Rajasthan

Jaipur, Feb 13 (PTI) Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday alleged that leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party were instigating a civil war in the country.

Replying to a debate on Motion of Thanks on the governor's speech in the assembly, the chief minister claimed that the saffron party was trying to weaken democracy.

Jaipur, Feb 7 (PTI) A 17-year-old Kashmiri boy, who worked at a catering firm here, died after allegedly being beaten by his colleague over a petty issue, police said on Friday.

An investigation into the incident was launched and the accused arrested, the police said.

Jaipur, Feb 5 (PTI) Days after she was allegedly raped by her neighbour in Rajasthan's Sikar, a 14-year-old girl died at a Jaipur hospital.

The girl was raped on January 27 by her neighbour, who also tried to strangle her, police said on Wednesday.

The victim was admitted to J K Lon Hospital in Jaipur after the incident and died on Tuesday evening.

Police said the victim was alone at home when Basant Meena, 20, committed the crime.

Jaipur, Feb 3 (PTI) A 10-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a man at the engagement ceremony of her relative here, police said on Monday.

The accused was identified as Raju (36), who had set up a food stall at the function on Sunday night, they said.

The accused took the girl to a toilet and raped her, the police said.

Jaipur, Feb 4 (PTI) A 10-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and raped by a man in Rajasthan's Churu district, the police said on Tuesday.

The incident took place in Rajgarh police station area in Churu on Monday night and a first information report (FIR) was registered on Tuesday against the accused, Akbar Khan, who is a neighbour of the minor, they said.

Jaipur, Feb 3 (PTI) A 10-year-old girl was allegedly raped by an unknown person here, police said on Monday.

The incident took place on Sunday night at Marriage Garden in Murlipura area, they said.

The minor girl along with her family members had gone to the venue to attend an engagement ceremony, they added.

"A case against the unknown person has been registered and the matter is being probed," the police said.

Jaipur, Jan 30 (PTI) A 15th century antique Quran written in golden words looted last year by a gang was recovered and a man was arrested in this connection, police said on Thursday.

The 1014-page Quran, which was looted by three persons in Rajasthan's Bhilwara district last year, was recovered on Wednesday, DCP North Rajeev Pachar said.

Jaipur, Jan 25 (PTI) Senior Congress leader Margaret Alva on Saturday said the Citizenship (Amendment) Act "negates" constitutional guarantees and rights given to all Indians and that the judicial system which is supposed to be the protector and the interpreter of the Constitution "has failed us".

Speaking at the 'Of the People, By the People: The Indian Constitution' session at the ongoing Jaipur Literature Festival here, the former governor of Rajasthan said she had expected the courts "to be more active and more vocal" on the matter.

Jaipur, Jan 23 (PTI) The Rajasthan government will introduce a resolution against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in the assembly session beginning Friday, Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot said.

He said the Centre should listen to people protesting against the act across the country and asserted that democracy weakens if there is no dialogue.

Jaipur, Jan 23 (PTI) Lauding the efforts of students and common people who have been protesting against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), actor Nandita Das said on Thursday that more places like Shaheen Bagh are coming up across the country.

Das also exhorted people to speak up against the CAA and the National Register of Citizens (NRC).