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Urvashi Dev Rawal

Urvashi Dev Rawal is assistant editor with Hindustan Times Rajasthan edition and is based in Jaipur. She reports on politics, development journalism and women’s issues. She has reported from Delhi and Gujarat previously.

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Don’t subject Kashmiris to daily patriotism test, says Ram Madhav

BJP general secretary Ram Madhav said people of Jammu and Kashmir need to be given rights, development and good governance, and the BJP government is committed to providing that.

Ram Madhav was delivering the Deen Dayal Upadhyay memorial lecture in Jaipur, titled ‘Akhand Bharat ki Avdharna Evam Kashmir’ (The concept of united India and Kashmir).(PTI/File Photo)

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Published on Sep 25, 2018 11:30 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByUrvashi Dev Rawal

Upper castes should get 25% quota, says Union minister Ramdas Athawale

Ramdas Athawale said 25% reservation should be given to the upper castes without disturbing the reservation for SC/STs and OBCs.

Union minister Ramdas Athawale said till a law is passed in the Parliament, the problem of reservation could not be solved.(HT File Photo)

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Updated on Sep 16, 2018 12:08 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByUrvashi Dev Rawal

Names of over 6.5 lakh fake voters to be struck off from Rajasthan’s electoral rolls

The election department of Rajasthan has undertaken an exercise to weed out duplicate voters from electoral rolls. Rajasthan has 200 assembly constituencies and 5.75 crore electors.

Poll officials said 6,52,814 names of voters who are duplicate, dead or have shifted their residence have come to light.(PTI/Picture for representation)

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Published on Sep 15, 2018 01:52 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByUrvashi Dev Rawal

Rajasthan assembly polls: Jats, Rajputs hold the key to 43 seats in Marwar

Although the BJP won a large majority across the state in the last election, most political commentators don’t see a repeat in 2018. Vasundhara Raje’s government faces huge anti-incumbency this year.

Two women take selfies with Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje during the 'Rajasthan Gaurav Yatra' at Baytu .(PTI)

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Updated on Sep 09, 2018 12:22 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByUrvashi Dev Rawal

Gaurav Yatra: Raje likely to face bumpy road ahead

While the BJP has seized the initiative and set the ball rolling for the assembly elections, the path ahead for Raje is bumpy

Chief minister Vasundhara Raje meets people in Banswara.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Aug 08, 2018 10:42 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByUrvashi Dev Rawal

Have been able to say ‘sadak, bijli, paani’ for the first time, says CM Vasundhara Raje on her 40-day Rajasthan tour

Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje, who is in the middle of a 40-day Gaurav Yatra across the state, is seeking support based on her government’s development initiatives.

Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje at Jothri village, in Dungarpur, Rajasthan.(Himanshu Vyas/HT Photo)

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Updated on Aug 07, 2018 01:56 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByUrvashi Dev Rawal

Raje launches third yatra from Charbhuja. Will she be third time lucky?

In 2003, she began her Parivartan Yatra from Charbhuja and won 120 seats in the ensuing assembly election. In 2013, amid a strong Modi wave, Raje kicked off her Suraj Sankalp Yatra once again from Charbhuja and the BJP won an unprecedented 163 of 200 assembly seats

Chief minister Vasundhara Raje greets BJP national president Amit Shah ahead of launch of Rajasthan Gaurav Yatra in Rajasthan’s Rajsamand district.(Himanshu Vyas/HT Photo)

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Updated on Aug 04, 2018 10:37 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Rajsamand | ByUrvashi Dev Rawal, Kankroli (rajsamand)

Congress playing vote bank politics on NRC, will ensure illegal Bangladeshis are identified: Amit Shah

BJP president Amit Shah put the Congress in his line of fire on Saturday accusing it of playing vote bank politics on the National Register of Citizens issue in Assam, and said the BJP government will ensure that Bangladeshi infiltrators are identified and national security is not compromised.

Addressing a public meeting at Kankroli in Rajsamand district of Rajasthan to flag off chief minister Vasundhara Raje’s Rajasthan Gaurav Yatra, BJP president Amit Shah said the Congress should clarify its stand on the NRC(PTI)

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Updated on Aug 04, 2018 08:35 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Kankroli (Rajasthan) | ByUrvashi Dev Rawal

Assembly elections: Farm distress, jobs could unseat the BJP in Rajasthan

Unfulfilled promise of generating 1.5 million jobs, anger among castes that formed the traditional BJP vote base and rural distress will be major issues when Rajasthan goes to polls.

Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje and BJP leader Madanlal Saini attends a working committee meeting in Jaipur.(PTI File Photo)

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Updated on Aug 01, 2018 08:19 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByRakesh Goswami and Urvashi Dev Rawal

Back to school: Encouraged by daughters, BJP’s Rajasthan MLA resumes studies after 40 years

Udaipur Rural MLA Phool Singh Meena, 55, is now giving his BA first year exams. The MLA who had studied till Class 7 said he took up studies again after being encouraged by his five daughters.

BJP MLA Phool Singh Meena is appearing for his BA first year exams. He had to drop out of school to take care of his family.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Jul 18, 2018 10:01 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByUrvashi Dev Rawal, Jaipur

With PM’s visit, BJP seizes initiative in Rajasthan

Prime Minister Narendra Modi may have ruffled the feathers for Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje as he praised another state leader and union minister of state for agriculture minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat for his efforts in promoting farmers’ welfare

PM Narendra Modi, CM Vasundhara Raje and newly-appointed state BJP president Madanlal Saini greet people at Amrudon Ka Bagh in Jaipur on Saturday.(Himanshu Vyas/HT Photo)

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Updated on Jul 07, 2018 10:19 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByUrvashi Dev Rawal

Rs100 crore credit cooperative society scam in Jaisalmer

The investors are running from pillar to post to recover the money as the promoter, who has links to a political party, is absconding.

Surendra Singh Bhati, founder of the Sai Kripa Credit Cooperative Society.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Jun 16, 2018 09:55 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByUrvashi Dev Rawal

Rajput leader threatens minister over ‘barsaati chuhe’ jibe

Angered by Rajasthan cabinet minister Kiran Maheshwari’s reference to Rajputs as ‘barsaati chuhe’ (monsoon rats), a Rajput leader indirectly threatened the minister saying rats could bite anything, even ears and noses

Giriraj Singh Lotwada and other Rajput leaders interact with media persons in Jaipur on Tuesday.(Prabhakar Sharma/HT)

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Updated on Jun 12, 2018 10:27 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByUrvashi Dev Rawal

BJP to train young guns for media campaign in Rajasthan

Ahead of the assembly polls in Rajasthan and two other states this year and Lok Sabha election in 2019, the BJP is readying a cadre of young faces from its state units across the country to be appointed as spokespersons and panellists

The responsibility of shortlisting the candidates and training them has been given to the BJYM, the youth wing of the BJP.(Himanshu Vyas/HT Photo)

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Updated on Jun 11, 2018 10:17 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByUrvashi Dev Rawal

No state BJP president, ministers’ yatra hits roadblock in Rajasthan

No schedule or detail of the tours have been chalked out yet.

Chief minister Vasundhara Raje at Chauth ka Barwara in Sawai Madhopur.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Jun 06, 2018 09:43 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByUrvashi Dev Rawal

Eyeing minority votes, govt plans makeover for 500 madrasas

Chief minister Vasundhara Raje had announced the Adarsh Madrasa Yojana in her 2018-19 budget speech and the financial sanction was given last week.

There are 3,232 madrasas registered with the Rajasthan Madrasa Board with a total student strength of 2.35 lakh.(HT FILE PHOTO)

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Updated on Jun 04, 2018 10:09 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByUrvashi Dev Rawal

Court asks police to probe cruelty against elephants at Amer

The Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at Amer on Thursday gave the order on a complaint filed by Gauri Maulekhi, Trustee, People for Animals, and Government Liaison for Humane Society International, India.

The complaint filed by Maulekhi sought to provide relief to the elephants under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, said Umang Gupta, counsel for Maulekhi.(ht file (FOR REPRESENTATIONAL PURPOSE))

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Updated on Jun 01, 2018 10:17 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByUrvashi Dev Rawal

In poll season, Rajput leaders jump on reservation bandwagon

In election season, reservation politics is rearing its head. Apart from Gurjars and Jats, the Rajput community, considered to be the BJP’s traditional vote bank in Rajasthan, is renewing its demand for reservation

Lokendra Singh Kalvi plans to hold a rally in Chittor on September 23. The theme, he said, is to review reservation policy.(HT File)

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Updated on Nov 01, 2018 09:05 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByUrvashi Dev Rawal

On BJP high command report card, many MLAs set to lose ticket

The report card is being prepared on basis of a survey that was conducted by the high command to get feedback on the ground situation and the perception of the ministers and MLAs among the electorate.

Chief minister Vasundhara Raje at the launch of Kamal Piranda (water bowl for birds) at Jawahar Circle Garden.(HT Photo)

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Updated on May 21, 2018 11:02 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByUrvashi Dev Rawal, Jaipur

Dalit groom, a cop, rides mare in pre-wedding procession, gets threats from Gurjars

Police force was deployed at Sangaoda, 10 km from Bundi, for the safety of the groom and his family members who were preparing for the wedding due on Friday evening

Senior police officials attend Banwari Lal Meghwal's bindori .(HT photo)

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Updated on May 11, 2018 10:56 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByUrvashi Dev Rawal

Staff in tribal area to be transferred out if guilty of communal, caste bias

The Raje government is considering an amendment to the Rajasthan Scheduled Areas Subordinate, Ministerial and Class IV Service (Recruitment and Other Service Conditions) Rules 2014.

The draft states that an employee can be transferred out of the tribal sub plan area if, on a report by the department head, collector or any other government agency, he or she is found to be involved in communal riots or in offences against the state.(AFP (REPRESENTATIVE PIC))

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Updated on May 04, 2018 09:59 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByUrvashi Dev Rawal

Rajasthan allots land for BJP offices, Congress says rules flouted

The BJP says there has been no violation of rules and regulations in the acquisitions in Rajasthan.

CM Vasundhara raje addresses a public rally in Rajasthan.(Himanshu Vyas /HT Photo)

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Updated on May 02, 2018 07:22 AM IST

Jaipur, Hindustan Times | ByUrvashi Dev Rawal

This ‘Dadi’ transformed the lives of 450 slum children in Jaipur

For 450 slum children in Jaipur, Vimla Kumawat or “Dadi” as they fondly call her is their only family, having rescued them from a life of ignominy as scavengers and making them capable of standing on their own feet.

Vimala Kumawat with students at Seva Bharti Bal Vidyalay in Jaipur. When Kumawat, 64, decided to educate ragpicker children, she never imagined that 15 years later it would evolve into a school with 450 students.(Prabhakar Sharma/HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 29, 2018 10:10 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByUrvashi Dev Rawal, Jaipur

Rajasthan Cong leaders say YC polls will stoke factionalism, hurt prospects in assembly elections

Many Congress leaders in Rajasthan want the party’s youth wing polls to be either cancelled or postponed, saying the exercise could bring factionalism to the fore and harm the party’s prospects in the assembly elections due by the year-end

After victory in by-elections, the Congress is hopeful of winning assembly polls to be held by the year-end. Leaders want Youth Congress polls to be postponed till after the assembly elections to put up a united fight against the BJP.(HT File Photo)

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Updated on Apr 10, 2018 10:29 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByUrvashi Dev Rawal, Jaipur

No tenders for work up to ₹ 50 lakh in panchayats

Gram panchayats in Rajasthan will now be able to undertake works using material of up to ₹ 50 lakh in one year without floating tenders

Rajasthan health minister Kali Charan Saraf flagging off a mobile dental vans from Indira Gandhi Panchayati Raj Sansthan during state level health promotion programme in Jaipur.(Representative picture/HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 02, 2018 10:22 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByUrvashi Dev Rawal

Rajasthan government plans legislative changes to clean up sports in state

Government is planning to amend the Rajasthan Sports Act 2005.

The last RCA elections had seen a lot of drama.(HT FILE PHOTO)

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Updated on Mar 28, 2018 09:26 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByUrvashi Dev Rawal, Jaipur

BJP plans govt, party rejig with eye on caste equations

The BJP that won 163 of 200 assembly seat in 2013, has lost a string of elections of the rural and urban civic bodies as well as three bypolls in the last few months.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje.(PTI)

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Updated on Mar 16, 2018 10:56 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByUrvashi Dev Rawal

At PM Modi event on girl child, black flags for Rajasthan CM Raje

This was the first time that black flags were raised at a public meeting of the Prime Minister in Rajasthan. Modi had held three public meetings in Rajasthan earlier -- in Udaipur, Barmer and Suratgarh

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief minister Vasundhara Raje at the Launch of national nutrition mission in Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan.(Himanshu Vyas/HT Photo)

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Updated on Mar 08, 2018 10:32 PM IST

ByUrvashi Dev Rawal

Female foeticide matter of deep shame: PM Modi on Women’s Day

PM Modi expanded the “Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao (BBBP)” campaign to cover all districts of the country and launched a new programme, National Nutrition Mission (NNM) from Jhunjhunu in Rajasthan.

PM Narendra Modi launches National Poshan Mission, at Jhunjhunu District in Rajasthan.(Himanshu Vyas/HT Photo)

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Updated on Mar 08, 2018 10:57 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan | ByUrvashi Dev Rawal

Haunted House? Rajasthan MLAs call for purification puja for assembly building

After the untimely deaths of BJP MLAs Kirti Kumari and Kalyan Singh, talks of the Rajasthan assembly, which is built on a cremation ground, being haunted began to make rounds.

The assembly was shifted to the new premises in 2001. An MLA says that since then, all 200 MLAs have never been alive in any of the assembly terms.(Himanshu Vyas/HT Photo)

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Updated on Feb 23, 2018 08:44 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByUrvashi Dev Rawal

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Urvashi Dev Rawal

Urvashi Dev Rawal is assistant editor with Hindustan Times Rajasthan edition and is based in Jaipur. She reports on politics, development journalism and women’s issues. She has reported from Delhi and Gujarat previously.

BJP general secretary Ram Madhav said people of Jammu and Kashmir need to be given rights, development and good governance, and the BJP government is committed to providing that.

Ramdas Athawale said 25% reservation should be given to the upper castes without disturbing the reservation for SC/STs and OBCs.

The election department of Rajasthan has undertaken an exercise to weed out duplicate voters from electoral rolls. Rajasthan has 200 assembly constituencies and 5.75 crore electors.

Although the BJP won a large majority across the state in the last election, most political commentators don’t see a repeat in 2018. Vasundhara Raje’s government faces huge anti-incumbency this year.

While the BJP has seized the initiative and set the ball rolling for the assembly elections, the path ahead for Raje is bumpy

Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje, who is in the middle of a 40-day Gaurav Yatra across the state, is seeking support based on her government’s development initiatives.

In 2003, she began her Parivartan Yatra from Charbhuja and won 120 seats in the ensuing assembly election. In 2013, amid a strong Modi wave, Raje kicked off her Suraj Sankalp Yatra once again from Charbhuja and the BJP won an unprecedented 163 of 200 assembly seats

BJP president Amit Shah put the Congress in his line of fire on Saturday accusing it of playing vote bank politics on the National Register of Citizens issue in Assam, and said the BJP government will ensure that Bangladeshi infiltrators are identified and national security is not compromised.

Unfulfilled promise of generating 1.5 million jobs, anger among castes that formed the traditional BJP vote base and rural distress will be major issues when Rajasthan goes to polls.

Udaipur Rural MLA Phool Singh Meena, 55, is now giving his BA first year exams. The MLA who had studied till Class 7 said he took up studies again after being encouraged by his five daughters.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi may have ruffled the feathers for Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje as he praised another state leader and union minister of state for agriculture minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat for his efforts in promoting farmers’ welfare

The investors are running from pillar to post to recover the money as the promoter, who has links to a political party, is absconding.

Angered by Rajasthan cabinet minister Kiran Maheshwari’s reference to Rajputs as ‘barsaati chuhe’ (monsoon rats), a Rajput leader indirectly threatened the minister saying rats could bite anything, even ears and noses

Ahead of the assembly polls in Rajasthan and two other states this year and Lok Sabha election in 2019, the BJP is readying a cadre of young faces from its state units across the country to be appointed as spokespersons and panellists

No schedule or detail of the tours have been chalked out yet.

Chief minister Vasundhara Raje had announced the Adarsh Madrasa Yojana in her 2018-19 budget speech and the financial sanction was given last week.

The Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at Amer on Thursday gave the order on a complaint filed by Gauri Maulekhi, Trustee, People for Animals, and Government Liaison for Humane Society International, India.

In election season, reservation politics is rearing its head. Apart from Gurjars and Jats, the Rajput community, considered to be the BJP’s traditional vote bank in Rajasthan, is renewing its demand for reservation

The report card is being prepared on basis of a survey that was conducted by the high command to get feedback on the ground situation and the perception of the ministers and MLAs among the electorate.

Police force was deployed at Sangaoda, 10 km from Bundi, for the safety of the groom and his family members who were preparing for the wedding due on Friday evening

The Raje government is considering an amendment to the Rajasthan Scheduled Areas Subordinate, Ministerial and Class IV Service (Recruitment and Other Service Conditions) Rules 2014.

The BJP says there has been no violation of rules and regulations in the acquisitions in Rajasthan.

For 450 slum children in Jaipur, Vimla Kumawat or “Dadi” as they fondly call her is their only family, having rescued them from a life of ignominy as scavengers and making them capable of standing on their own feet.

Many Congress leaders in Rajasthan want the party’s youth wing polls to be either cancelled or postponed, saying the exercise could bring factionalism to the fore and harm the party’s prospects in the assembly elections due by the year-end

Gram panchayats in Rajasthan will now be able to undertake works using material of up to ₹ 50 lakh in one year without floating tenders

Government is planning to amend the Rajasthan Sports Act 2005.

The BJP that won 163 of 200 assembly seat in 2013, has lost a string of elections of the rural and urban civic bodies as well as three bypolls in the last few months.

This was the first time that black flags were raised at a public meeting of the Prime Minister in Rajasthan. Modi had held three public meetings in Rajasthan earlier -- in Udaipur, Barmer and Suratgarh

PM Modi expanded the “Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao (BBBP)” campaign to cover all districts of the country and launched a new programme, National Nutrition Mission (NNM) from Jhunjhunu in Rajasthan.

After the untimely deaths of BJP MLAs Kirti Kumari and Kalyan Singh, talks of the Rajasthan assembly, which is built on a cremation ground, being haunted began to make rounds.

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