Dalit woman stripped ,humiliated in Udaipur village

Jul. 23 | Jaipur: The members of a village caste council in Rajasthan’s Udaipur district beat and stripped a married woman and her boyfriend publicly after tying them to a tree over their illicit relationship Sunday, police said. When a police team tried...

Three burnt alive,three injured in Alwar bus fire incident

Jul. 17 | Jaipur: Three men were burnt alive while at least three others sustained burns when the bus in which they were travelling caught fire in Rajasthan’s Alwar district Monday, police said. According to police, the incident took place near Rajgarh town...

Woman branded as witch, molested in Rajasthan

Jun. 25 | Jaipur: A 30-year-old woman was stripped and molested after being branded as a witch in Rajasthan’s Tonk district, police said Monday. The incident took place Saturday in Dhuan village of Tonk district, some 120 km from Jaipur. The woman approached...

Three killed, 25 injured in Rajasthan accident

Apr. 16 | Jaipur: At least three men were killed and 25 others seriously injured Monday when the bus they were travelling in overturned in Rajasthan’s Kota district, police said. The mishap occurred near Kunari village in Kota, some 300 km from Jaipur. “The...

Udaipur communal clash: seven injured

Feb. 26 | Udaipur: An official and six policemen were injured in a communal clash in this Rajasthan district Sunday, police said. The situation remained tense as police twice baton-charged a crowd of people from two communities clashing with each other. According...

Police complaint against ‘The Satanic Verses’ reading

Jan. 22 | Jaipur: A complaint has been lodged with the police here against the four authors who read out excerpts from Salman Rushdie’s “The Satanic Verses” in an unscheduled session of the Jaipur Literature Festival, police said Sunday. The complainant,...