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Solar energy generation capacity touches 16,000 Mw in Rajasthan

There is a 925-Mw park and a 750-Mw park in Jaisalmer district

Congress' 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' resumes from Golya in Rajasthan's Dausa

Congress' ongoing mass movement 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' resumed on Thursday from Golya village in Rajasthan's Dausa district

Rajasthan govt doing work of renaming Centre's schemes: BJP leader

BJP leader Gulab Chand Kataria on Wednesday hit out at the Congress government in Rajasthan, alleging it was taking credit for the work done by the Centre by renaming its schemes. Addressing the media at the BJP headquarters here, the leader of opposition in the Rajasthan Assembly also said the party's 'Jan Aakrosh Yatra' is the yatra of the people of the state against the Congress. The BJP launched the 'Jan Aakrosh Yatra' in Rajasthan on December 1, days before the Congress' pan-India 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' entered the state on December 4. The 'Jan Aakrosh Yatra' seeks to corner the Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot-led government on issues related to farmers and governance ahead of its fourth anniversary on December 17. Kataria alleged the Congress government has been doing the work of renaming the central government's schemes. Arrangements were made by the previous BJP government to provide food to people through the Annapurna scheme, which was first stopped by the Congress government a

Gehlot govt following policy of appeasement, targeting members, says BJP

Rajasthan unit BJP president Satish Poonia on Wednesday criticised the Ashok Gehlot-led government in the state and accused it of "playing politics of appeasement"

Ex-RBI guv Raghuram Rajan joins Congress-led Bharat Jodo Yatra in Rajasthan

Reserve Bank of India's former governor Raghuram Rajan on Wednesday joined Rahul Gandhi during the Congress-led Bharat Jodo Yatra in Rajasthan. The Bharat Jodo Yatra, which started from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu on September 7, is passing through Rajasthan. The yatra will complete 100 days on Friday. The yatra resumed from the Bhadoti area of Sawai Madhopur on Wednesday and reached Badhshapura for a morning break. Rajan walked with Gandhi during this leg of the yatra on Wednesday. "#BharatJodoYatra Shri Raghuram Rajan, former Governor of RBI, shaking steps with @RahulGandhi ji... The increasing number of people standing up to unite the country against hatred shows that we will be successful," The Indian National Congress tweeted along with a picture of Rajan walking with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Dr Raghuram Rajan was the 23rd Governor of the Reserve Bank of India between September 2013 and September 2016. Between 2003 and 2006, he was the Chief Economist and Director of Rese

Congress resumes Bharat Jodo Yatra from Rajasthan's Sawai Madhopur

Congress' Bharat Jodo Yatra resumed in Rajasthan with party leaders and Gandhi siblings Rahul and Priyanka taking the lead

Rajasthan is making efforts to achieve Rs 1 trn exports target: REPC chief

Rajasthan has traditionally exhibited strength in the export of handicrafts, gems and jewellery, dimensional stones, agro & food, and textile products

Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra resumes from Bundi in Rajasthan

Congress's Bharat Jodo Yatra resumed from Bundi in the Hadoti region of Rajasthan on Monday.Party's general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, along with her husband Robert Vadra, is also participating in the yatra with party MP Rahul Gandhi and others leaders.Earlier on Saturday, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot joined Bharat Jodo Yatra, along with party MP Rahul Gandhi and others.It has covered Jhalawar and Kota districts before reaching Bundi and will proceed to Sawai Madhopur, Dausa and Alwar districts. Rajasthan is the only Congress-ruled state where the yatra has entered and will cover about 500 km over 17 days before entering Haryana on December 21.People were seen joining the march in large numbers holding banners and party flags. Bharat Jodo Yatra, which began on September 7 from Kanyakumari, will cover a further distance of 2,355 km in its 3,570-km march. It will end in Kashmir next year.It is the longest march on foot by any Indian politician in the history of India, the

Congress' Bharat Jodo Yatra resumes from Baldevpura village in Raj's Bundi

Congress's Bharat Jodo Yatra resumed from Baldevpura village in Bundi, Rajasthan on Sunday

Bharat Jodo Yatra: Thousands gather to greet Rahul Gandhi in Raj's Bundi

Thousands gathered along the roads in Rajasthan's Bundi district on Saturday to welcome the Congress' Bharat Jodo Yatra as the Rahul Gandhi-led march covered nearly 30 kilometres before halting for the night. Gandhi had resumed the 94th day of the march from Gudli village in Bundi in the morning, after a day's break on Friday to celebrate his mother Sonia Gandhi's birthday. Around 6.30 pm in the evening, the yatra arrived in Kodkya village in Bundi's Kapren area via the Balapura Chouraha to a huge welcome by local people. The yatris would stay the night in the village and resume the march again on Sunday. Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, state Sports Minister Ashok Chandana, PCC chief Govind Singh Dotasra and several other party leaders accompanied Rahul Gandhi during the day. As the yatra reached Sunwasa village, the participants were welcomed with Sanskrit verses recited by students of a Ved Vidyalaya. Pukhraj Mehra (65), a retired Nayab ...

Rajasthan's Dr. Kriti Bharti bags Global Youth Human Rights Champion Award

Rajasthan's Child Marriage Warrior Dr. Kriti Bharti honored with Geneva's Global Youth Human Rights Champion Award

Rahul Gandhi's 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' resumes from Rajasthan's Bundi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi resumed the Rajasthan leg of the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' from Gudli village in Bundi district on Saturday morning. Gandhi had taken a day's break in the yatra on Friday to celebrate his mother Sonia Gandhi's birthday. He flew back to Gudli village to resume the yatra. Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were not accompanying him in the yatra. On the 93rd day, the yatra is likely to cover 30 km from Gudli village in Keshoraipatan assembly constituency in Bundi district represented by BJP MLA Chandrakanta Meghwal. On Thursday, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi had reached Ranthambore. Rahul's 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' is currently in Kota-Bundi area of Rajasthan.

G-20 presidency matter of pride for India, says Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday said that the chairmanship of G-20 is a matter of pride for the country, suggesting that it was due to the contribution of all prime ministers leading India since its freedom. He said that from independence till date all the prime ministers have contributed in the development of India. After independence, India's first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru gave ideas of global welfare such 'Panchsheel principle' and Non-Aligned Movement, he said. India had hosted a NAM Conference in 1983 in New Delhi. In a statement, the Chief Minister said that the member countries of G-20 have a major share in the world's economy and population, and that it is a great platform to showcase the country's culture at the global level. Gehlot said that the global summit is going to leave an indelible impression of Indian culture on the world and become a medium to turn the coming decade into "India's decade." Gehlot said this addressing from his resid

Rajasthan CM Gehlot attacks Modi govt for failing to double farmers' income

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not fulfilling the promise of doubling the income of the farmers, saying that the Centre should take "revolutionary steps" to that end. "The Prime Minister talked about doubling the income of the farmers, but where is it happening? The Centre should take revolutionary steps. Talks should be held with states," Gehlot told reporters on Friday after chairing a pre-budget meeting with farmers. He said that the Centre and the states together should make such schemes and develop such a thinking that help farmers double their income. The CM said that we want the Centre and the Prime Minister to give the 'right to health' to everyone in the country. People should not be forced to spend money on treatment, which should be free for all, he said. Referring to the his government's flagship schemes Chiranjeevi Health Scheme, Old Pension Scheme he said that there are some work that the state and the Centr

Rajasthan govt implements new rural tourism scheme, promises jobs

Agriculture tourism units will be set up on farm land on areas ranging from 2,000 square metres to two hectares (one hectare is roughly 10,000 square metres)

Sonia Gandhi arrives in Jaipur as Bharat Jodo Yatra enters 92nd day

Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi arrived in Jaipur on Thursday morning as the party's Bharat Jodo Yatra is crossing through Rajasthan, a party spokesperson said. She is scheduled to fly to Bundi in a helicopter where her son and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is expected to take a halt later in the day after marching 24 kilometers as part of the yatra, he said. The march is set to take a break on December 9, which is also Sonia Gandhi's birthday. The yatra will resume from December 10. Rahul Gandhi began the Rajasthan leg of his Bharat Jodo Yatra from Jhalawar district on Monday. Rajasthan is the only Congress-ruled state the yatra has entered and will cover about 500 km through Jhalawar, Kota, Bundi, Sawai Madhopur, Dausa and Alwar districts over 17 days before entering Haryana on December 21.

Bypolls results: Counting of votes for 6 constituencies in 5 states today

The polling was held on December 5 in six assembly seats in Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh

Cong leader Rahul Gandhi recommences Bharat Jodo Yatra on its 91st day

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi recommenced his Bharat Jodo Yatra on its 91st day on Wednesday as he and fellow yatris marched towards the coaching capital of Kota from Darra Station Ganesh Mandir at 6 am. The yatra, which has so far covered over 2,400 kilometers since its start on September 7 from Tamil Nadu's Kanyakumari, will travel at least 13 km in its first leg of its day three in Rajasthan to reach Mandana in Kota's Laadpura. The yatris will have a lunch break there before they resume at 3.30 pm to cover 9 more kilometers for a corner meeting at the Sasa Resort at 6.30 pm. They will then proceed for the night stay at Jagpura, Kota, around 8 kilometers away. As Gandhi started out the march on Wednesday he bowed before the Ganesh temple with folded hands. A group of tribal artistes from Banswara performed dance at the outset. Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, his former deputy Sachin Pilot, state Congress chief Govind Singh Dotasra, state minister Mahesh Joshi, AICC national

Cong leaders will find way to resolve Rajasthan infighting: Jairam Ramesh

Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday said the party leadership will come up with a way to resolve the infighting in its Rajasthan unit while keeping the party above individuals. The party faces a tussle for power in Rajasthan between Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his former deputy Sachin Pilot. But the two have presented a united front as the party's Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra passes through the state. Ramesh said that after the yatra finishes, the election process in Rajasthan will start and there will be only seven or eight months left for the Assembly polls. "I don't have knowledge about the individuals. But the party leadership will come up with a way forward which preserves the primacy of the organisation and not the primacy of any one individual or the other," Ramesh told PTI on the way from Suket to Devarighata of Jhalawar district. He said that primacy of any individual is not important and the only objective is to find a way to strengthen the ...

TMC's Saket Gokhale held in Rajasthan, claims O'Brien; no info, says cop

The Trinamool Congress on Tuesday claimed that the Gujarat Police has arrested its spokesperson Saket Gokhale, terming it a "political vendetta". In a tweet, TMC national spokesperson and Rajya Dabha MP Derek O'Brien detailed the circumstances under which the arrest was made. Gokhale took a flight at 9 pm from New Delhi to Jaipur on Monday. When he landed, the Gujarat Police was at the airport in Rajasthan waiting for him and picked him up. At 2 am on Tuesday, Gokhale called his mother and told her that the police were taking him to Ahmedabad and he would reach that city by noon, O'Brien claimed. "The police let him make that two-minute phone call and then confiscated his phone and all his belongings," the TMC leader said on Twitter. "The cooked up case is filed with the Ahmedabad cyber cell about Saket's tweet on the Morbi bridge collapse. All this cannot silence the All India Trinamool Congress and the Opposition. BJP taking political vendetta to another level," he alleged. When