Raje remodels erstwhile Cong govt`s livelihood scheme

Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2014, 21:42

After storming back to power in the recent Assembly elections, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on Thursday dropped a livelihood scheme of the previous Congress government saying it could not create jobs in last five years and replaced it with a new one.

Rajasthan Congressmen to participate in AICC annual meet

Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 13:53

Top party functionaries of Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee including former chief minister Ashok Gehlot will participate in AICC`s annual convention beginning in the national capital on Friday.

2013 saw BJP inflicting crushing defeat on Congress in Rajasthan

Last Updated: Thursday, December 26, 2013, 11:20

The rout of Congress in the Assembly elections, arrests of Asaram Bapu and former minister Babulal Nagar and 30 days imprisonment to a police woman for breach of privilege were some of the issues which kept Rajasthan in the news in 2013.

Ashok Gehlot gives pep talk to party workers, challenges Raje

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 25, 2013, 23:42

In a bid to boost Congress workers` morale in Rajasthan, Ashok Gehlot slammed the working of Vasundhara Raje government and blamed the debacle in elections on external factors.

Review of Gehlot Govt`s discretionary decisions begins

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 21:19

A Cabinet sub-committee appointed by Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje started reviewing the erstwhile Congress government`s "discretionary decisions", and directed department heads to identify such projects and inform the Chief Secretary about them.

BJP won Rajasthan due to Modi`s `Goebellesian` tactics: Gehlot

Last Updated: Sunday, December 22, 2013, 17:16

"Narendra Modi`s thoughts are threat to Indian democracy," says former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot who accused him of provoking communal feelings in the state during the recent elections which Congress lost badly.

Former Rajasthan Agriculture minister Harjiram Burdak dies

Last Updated: Friday, December 20, 2013, 12:17

A former Rajasthan Agriculture minister Harjiram Burdak died here Friday.

Gehlot blames misinformation campaign of BJP for poll debacle

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 14:51

Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday blamed the "misinformation campaign" of the BJP leaders, including Narendra Modi, for his party`s rout in the recent Assembly elections in the desert state.

BSP`s vote share growth hit in Rajasthan

Last Updated: Monday, December 9, 2013, 19:09

After seeing a steady growth in their vote share, Mayawati`s BSP suffered a decline for the first time in Rajasthan where the BJP romped home with 162 seats.

Gehlot quits, says factors for defeat to be analysed

Last Updated: Sunday, December 8, 2013, 22:10

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot on Sunday night resigned after the Congress was dislodged from power in the state.

BJP creates history in Rajasthan, wins 162 seats; Vasundhara Raje set to return as CM

Last Updated: Sunday, December 8, 2013, 21:55

Riding a strong anti-incumbency wave coupled with Narendra Modi factor, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday returned to power in Rajasthan after five years, winning a record 162 seats and leaving the Congress bruised with just 21 members in the 200-seat legislature.

In Gehlot`s home district, BJP win 9 out of 10 seats

Last Updated: Sunday, December 8, 2013, 20:49

In outgoing Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot`s home district Jodhpur, BJP has won nine out of ten assembly constituencies, with Gehlot the only winning candidate of the Congress party.