Deep Mukherjee

Rajasthan temple gets donations of over Rs 9 lakh in new 2,000, 500-rupee notes

The Sanwaliya Ji temple in Chittorgarh gets Rs 8.8 lakh as offerings in new R 2,000 notes between Nov 8 and 28.

‘Have you seen Adani’s son stand in bank queues’: Hardik Patel on note ban

A day after the BJP registered an emphatic victory in the Gujarat local bodies polls, Patidar agitation spearhead Hardik Patel said that this outcome will have no bearings on the Assembly elections due next year.

Behind the glitter of lac bangles is the labour of trafficked children

In recent years, Jaipur north has become synonymous with the menace of child labour with children being regularly trafficked from other states to work

Arrested IS suspect’s family airlifted to India during Gulf War: Rajasthan ATS

It was the summer of 1990, and at the peak of the Gulf War, Kuwait had become a battleground, reeling under the Iraqi occupation. Caught in the crossfire, more than 1 lakh Indian nationals were stranded, and the family of Haji Khaleel Ahmed Bakhaid too faced an uncertain future.

Suspected Islamic State ‘fundraiser’ arrested by Rajasthan ATS

The Rajasthan Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) on Wednesday arrested a 42-year-old Islamic State suspect from Fatehpur in Sikar district. The man allegedly worked as a fundraiser for the IS.

Bill Clinton’s rakhi sister will distribute sweets if ‘bhabhi’ wins

In 2000, when American president Bill Clinton visited her Rajasthan village, Mohini Devi tied him a rakhi. These days, the anganwadi worker holds everyday prayers for the electoral victory of her “sister-in-law”.

Cops get 12 new furry pals to sniff out crime

Raj second after Meghalaya to get an elite Belgian Shepherd squad

Smuggling, low breeding threaten camel population

There have been 43 cases of camel smuggling, when the animal has been illegally sent to slaughter houses outside the state

‘Pakistani’ Hindus still wait to be accepted in India

According to government records over 10,000 Pakistani Hindu refugees are living at Bhil Basti, a massive ghetto at the heart of Jaisalmer in Rajasthan.

Love in time of hate: Indo-Pak tensions fail to break cross-border marriages

Love in trying times: Despite India-Pak tensions, cross-border weddings continue

When Tewani and Bachchani finally take the rounds of the sacred fire and the marriage vow, the pair will join a long list of couples who have overcome physical boundaries and the deep distrust between the two nuclear-armed rivals to live a life together.

At Jaisalmer’s Sonar Kella, tourist guides owe it to Satyajit Ray

‘Mukulbari’ (the house of Mukul), a fictional character from Satyajit Ray’s famous detective novel Sonar Kella (The Golden Fort).

In these border villages, BSF jawans are both priests and protectors

Devotees who visit the Ghantiyali Mata temple, barely 30 kilometres from the border, during Navratri -- nine nights during which nine forms of Goddess Durga are worshipped -- witness soldiers performing religious rituals in the temples that are traditionally done by Brahmins.

Will seal Pak border by 2018: Rajnath

Will target sealing India-Pakistan border by December 2018: Rajnath

The government will “completely seal” the India-Pakistan border by December 2018, Union home minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday, as part of an extensive plan to monitor the country’s security at the frontiers.

New arms rules trigger business woes for city gunsmiths

The new rules have imposed strict conditions in the already difficult process full of formalities for applying for a gun license. A person, under the new rules, applying for a license has to present a health certificate, where it is stated that the person is physically and mentally fit

Rajasthan town resorts to shaming open defecators by garlanding them

Junior engineer of the municipality, Manish Singh, along with his team caught 60-odd open defecators during an hour-long drive on Sunday and garlanded them on the spot

Jaipur bizman booked for molestation bid on minor

The child’s father has accused his landlord of disrobing, molesting and clicking photographs of his 10-year-old daughter

Dengue, malaria tally on the rise, but fogging still sporadic, limited

At least 28 dengue, 48 scrub typhus and 22 malaria cases were reported at Jaipur’s SMS Hospital in August alone

From WB to Raj: A smuggling network spanning 1,500 km

From January, the Government Railway Police in Rajasthan have busted 70 drug peddling cases in which all accused hail from West Bengal’s Malda and its adjacent areas

Shastri Nagar murder: Kitchen knife used to kill girl child found

Neha Goyal, wife of a local industrialist, had killed her four-month-old daughter as she wanted a son

Shastri Nagar girl was killed by boy-seeking mother: Police

The woman allegedly slit her four-month-old daughter’s throat as she wanted a boy. She had tried to kill the daughter once before on August 19 but wasn’t successful

JMC ‘ignored’ animal welfare board’s report on Hingonia

In September 2015, the Board had highlighted the lack of facilities and failure of the system to protect the lives of cows. It had also sought explanation from the JMC in October and December, but the civic body didn’t bother to reply

Forgotten ‘guerrillas’: Trained SSB volunteers fight for a living

Unrecruited volunteers are demanding employment for those eligible, pension for elders

Killed in mishap, man run over by vehicles

Jaipur: Man killed in hit-and-run, body crushed by other passing vehicles

A 30-year-old man was killed in an apparent hit-and-run incident in the heart of Jaipur around Thursday midnight. For over half-an-hour, the body lay on the road, run over and over by passing vehicles.

Infant back with family after 7 months in US foster home

Kept apart in US for months, infant reunited with mother in Rajasthan

Ashvid was born on October 21 last year in New Jersey, where Ashish had been sent by his company. When he fell accidentally and suffered head injuries on December 23, US authorities separated him from his parents and imposed Shaken Baby Syndrome on them.

Cow smuggling: A thriving illegal industry in the heart of Rajasthan

A substantial chunk of illegal trade is reported from the two border districts — Alwar and Bharatpur

4 police districts tobacco-free only on paper

Not a single case of violation of Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act 2003 came up in the police districts of Nagaur, Sikar, Jodhpur east and Jodhpur west during January to July