Sohail Khan

Veteran Congress leader Girija Vyas, 78, dies in Ahmedabad hospital

Girija Vyas had been undergoing treatment for burn injuries sustained during a puja ceremony at her Udaipur residence

Constable dies after speeding car hits police vehicle in Rajasthan; 4 injured

The team from Bhilwara district’s Begun police station was returning with an accused from Gujarat when the accident occurred. The unknown vehicle’s driver fled the scene after the crash

Over 250 people hospitalised after food poisoning at Rajasthan mass weddings

Authorities said the MB Hospital in Udaipur had to set up a new emergency ward to accommodate around 220 people who fell sick at a mass wedding in Dhanmandi

Jaipur highway fire toll rises to 13; 6-member SIT set up

Authorities struggled to identify severely burned victims and searched for at least 13 missing people.

Thai woman shot by unidentified assailants in Udaipur; probe on: Police

Police said the incident took place when the woman left her hotel and took a taxi at around 1.30am on Saturday

Expert shooter roped in to hunt ‘man-eater’ leopard

The development comes after principal chief conservator of forests (PCCF), Rajasthan Wildlife, Pawan Kumar Upadhyay, on Tuesday issued orders to shoot the man-eater big cat on sight on

Minor girl found dead in Udaipur; leopard attack suspected: Police

The deceased girl had gone to graze goats on Wednesday afternoon but she didn’t return home till late night and family members found her body the next morning

Rajasthan: Illegal arms dealer turns out to be absconding murderer; arrested

The accused, a native of Udaipur’s Keshav Nagar, had eloped with a 33-year-old married woman from Rajsamand in 2019 and later murdered her

Rajasthan’s Mautana tradition a key issue in tribal sub plan areas

In the Mautana (compensation for death) tradition, upon a person’s demise, the body is placed in front of the house of village leaders, officials or the individual deemed responsible for a week or more, awaiting resolution. In the past, seeking vengeance by harming a relative of the accountable person was commonplace

Police constable killed after speeding truck runs over him in Udaipur: Police

According to police, he was standing along with his team during a road checking outside the Tidi police station when the accident took place around 9:30am

Tiger at Rajasthan park dies day after relocation

A six-year-old male tiger was found dead in the Sajjangarh Biological Park in Rajasthan’s Udaipur on Wednesday, a day after it was relocated from state’s Ranthambore tiger reserve.

Bajrang Dal worker allegedly shot dead in Udaipur, activists stage protest

Udaipur superintendent of police (SP) Vikas Sharma said the preliminary probe reveals that the killing was due to personal enmity over a land dispute

Witness to Udaipur tailor’s beheading bedridden after brain haemorrhage in Oct

Rajkumar Sharma is an eyewitness to his employer Kanhaiya Lal’s beheading in Rajasthan’s Udaipur in June

Rajasthan teacher recruitment exam cancelled after 44 arrested for paper leak

The Udaipur police stopped a suspected bus and found that the candidates travelling in the bus were having the leaked examination papers in their possession

Yet to get ₹50 lakh share, say 2 of 5 men arrested for Udaipur’s 12 crore loot

The robbery was plotted in a Bihar jail where the gang leader Guddu was lodged earlier. The two suspects arrested by Udaipur police allegedly said that each of them was to get ₹50 lakh but Guddu was yet to pay them

Masked men loot jewellery worth ₹12 crore, cash at gunpoint in Udaipur

Police superintendent Vikas Kumar Sharma said that the robbers barged into Manappuram Finance Limited’s office in Pratap Nagar in Udaipur and looted the jeweller and cash

‘How long will I get security’: Hate crime witness fears for safety

Rajkumar Sharma was seated on a stool facing the wall in the front room of Kanhaiya Lal’s tailoring shop in Udaipur when he heard Lal’s cries.

BJP denies link with Udaipur attacker amid furore

The Congress said that Mohammad Riyaz Akhtari, who along with Gaus Mohammad allegedly hacked to death 47-year-old Kanhaiya Lal on Tuesday over social media posts supporting suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma in the Prophet Mohammed row, was a BJP member.

Udaipur tailor murder: BJP dismisses allegations that accused was party worker

The Rajasthan BJP minority cell president Sadiq Khan said that the accused in the Udaipur tailor murder case, Mohammad Riyaz Akhtari, might have gone to some party programme with the intention of recce and got photos clicked with the local leaders

Udaipur tailor’s security was withdrawn in 3 days, say kin; police defend move

On June 9, Kanhaiya Lal – who had a tailoring shop in Udaipur’s Bhoot Mahal for about two decades – shared a Facebook post backing suspended Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson, Nupur Sharma, whose controversial comments on Prophet Mohammed caused an international storm.

Udaipur killing accused paid ₹1,000 to get ‘2611’ for bike number plate: Cops

The Udaipur murder accused fled from the spot using a motorcycle with registration number 2611, a possible reference to the date of 2008 Mumbai terror attack

Jagannath Rath Yatra to be held as per schedule in Udaipur

The curfew imposed in the city following the brutal murder of a tailor has been relaxed along the route for the procession

Udaipur killing: Police gave security to bizman who received similar threats

The development was confirmed by the family of the businessman, the local police, and members of a local organisation that filed a First Information Report (FIR) against him.

Udaipur killing: Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot meets tailor’s kin amid protests

On Tuesday afternoon, Riyaz Akhtari and Gaus Mohammed walked into Kanhaiya Lal’s tailoring shop and murdered him with sharp knives because the man had backed controversial comments by Bharatiya Janata Party member Nupur Sharma on Prophet Mohammed.

‘Killed him like cowards’: Grief, rage shroud Udaipur after murder

At 11.45am, his young sons Yash and Tarun brought out Lal’s body for the final journey, accompanied by their mother Yashoda, dressed in a bright red sari. The crowd roared – the savage killing had galvanised the city in grief and anger – and some young men raised communal slogans of revenge.

25 students of govt boarding school test Covid positive in Rajasthan’s Udaipur

Chief medical officer Dinesh Kharadi said 80 students and 10 staff members of the school were tested after a teacher tested positive for the disease. He added the students who tested positive have been kept under isolation

Man, his four minor sons found dead in Rajasthan

Police said the man was alcoholic would often beat his sons and wife under the influence of alcohol. The bodies would be handed over to the relatives after their post-mortem

Udaipur man kills himself after murdering four kids, wife

The man was said to be under financial stress.

13 tribal children being trafficked to Gujarat rescued in Udaipur

Rajasthan man arrested for trying to kill father to get government job, say police

The accused allegedly wanted money to start a restaurant.