Jaipur: Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Friday said BJP President Amit Shah was the man behind veteran L.K. Advani’s success in all the elections he contested from the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency in Gujarat. Javadekar’s statement came a day after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced Shah as the candidate from Gandhinagar. Advani had been […]
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PM Modi is an excellent actor, says Rajasthan CM
Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as an excellent actor who could be quite successful if he tried his skills in Bollywood. Gehlot was addressing a gathering in Laxmangarh. This was the first public gathering of the Congress party in Rajasthan after the model code of conduct for […]
Man held for spying for Pakistan
Jaipur: A espionage case has been registered against Nawab Khan, a driver, detained on Sunday near the International Border in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district, a police official said on Tuesday. The case was filed on the orders of Additional Director General of Police Umesh Mishra. Acting on intelligence inputs, a special team detained Khan, he said […]
Pakistani drone shot down in Rajasthan
Jaipur: A Pakistani drone attempting to enter Indian territory across the Rajasthan border was shot down by the Border Security Force (BSF), a defence official said. “One Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) intrusion was reported in Ganganagar sector at around 7.30 p.m., on Saturday. The drone was engaged and brought down,” Col Sombit Ghosh, PRO Defence […]
Congress shares old, strong bond with Nirav Modi: BJP
Jaipur: Union Minister for Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar on Saturday accused the Congress party of sharing an “old and strong” bond with fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi. Referring to a UK-based daily’s report which confirmed that Nirav Modi was spotted walking freely on London streets, he said: “Now Congress workers must be happy to see […]
Pakistani drone crosses Rajasthan border: BSF
Jaipur: A Pakistani drone attempting to enter Indian territory across the Rajasthan border went back following its detection by the Border Security Forces (BSF), who tried to shoot it down, the BSF said. This was another of the drones from across the international border that tried to enter Indian territory at around 5 a.m. at […]
MiG-21 crashes in Rajasthan, pilot safe
Jaipur: A MiG-21 fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed near Bikaner in Rajasthan on Friday. The pilot ejected safely, the Defence Ministry said. An IAF spokesperson said the MiG was on a routine mission and it crashed after getting airborne from Nal, near Bikaner. Ghosh said initial inputs indicated a bird hit […]
Don’t question IAF’s courage, but don’t politicize too: Sachin Pilot
Jaipur: Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot on Tuesday termed it as wrong to question the IAF’s bravery but added that it was equally wrong to politicize the IAF bombing of the terrorist camp in Pakistan. Pilot told the media here: “Indian Army, Navy and Air Force reflect and symbolize the honour and esteem of […]
Security forces on high alert on Rajasthan border
Jaipur : Following the air strike on Pakistan by the Indian Air Force, the security forces, including BSF, Army and IAF, deployed in border areas of Rajasthan have been put on high alert, defence sources said. “The IAF fighter combats are patrolling western borders of the state. The border cities of Jaisalmer, Barmer, Bikaner and […]
Pakistani prisoner stoned to death in Jaipur central jail
Jaipur : A Pakistani prisoner in the Jaipur central jail was allegedly murdered by group of fellow prisoners on Wednesday after an argument over a TV programme, officials said. The incident comes in wake of heightened tensions between India and Pakistan over the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama left 40 Central Reserve Police […]