial burden of Rs 1,300 crore on the state. Sharma said the BJP had promised to give a bonus on the MSP for wheat. In the first phase, a bonus of Rs 125 will be given on wheat, after which its MSP in the state will be increased from Rs 2,275 to Rs 2,400. This will put an ...

MP signs MoU of Rs 75,000 cr with Centre, Rajasthan for canal project

A tripartite MoU for the revised Parvati-Kali Sindh-Chambal-Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project (ERCP) link project, worth Rs 75,000 crore, was signed between Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and the Centre on Sunday. The MoU was signed in New Delhi in the presence of Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, MP Chief Minister Mohan Yadav and his Rajasthan counterpart Bhajan Lal Sharma, the MP government said in a release. After the signing of the MoU, Yadav said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, this project, which has been pending for almost two decades, will now take shape. He said the project will benefit 13 districts of Chambal and Malwa region of MP. Water availability will increase in the dry belt districts of the state like Morena, Gwalior, Shivpuri, Guna, Bhind and Sheopur and the industrialisation of industrial belt districts like Indore, Ujjain, Dhar, Agar-Malwa, Shajapur, Dewas and Rajgarh will get a further boost, he said. Yadav said that the .