Rashpal Singh covers socio-economic and development issues in Gurgaon and adjoining districts. A journalist for over a decade with stints in Shimla, Chandigarh and Jaipur, he also writes on transport, local administration and the district BJP.
Articles by Rashpal Singh
MLA discovers ‘cure’ for AIDS
Squeeze your private parts tightly and urinate forcefully after intercourse to keep AIDS at bay, is Rajasthan MLA Devi Singh Bhatti’s prescription for people. Rashpal Singh reports.
Updated on Mar 30, 2012 02:14 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rashpal Singh, Jaipur
Villagers say they had to pay Rs 60 for ‘free’ UID card
The preparation of the UID card is in danger of falling into the ‘middleman’ trap as residents of villages close to Jaipur have complained they had to stump up money to get the document, which should come free. Rashpal Singh reports.
Updated on Feb 23, 2012 11:46 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rashpal Singh, Jaipur
Javed Akhtar slams jail for screening Urdu books
A controversy has broken out following media reports on the alleged screening of Urdu books requested by jailed Pakistani virologist Dr Khalil Chisty, 79, who is currently lodged in Ajmer Central Jail.
Updated on Dec 01, 2011 11:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rashpal Singh, Ajmer
SUVs used to kidnap Jodhpur nurse found
The Jodhpur district police on Sunday found two Bolero jeeps that are suspected to have been used to kidnap government nurse Bhanwari Devi, missing since September 1. Rashpal Singh reports.
Updated on Sep 26, 2011 01:56 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rashpal Singh, Jaipur
The sun is Keoladeo bird sanctuary’s best friend
Bharatpur's Keoladeo bird sanctuary, a world natural heritage site, has energised 11 mini solar power plants for its water requirements and power generation.
Updated on Sep 19, 2011 12:52 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rashpal Singh, Bharatpur
Gopalgarh clash: Tension continues, death toll up to 8
Tension continued on Friday in Bharatpur’s Gopalgarh village over a clash between two communities while the death toll rose to eight. Rashpal Singh reports.
Updated on Sep 16, 2011 11:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rashpal Singh, Gopalgarh (bharatpur)
Rajasthan forms panel to probe communal clash
The Rajasthan government on Thursday formed an inquiry committee to probe Wednesday's communal clash in Bharatpur district in which six persons were killed and more than 12 injured.
Updated on Sep 15, 2011 11:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rashpal Singh, Jaipur
Ex-Rajasthan top cop on CBI’s most wanted poster
At the head of the “wanted” list of the Central Bureau of Investigation, a top cop in Rajasthan is now an absconder, his property soon to be attached by the court.
Updated on Aug 18, 2011 11:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rashpal Singh, Jaipur
Witch-hunt again in Rajasthan
The practice of branding women as witches and torturing them continues unabated in rural Rajasthan even though the state government is coming up with a stringent law – the Rajasthan Women (Prevention and Protection from Atrocities) Bill, 2011.
Updated on Aug 07, 2011 12:57 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rashpal Singh, Jaipur
Farmers on war path over acquisition of land for Jaipur ring road
Plan to meet Rahul Gandhi to intervene in the matter of acquisition of excess land.
Updated on Jul 30, 2011 07:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rashpal Singh, Jaipur
Rajasthan assembly official arrested for printing fake notes
A section officer posted in the legal wing of the Rajasthan assembly was arrested on Sunday for allegedly printing fake notes of a purported value of about Rs 9 lakh. Rashpal Singh reports.
Updated on Jul 03, 2011 10:13 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rashpal Singh, Jaipur
'Raped' by boss and his friend, CEO commits suicide
A woman chief executive officer of a tea company — Tea Exchange Bharath Limited — allegedly committed suicide by hanging on Friday night in Vaishali Nagar area of the city.
Updated on Jun 11, 2011 11:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rashpal Singh, Jaipur
Radio collars may go off tigers’ necks
If a plan prepared by the Rajasthan forest department for tigers’ satellite monitoring finds acceptance, collars for the big cats will be a thing of the past. Rashpal Singh reports.
Updated on Jun 01, 2011 12:38 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rashpal Singh, Jaipur
Now fungus in IV fluid bottle
Contaminated intravenous glucose units seem to have come to stay in Rajasthan. Following the deaths of 16 pregnant women in Jodhpur in March, three cases of contamination have surfaced in May.
Updated on May 27, 2011 02:09 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rashpal Singh, Jaipur
Rajasthan top cop held for staged killing
The CBI has arrested a senior Rajasthan Police officer, A Ponnuchamy, in connection with the alleged fake encounter of a man said to be working for the liquor mafia in the state. Rashpal Singh reports.
Updated on May 16, 2011 01:58 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rashpal Singh, Jaipur
BSF chopper was to ferry Kamat
Union minister of state for home affairs Gurudas Kamat was to travel last month in the same Border Security Force (BSF) helicopter that crashed in Rajasthan on Friday, killing four people.
Updated on May 15, 2011 12:11 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rashpal Singh, Jaipur
Girl's body in parcel: Police track a letter
The Delhi and Ajmer police have started fresh investigations into the case of a girl's body found in a tin box parcelled from Delhi, after a letter, with Ajmer Police now, accused five persons for the girl's murder. Rashpal Singh reports.
Updated on May 03, 2011 11:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rashpal Singh, Jaipur
Student, teacher raped, blackmailed
Two women from Jaipur, in separate incidents, have alleged that they were raped and filmed during the crime by people known to them. The accused later used the recordings to blackmail them into having sex, the police said.
Updated on Apr 25, 2011 12:30 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rashpal Singh, Jaipur
Post mortem suggests victim was drugged
The post-mortem report of the body found in a parcel sent to Ajmer in Rajasthan has revealed that the victim was drugged before being killed. Sources said the girl was stabbed and "she didn't show any resistance while being attacked which suggests she was under the influence of drug".
Updated on Apr 13, 2011 02:56 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rashpal Singh and Faizan Haider, New Delhi/jaipur
Girl's body found in parcel from Old Delhi
The sensational recovery of a girl's body from a tin box dispatched as parcel from a company in Old Delhi to another company at Kishangarh in Ajmer district has sent the police in tizzy.
Updated on Apr 10, 2011 12:45 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rashpal Singh, Jaipur
Cops leave youth to die in forest
A man who was beaten up mercilessly on being mistaken for a burglar, died here after the police left him unattended instead of taking him to a hospital.
Updated on Mar 28, 2011 12:57 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rashpal Singh, Jaipur
2 more fake pilots arrested
The Rajasthan anti-corruption bureau (ACB) has arrested two SpiceJet pilots for getting licence by allegedly misrepresenting the number of hours they have flown.
Updated on Mar 22, 2011 12:01 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rashpal Singh, Jaipur
American kills self, blames India, US
An American national disturbed over denial of Indian citizenship allegedly committed suicide by immolating himself on a hill at Virat Nagar, around 75km from Jaipur, in the wee hours of January 26.
Updated on Jan 28, 2011 12:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rashpal Singh, Jaipur
Translocated tiger dies in Sariska reserve
Efforts to revive the tiger population at Rajasthan's Sariska Tiger Reserve got a jolt on Sunday evening when a tiger was found dead and another went missing. Officials fear the second tiger, too, may be dead.
Updated on Nov 15, 2010 10:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rashpal Singh and Devendra Bhardwaj, Sariska
Ajmer blast accused was in touch with RSS spokesman
The diary of the main accused in the 2007 Ajmer blast, Sunil Joshi, contains the names of high-profile RSS spokesperson Ram Madhav, RSS leader Indresh Kumar and BJP member of Parliament Aditya Nath.
Updated on Oct 26, 2010 11:06 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rashpal Singh, Jaipur
Too noisy? CM seeks probe
The India visit of British comedian Russell Brand and American pop star Katy Perry has run into a second environmental scrape, with the media being their antagonists in both the cases. Rashpal Singh reports.
Updated on Oct 25, 2010 01:38 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rashpal Singh, Jaipur
Russell-Katy set to wed in Rajasthan
Hollywood heartthrobs Russell Brand and Katy Perry are set to solemnise their wedding, reportedly in Rajasthan by the end of this month and have selected a five-star resort near Ranthambhore national park.
Updated on Oct 16, 2010 08:42 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rashpal Singh, Jaipur
Sohrabuddin case witness shot at in Udaipur
A witness in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case was shot at in Udaipur district on Tuesday evening. The incident occurred at around 8 pm when the witness, Azam Khan, was returning home with a friend in a car, said Udaipur Superintendent of Police Sanjib Kumar Narzari.
Updated on Sep 15, 2010 03:46 AM IST
Rashpal Singh/Vinod Molpariya, Jaipur/udaipur
Biologist booked for cat attack pictures
Rajasthan police have booked 12 persons, including Dharmendra Khandal who clicked the pictures of a tiger attacking a forest ranger, in Ranthambore National Park on Friday.
Updated on Aug 24, 2010 12:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rashpal Singh, Jaipur
Ammo stolen for illegal mining
A large quantity of explosives, which went missing while being transported from Dholpur in Rajasthan to Sagar in Madhya Pradesh, were meant to be used in illegal mining in Bhilwara and Rajsamand districts of Rajasthan.
Updated on Aug 18, 2010 01:19 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rashpal Singh, Jaipur
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