Rakesh Goswami leads Hindustan Times’ bureau in Rajasthan. He loves to write on social issues and has been a journalist for 20 years, including 8 years as a broadcast journalist.
Articles by Rakesh Goswami
After Supreme Court’s Ayodhya query, BJP MP says her family descended from Lord Ram
The SC bench put the question to senior advocate K Parasaran, appearing for ‘Ram Lalla Virajman’, when he was arguing that the deity and the birth place both were “juristic” entities and hence, capable of holding properties and instituting lawsuits.
Updated on Aug 11, 2019 10:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Rakesh Goswami
Chasing a ‘man-eater’: 100 men in pursuit of one tiger in Rajasthan
The predator is moving from one village to the other, taking refuge in ravines and thickets, with forest officials close on its heels.
Updated on Aug 09, 2019 11:42 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Rakesh Goswami
Ageing dams in Rajasthan to be restored with World Bank aid
The Rajasthan Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) has approved ₹965.65 crore, which is 30% of the project; the remaining 70% of the cost will come from the World Bank as loan.
Updated on Aug 08, 2019 01:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Rakesh Goswami
A 38-year old lie faxed hours before retirement spoils Raj govt staffer’s party
Kota mining engineer Narendra Khateek said the department acted swiftly once the fax revealed Lekhraj Meena’s senior secondary certificate to be fake.
Updated on Aug 02, 2019 07:55 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Rakesh Goswami
3 Rajasthan schoolgirls meet principal’s challenge. Get their first air tickets
The principal of the school had promised that she would sponsor free plane ride to anyone scoring over 85% marks. Three girls made the cut this year in their Class 12 exams .
Updated on Jul 24, 2019 07:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Rakesh Goswami
Rajasthan to focus on climate change with new action plan
In 2012, the government drafted the Rajasthan Action Plan on Climate Change (RAPCC) but it remained a draft – never circulated and never came into effect.
Updated on Jul 18, 2019 12:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Rakesh Goswami
Ignored by passersby, 2 brothers on bike killed after being hit by speeding car in Jaipur
The brothers, who were going home at around 4.30pm on Tuesday, were thrown 60 feet away and when the signal turned green people drove away without stopping to help the men lying on road.
Published on Jul 17, 2019 11:36 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Rakesh Goswami
In Rajasthan, tribal body acts as family court for ST couples
The chief secretary and the director general of police have been asked to respond before August 6.
Updated on Jul 09, 2019 01:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Rakesh Goswami
Each new student in Rajasthan’s engineering colleges to plant a tree
Each new student in government engineering colleges of Rajasthan will plant a tree in the campus this academic session and will look after the trees until they graduate.
Updated on Jul 04, 2019 10:20 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Rakesh Goswami
Alwar gang rape survivor becomes police constable
Chief minister Ashok Gehlot had announced a police job for the woman when Congress leader Rahul Gandhi visited the rape survivor in her house on May 16.
Updated on Jul 04, 2019 07:51 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Rakesh Goswami
Rajasthan mulls law to provide water to every individual, fine polluters
Once the law is enacted, Rajasthan will become the first state in India to have a legislation to ensure minimum water supply to every household.
Updated on Jul 03, 2019 07:11 AM IST
Hindustan Timnes, Jaipur | Rakesh Goswami
Pehlu Khan’s kin to appeal against cow smuggling charge
The Rajasthan police registered a case against Pehlu Khan, Irshad, 25, Arif, 22, and Khan Mohammad, 55, under different sections of the Rajasthan Bovine Animal (Prohibition of Slaughter and Regulation of Temporary Migration or Export) Act, 1995.
Updated on Jul 02, 2019 08:45 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rakesh Goswami
Chambal’s most wanted dacoit eludes Rajasthan Police manhunt
The police launched the manhunt after Jagan Gurjar (45) and his gang stripped two women in Saypur-Karansingh village of Dholpur on June 13 and paraded them through the village. The bandits suspected that their families were police informers.
Updated on Jun 22, 2019 12:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Rakesh Goswami
Rajasthan government mulls Gandhian centre at Sanskrit varsity
The minister said the government is keen on teaching Gandhian thoughts in Sanskrit schools and colleges as well.
Updated on Jun 17, 2019 02:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Rakesh Goswami
Rajasthan judge hosts kids of CRPF soldier killed in Pulwama
The children of Narayan Lal Gurjar, a CRPF jawan killed in Pulwama terror attack in February, were invited by Pratapgarh’s district judge Rajendra Kumar Sharma and his wife to their house for three days.
Updated on Jun 06, 2019 11:57 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Rakesh Goswami
4 men who fell trees granted bail, told to plant, raise 270 saplings
District and sessions judge Rajendra Kumar Sharma ordered the four — Rama alias Ramlal Teli, Jaswant Dhobi, Dinesh Teli and Mohammad Hussain — on Monday to also provide evidence of the survival of the saplings every three months. The number of saplings is 10 times that of the trees they are accused of felling.
Updated on Jun 05, 2019 12:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Rakesh Goswami
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Interesting contests in Jaipur Rural, Alwar as north, east Rajasthan vote on May 6
The May 6 election in Rajasthan will seal the fate of 134 candidates, including 16 women. There are 23 million voters in these parliamentary constituencies, who will cast their vote at more than 23,000 polling stations, including 5,187 centres in the urban areas.
Updated on May 06, 2019 07:43 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Rakesh Goswami
In Alwar LS seat, it’s a fight between ‘outsider’ and local
In neighbouring Dwarkapur village, Sajjan Singh says the Rajputs are also supporting the BJP even though the Congress candidate is a Rajput.
Updated on May 04, 2019 11:40 AM IST
Hindustan Times, ALWAR | Rakesh Goswami
Lok Sabha elections 2019: High-stakes poll battle for bigwigs today in Rajasthan
In Jhalawar-baran, former chief minister Vasundhara Raje’s son Dushyant Singh is contesting against Congress’s Pramod Sharma.
Published on Apr 29, 2019 08:48 AM IST
Hindustan Times, JAIPUR | Rakesh Goswami
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Political debutant pitches for tribal rights in Banswara battle
The reference is for the Congress candidate from Banswara, Tarchand Bhagora, who has been a Lok Sabha MP thrice, and tBJP candidate Kanakmal Katara who has been an MLA twice.
Published on Apr 28, 2019 08:41 AM IST
Dungarpur/ Banswara | Rakesh Goswami
Lok Sabha elections 2019: In tribal Rajasthan, political debutant aiming for ‘kranti’
BTP, founded by Gujarat’s Chhotu Vasava, entered Rajasthan’s politics two months before the December 2018 Assembly election, and registered victory on two seats (Sangwara and Chorasi) of Dungarpur district which are part of Banswara Lok Sabha constituency. In Lok Sabha election, the party has fielded candidates in four constituencies: Banswara, Udaipur, Chittorgarh and Jodhpur.
Updated on Apr 28, 2019 10:08 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Dungarpur/ Banswara | Rakesh Goswami
Lok Sabha elections 2019|Decision to not contest from Varanasi was Priyanka Gandhi’s: Sam Pitroda
Pitroda said former PM Rajiv Gandhi gave political will to develop IT and telecom. “One thing is clear we know how to create jobs – we created jobs in IT, telecom, milk and green revolution, space and defence,” he said.
Updated on Apr 27, 2019 11:46 AM IST
Hindustan Times, JAIPUR | Rakesh Goswami
IIT alumnus comes 1st in civil services exam
Akshat Jain, an engineering graduate from IIT Guwahati, who came second, is also from Jaipur. His father is an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer while his mother is an Indian Revenue Service officer (IRS).
Published on Apr 05, 2019 11:51 PM IST
New Delhi | Rakesh Goswami and Shruti Tomar
UPSC Results 2019: Didn’t expect to be in final list, says 2nd topper Akshat Jain
For 23-year-old Akshat Jain it was a pleasant surprise to find his name in the list of successful candidates of Civil Services Examination.
Updated on Apr 05, 2019 11:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Rakesh Goswami
UPSC results 2019: Kanishak Kataria, 26, topped civil service in his first attempt
Kanishak Kataria, 26, was at his Jaipur home with elder sister, Tanmaya, on Friday evening when he checked the result of Civil Services Examination. He jumped in joy and almost dropped his mobile phone when he found out that he had topped the examination.
Updated on Apr 28, 2020 01:04 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Rakesh Goswami
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Independents, small parties play party poopers in Rajasthan
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: In east Rajasthan and parts of Shekhawati, BSP has queered the pitch of BJP, Congress candidates. People largely choose BJP or Congress candidate to send to the lower house of Parliament but there are pockets where BSP and other parties make a dent, often affecting the result in Rajasthan.
Published on Mar 19, 2019 12:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Rakesh Goswami
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Doubting forces’ action disservice to nation, says Union minister Prakash Javadekar
The BJP’s campaign incharge for Rajasthan Union HRD minister Prakash Javadekar, spoke about the party’s political vision in the state and nationally, apart from key movements in the education sector.
Published on Mar 18, 2019 07:32 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Amandeep Shukla and Rakesh Goswami
This Alwar government school is wearing a new face with efforts of teachers, community, see pics
The teachers and other staff donated ₹1,100 each and the villagers donated, too. Until six months ago, the Beejwar Naruka government school had a dilapidated building, broken classrooms, ceilings that leaked and an unattractive facade.
Updated on Mar 07, 2019 12:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Rakesh Goswami
Meet this 92-year-old teacher, a rock star for students for 70 years
For Prem Chand Dandiya, teaching was in his stars. He was born on September 5. Dandiya is a rock star for his students who are all praise for his youthful exuberance and immaculate dressing. Dandiya was a student at BHU when Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was the vice chancellor. Read more to know the secret of his zeal and his love for teaching.
Updated on Mar 02, 2019 11:33 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Rakesh Goswami
Soon, newborns in Rajasthan hospitals to get a free astrology reading
The scheme intends to promote Sanskrit and vedic knowledge and provide employment to at least 3,000 astrologers
Updated on Feb 13, 2019 09:35 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Rakesh Goswami