By Harsha Kumari Singh

For Migrants On Main Highway To UP, Rajasthan Provides A Lift

India News | Reported by Harsha Kumari Singh, Edited by Aman Dwivedi | Tuesday May 12, 2020

The temperature in Rajasthan worked its way up to 37 degrees celsius today, infiltrating the already arduous journey of migrant workers in the state who are walking home to Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

Fighting Tears, Wife, Daughter Salute Colonel Killed In Action In J&K's Handwara

India News | Reported by Harsha Kumari Singh, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Tuesday May 5, 2020

The wife and daughter of Colonel Ashutosh Sharma, who was killed in action in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Handwara during the weekend, paid tribute to the officer this morning in Jaipur.

40,000 Moved Out Of Rajasthan, Evacuation Began Before Centre's Go-Ahead

India News | Written by Harsha Kumari Singh, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Thursday April 30, 2020

Long before the government allowed migrants, students and others stranded by the coronavirus lockdown to travel to their home states, Rajasthan had started the process. Some 40,000 migrant labourers have been moved out of the desert state since last week.

Jaipur Community Kitchen, Run By 25, Feeds 1,500 Daily Wagers Twice Daily

India News | Written by Harsha Kumari Singh, Edited by Sumana Nandy | Friday May 1, 2020

A group of 25 people in Jaipur have come together to cook food for over 1,500 families living in the city's Murlipura area.

"Saying Since Day 1": Ashok Gehlot On Pan-India Plan For Migrant Movement

India News | Reported by Harsha Kumari Singh, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Sunday April 26, 2020

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot today called on the centre to devise a comprehensive and unified plan for the "smooth movement of migrant workers stranded across the country". In a series of five tweets, Mr Gehlot asked the centre to come up with a "planned strategy with a unified command structure... to facilitate movement of students and mi...

Amid Lockdown, 54 Migrants In Rajasthan Paint School As Thanks For Food

India News | Reported by Harsha Kumari Singh, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Thursday April 23, 2020

54 migrant workers quarantined in two government-run schools in Rajasthan's Sikar district painted the buildings to thank the community that fed and kept them safe

5 States To Evacuate Students Stranded In Rajasthan's Coaching Hub Kota

India News | Reported by Harsha Kumari Singh, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Tuesday April 21, 2020

After Uttar Pradesh, five more states will send buses to fetch their students stranded in coaching hub Kota in Rajasthan because of the nationwide coronavirus lockdown, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said today.

"Modi or Gehlot?" Congress MLA Says Video Criticised By BJP "Edited"

India News | Reported by Harsha Kumari Singh, Edited by Swati Bhasin | Monday April 20, 2020

A Congress MLA in Rajasthan has been criticised by the BJP over a purported video that shows him distributing ration kits among the poor amid a nationwide lockdown over coronavirus pandemic as he asks: "Who is better Modi or Ashok Gehlot?"

Neighbours Arrange Jaipur Man's Funeral Amid Lockdown Due To COVID-19

Jaipur News | Written by Harsha Kumari Singh | Tuesday April 14, 2020

Amid a nationwide lockdown to control the spread of coronavirus, neighbours of a 36-year-old man in Jaipur, who died of cancer, arranged his funeral because many of his family members could not travel due to the restrictions.

Woman Loses Newborn After Doctors In Rajasthan Refuse Treatment

India News | Written by Harsha Kumari Singh | Sunday April 5, 2020

A woman gave birth to a still-born baby in an ambulance in Rajasthan after she was allegedly turned away from a hospital in Bharatpur. The woman's husband alleged that they were refused admission to the district hospital because of their religion.

Rajasthan Shuts Down Transport, Shops Till March 31 Over Coronavirus

India News | Reported by Harsha Kumari Singh, Edited by Debanish Achom | Saturday March 21, 2020

The Rajasthan government has ordered full lockdown of the state till March 31 as COVID-19 cases rise across the country. In a statement, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said all public transport has been stopped and malls and shops will remain shut. Essential services will remain operational, he said.

Kamal Nath Quits With "Power-Hungry Maharaj" Barb: 10 Facts

India News | Reported by Harsha Kumari Singh, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Saturday March 21, 2020

Kamal Nath resigned on Friday as Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister without facing a test of strength that his Congress government was certain to lose after the exodus of MLAs loyal to Jyotiraditya Scindia, who crossed over to the BJP last week. "Everyone saw how crores of rupees were spent. How a democratically-elected government was brought down by th...

Kamal Nath Gets 10-Day Break Over Coronavirus, BJP Goes To Supreme Court

India News | Reported by Harsha Kumari Singh, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday March 16, 2020

The Kamal Nath-led Congress government in Madhya Pradesh scored a 10-day reprieve today as the assembly session was adjourned without any trust vote until March 26 over coronavirus, after a one-minute address by Governor Lalji Tandon. The opposition BJP, which is confident it now has the majority to take power, paraded 106 MLAs before the Governor ...

Rajasthan Treats Coronavirus Patients With Swine Flu, Malaria, HIV Drugs

India News | Reported by Harsha Kumari Singh, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Saturday March 14, 2020

Medicines used for the treatment of swine flu, malaria and HIV appear to have helped in the treatment of at least two coronavirus patients in Rajasthan, doctors and health officials in the state have told NDTV.

As BJP, Congress Move MLAs To Hotels, How Madhya Pradesh Numbers Stack Up

India News | Reported By Harsha Kumari Singh, Anurag Dwary, Edited By Swati Bhasin | Wednesday March 11, 2020

As the Congress and the BJP step up efforts to guard their flock amid political crisis brewing in Madhya Pradesh, 102 MLAs - backing the Kamal Nath government - were flown to Jaipur this afternoon.