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Rajasthan polls: 544 candidates, including former CM Raje, file nomination

A total of 544 candidates, including Rajasthan Assembly Speaker Dr CP Joshi and former chief minister Vasundhara Raje, on Saturday filed nomination papers for the Assembly elections. According to the election commission, on Saturday, the fifth day of filing nomination papers for the Assembly elections, 544 candidates filed nomination papers for 191 constituencies. So far, 1079 candidates have filed 1462 nomination forms in the state. Chief Electoral Officer Praveen Gupta said that nomination papers would not be filed on Sunday, thus Monday will be the last day for filing nominations. Raje filed nomination from Jhalrapatan seat. After the nomination, she wrote on 'X', "Three and a half decades of togetherness and nomination for the 10th time!... Whatever I am today is because of my Jhalawar family. Assembly Speaker Dr Joshi filed his nomination for the Nathdwara seat. Voting for 200 seats in the state is to be held on November 25.

Delhi court to hear defamation case against Rajasthan CM Gehlot on Nov 20

A Delhi court will hear arguments on Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat's defamation complaint against Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on November 20. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Harjeet Singh Jaspal on Friday adjourned the matter after the court was informed that the complainant's counsel, senior advocate Vikas Pahwa, was not available to make the submissions. "It is informed that the senior advocate Pahwa is engaged in a different matter, pass over is requested till 12:30 PM. Objected by senior advocate, Ramesh Gupta (appearing for Gehlot) on account that he too is engaged at that time. No other time is agreeable by both the parties. In view of the impasse, the matter is adjourned to November 20 and 21, 2023... Date and time are given as per the convenience of both the parties," the judge said. While Gehlot appeared in the hearing through video conferencing, Shekhawat's counsel sought exemption for him from personal appearance for the day, which was ...

Rajasthan Assembly election 2023: AAP releases 4th list of 26 candidates

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has announced candidates for various key seats for the upcoming Rajasthan Assembly elections

Handicraft exports from Rajasthan likely to surge over 10% this year

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Jal Jivan Mission scam: ED raids in Rajasthan linked money laundering case

The Enforcement Directorate on Friday conducted fresh searches in poll-bound Rajasthan, including at the premises of a senior IAS officer, as part of its money laundering investigation into the alleged Jal Jivan Mission scam, official sources said. A total of 25 premises in the state capital Jaipur, and Dausa, including that of ACS in the PHE department, Subodh Agarwal, are being covered, they said. Some other linked persons are also being covered under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the sources said. The central agency had carried out similar raids in this case in September. The state will vote for its 200-member assembly on November 25.

Rajasthan Assembly elections: Congress releases fifth list of 5 candidates

Rajasthan Assembly election 2023: With the new list, Congress has announced names for 156 of the 200 seats, retaining 101 sitting MLAs

Congress announces fourth list of 56 candidates for Rajasthan elections

The Congress has so far announced 151 candidates for the 200-member Rajasthan Assembly, which will go to polls on November 25

'No guarantee': Vasundhara Raje's jibe at Priyanka Gandhi's poll promise

Slamming the Congress party, BJP leader Vasundhara Raje said that the grand old party makes many promises to the people before elections and never fulfils them

Centre misusing agencies for political gains, move will boomerang: Gehlot

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot accused the BJP-led Centre on Monday of misusing probe agencies for political gains and asserted that the tactic would boomerang on the saffron party as people have now become aware of it. The veteran Congress leader's remarks after the party's Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting at the AICC headquarters here came while talking to reporters on a day his son, Vaibhav Gehlot, appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for questioning in a foreign exchange violation case. The federal agency issued a summons to Vaibhav Gehlot (43) last week, asking him to appear before the investigating officer of the case at its headquarters on A P J Abdul Kalam Road here under the provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA). "There is nothing in the case. It is a 12-year-old matter with nothing in it. They also raided the premises of the Rajasthan Congress chief, did not interrogate him, but stayed put at his place. There is a reaction to a

Ashok Gehlot's son appears before ED in foreign exchange violation case

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's son Vaibhav Gehlot on Monday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate in Delhi for questioning in a foreign exchange violation case. The federal agency had issued summons to Vaibhav Gehlot to appear before the investigating officer of the case, at its headquarters on A P J Abdul Kalam road, under the provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA). The summons are linked to recent ED raids against Rajasthan based hospitality group Triton Hotels & Resorts Pvt. Ltd., Vardha Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. and its directors and promoters Shiv Shankar Sharma, Rattan Kant Sharma and others. The agency had searched the group and its promoters for three days in August at locations in Jaipur, Udaipur, Mumbai and Delhi. Rattan Kant Sharma's alleged links with Vaibhav Gehlot are under the scanner of the ED and the agency is expected to question and record his statement under FEMA. He has been a business partner of Vaibhav Gehlot in a car rental ...

Rajasthan-like raids in poll-bound MP in next four days: Digvijaya Singh

Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Sunday claimed that central agencies will carry out raids in election-bound Madhya Pradesh similar to the ones they recently conducted in Rajasthan, who also goes to polls next month. Earlier this week, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided the premises of Rajasthan Congress president Govind Singh Dotasra and the party candidate from Mahua assembly seat as part of a money laundering probe into an alleged exam paper leak case in the state. Assembly elections in the BJP-governed Madhya Pradesh and Congress-ruled Rajasthan will be held on November 17 and November 25, respectively. Talking to reporters in Bhopal, Singh said, On one hand they (BJP) are intimidating officers, on the other, they are going to conduct raids in Madhya Pradesh like they did in Rajasthan. If this happens, then you will come to know where all Digvijaya Singh gets information from. Asked about the names of the people who could face such action, Singh said, See it for yourself

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Rajasthan Police seizes Rs 200 cr worth poll 'freebies' since model code

The Rajasthan Police has seized Rs 200-crore worth election "freebies" including cash, liquor, narcotics and jewellery since the Model Code of Conduct came into force in the state on October 9, a top official said on Saturday. Leading a team of 12 officers, Inspector General of Police Vikas Kumar has created a 'STORM CLUB' to keep a strict vigil across the state to ensure voters are not illegally influenced by the candidates during the campaign for November 25 polls. "So far, we have made recoveries to the tune of Rs 214 crore which includes cash amounting to Rs 25 crore, liquor worth Rs 20 crore and jewellery and gold worth Rs 20 crore," Kumar, a 2004-batch IPS officer, said here. Besides this, he said, drugs worth Rs 60 crore, petrol, diesel and illegally stored fertilizer, meant to influence voters, were also seized in various districts. He said it was a team work of the Rajasthan Police especially the officers manning the war room of 'STORM CLUB', an acronym for Supervision, ..

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English medium schools, OPS, cow dung among CM Gehlot's election guarantees

CM Ashok Gehlot unveiled five guarantees, including free laptops for first-year students in govt colleges, Rs 15-lakh insurance cover for natural disaster losses, and cow dung at Rs 2 per kg

Congress releases third list of 19 candidates for Rajasthan elections

The third list includes 13 sitting MLAs, a cabinet minister and former BJP leader

AAP joins election race in Rajasthan, releases list of 23 candidates

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has announced its first list of 23 candidates for the upcoming Rajasthan assembly polls through a post on its official X (formerly Twitter)

Chhattisgarh reins in inflation at reasonable rates among poll-bound states

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