Rajasthan

Jaipur, Jan 31 (PTI) Congress candidate Shafia Zubair won the Ramgarh assembly poll in Rajasthan by defeating her nearest BJP rival Sukhwant Singh by a margin of 12,228 votes, officials said.

With this, Congress's tally has increased to 100 in the 200-member Rajasthan assembly. Its ally - RLD- has one seat thus the government is in comfortable position.

Zubair got 44.77 per cent votes by securing 83,311 votes while Singh secured 71,083 votes, the officials of the Rajasthan election department said.

Jaipur, Jan 31 (PTI) A four-year-old nomad girl was allegedly raped by a man of the same community near her home in Rajasthan's Sikar district, police said Thursday.

The 28-year-old accused took the minor to a cremation ground located near their huts and committed the crime on Wednesday night, Station House Officer of the Khatushyamji police station Surendra Kumar said.

The accused was caught the same night, the SHO said, adding he has been placed under arrest under relevant sections.

The girl was admitted to a local hospital, Kumar said.

Jaipur, Jan 30 (PTI) Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday said if the minimum income guarantee, as announced by Congress president Rahul Gandhi earlier this week, is implemented, it will bring a revolution in the country.

On Monday, Gandhi had said his party would ensure minimum income guarantee for every poor in the country if it returns to power after the Lok Sabha polls due in April-May.

"The government should give the guarantee of minimum income. If this is done, it will be a revolution," Gehlot told reporters here.

Jaipur, Jan 30 (PTI) A provision of four-per cent reservation for differently-abled persons in government jobs has been made in Rajasthan.

The secretary of the social justice and empowerment, Shuchi Sharma, said the government had issued a gazette notification last Thursday in compliance with the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.

Under the rules, other provisions like advisory board and investigation committee have also been made, she said in a statement.

Jaipur, Jan 31 (PTI) The Congress candidate for the Ramgarh assembly election in Rajasthan is leading with a margin of over 5,000 votes, officials said Thursday.

In five out of the total 20 rounds of counting for the polls, Congress's Zubair secured 24,107 votes while BJP's Sukhwant Singh has got 18,616 votes, they said.

BSP's Jagat singh is trailing at third position.

Jaipur, Jan 28 (PTI) Polling in the assembly election in Rajasthan's Ramgarh constituency ended Monday with a voter turnout of 78.45 per cent, officials said.

They, however, said the turnout is likely to increase as there were people in queues in several booths after 5 PM, the scheduled time for voting to end.

Final voter turnout will be released later, they said.

Alwar, Jan 26 (PTI) Campaigning for assembly election in Ramgarh constituency of Alwar district ended on Saturday, an official said.

"The campaigning in Ramgarh has ended at 5 PM. As many as 20 candidates including two women are in the fray for the assembly polls which will be held on 278 booths in the constituency, returning officer Pankaj Sharma said.

Election to the Ramgarh seat will take place on January 28. It could not be held along with other 199 constituencies on December-7 due to the death of BSP candidate Laxman Singh.

Jodhpur, Jan 19 (PTI): A village near here Saturday reported 17 cattle deaths due to food poisoning from fodder that was unfit for consumption, an official said.

The animals were given fodder bought by the villagers from the money they collected during a religious function recently.

Ten cows, six calves and a buffalo perished at different spots in Kaparda village on Saturday morning.

Jaipur, Jan 17 (PTI) With an aim to end child labour in the city, a special campaign 'Child Labour Free Jaipur' (CLFJ) will be launched on Friday.

"The campaign has been prepared by taking support from multiple stakeholders and this novel initiative will help in putting an end to child labour in Jaipur," said Karan Malik, programme manager of The British Asian Trust, part of the CLFJ campaign.

Jaipur, Jan 15 (PTI) A minor girl has been allegedly raped and murdered in the Amber area of the city, police said Tuesday.

The body of the girl, aged around seven years, was recovered from an open area in Chainpura village under Amber Police Station limits on Tuesday, officials said.

"She was allegedly raped and strangulated to death. Different teams are working on the case. Some suspects have been identified. The case will be cracked soon," DCP north Vikas Sharma said.

The body was handed over to family members after postmortem.