Harsha Kumari Singh

20-Year-Old French Woman Missing From Rajasthan For Nearly 2 Weeks

India News | Written By Harsha Kumari Singh, Edited By Richa Taneja | Thursday June 14, 2018

French Woman Gaelle Chouteau was last seen in Pushkar two weeks ago. Her mobile phone or ATM card have been used since then.

This Is India's Coaching Capital And It's Shaping Country's Medical Future

India News | Written by Harsha Kumai Singh | Wednesday June 6, 2018

Rajasthan has performed spectacularly in the NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Tests) exam year. Out of the 79,057 who appeared for NEET, 45,336 candidates cleared the test; 182 from Jaipur alone, and four in the top 50 are from the state.

On Video, Dalit Man Tied Up, Flogged In Gujarat. He Died

India News | Reported by Harsha Kumari Singh, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday May 21, 2018

A Dalit man, bound by ropes around his waist, is beaten mercilessly with rods while he cries out in pain, in a video clip allegedly from Gujarat's Rajkot. The man died after the savage beating on the orders of an auto-parts factory owner, according to a police complaint. His wife was allegedly beaten up too

Caste Politics And Dalit Unrest May Have A Bearing On Rajasthan Polls

India News | Written by Harsha Kumari Singh | Monday May 7, 2018

A Dalit groom was forced off his horse during his wedding procession last week in a small village in Rajasthan's Bhilwara district. The Dalits retaliated and got 12 people from the upper castes arrested under the SC/ST Act for forcing the bridegroom to dismount.

Bikaner Man, Killed By Girlfriend's Family, Was Also Run Over

India News | Harsha Kumari Singh | Saturday May 5, 2018

The 22-year-old man, mercilessly thrashed this week by the family of the woman he loved, was run over by a car before he was finally dumped in a drain in Bikaner's industrial area, his brother Asmal told NDTV.

Over 100 Dead After Storm, Rain Hit Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan: 10 Points

India News | Reported by Alok Pandey and Harsha Kumari Singh, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Friday May 4, 2018

A dust storm, accompanied by rain, wreaked havoc across Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan yesterday, killing more than 100 people, uprooting trees and flattening houses. In Uttar Pradesh, 73 people died -- 43 of them in Agra alone. In neighbouring Rajasthan, the figure was 36. The storm swept across Delhi too, but no loss or damages have been reported fr...

27 Dead In Rajasthan Dust Storm, Victims Were Sleeping As Homes Collapsed

India News | Reported by Harsha Kumari Singh, Edited by Shylaja Varma (with inputs from PTI) | Thursday May 3, 2018

Twenty seven people have died and several injured in Rajasthan last night after a powerful dust storm swept through the state. The eastern part of Rajasthan, like Alwar, Dholpur and Bharatpur districts, were the worst-affected in the dust storm. The intense storm and lightning led to houses collapsing, trees being uprooted and power connections sna...

In Rajasthan, 7 Arrested For Forcing Dalit Groom To Dismount His Horse

Cities | Reported By Harsha Kumari Singh, Edited By Debjani Chatterjee | Tuesday May 1, 2018

Seven people have been arrested and another six booked under the SC/ST Act for forcing a Dalit groom, in Rajasthan's Bhilwara district, to get down from the horse at his own wedding procession.

After Life Term For Asaram, His Followers Announce Oust-BJP Campaign

India News | Reported by Harsha Kumari Singh, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Wednesday April 25, 2018

With self-styled spiritual guru Asaram getting life imprisonment in a rape case, his followers -- who, by some estimates number close to 40 million -- have vowed to vote oust the BJP in the next elections. They claim that today's judgment by a Rajasthan court, which put the 77-year-old behind the bars for the rest of his life, was engineered by the...

Asaram Guilty Of Raping Schoolgirl, Gets Life Term In Jail: 10 Facts

India News | Reported by Harsha Kumari Singh | Wednesday April 25, 2018

Nearly five years after he was arrested, Asaram, a self-styled godman with a following that runs into lakhs, was sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a 16-year-old girl whose family brought her to visit his ashram in Jodhpur. The verdict today was delivered inside a Jodhpur jail; authorities decided days ago that taking Asaram to court would r...

Asaram, Accused Of Rape, To Get Verdict In Jail, Judge Has Arrived: 10 Facts

India News | Reported by Harsha Kumari Singh, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Wednesday April 25, 2018

A court in Rajasthan will decide today if self-styled godman Asaram -- who runs 400 ashrams across India -- was guilty of raping a 16-year-old five years ago. Asaram has thousands of followers across India with extensive money and muscle power. The trial in the two cases against him has been marked by a string of attacks against witnesses who dared...

Jodhpur Turns Fortress Ahead Of Verdict In Asaram Rape Case: 10 Points

India News | Written by Harsha Kumari Singh | Tuesday April 24, 2018

Rajasthan's Jodhpur has been placed under a tight security blanket as a local court is expected to decide on Wednesday if self-styled godman Asaram, who runs 400 ashrams across India, was guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl five years ago. In view of possible reprisals from Asaram's followers, the administration has imposed prohibitory orders banni...

In Rape And Murder Of 11-Year-Old In Surat, Police Detain Suspect

India News | Reported by Harsha Kumari Singh, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Friday April 20, 2018

A man was detained in Rajasthan today for the rape and murder of a child in Surat. Claiming a breakthrough, sources in the Rajasthan police said Harsahay Gujjar was traced through his cellphone records. The 28-year-old, a resident of a village in Sawai Madhopur, has been handed over to the Surat police.

Jaipur Woman Gives Hope To HIV-Positive Kids With NGO Named "Faith"

India News | Written by Harsha Kumai Singh | Friday April 20, 2018

"The idea behind Faith is to provide medical and emotional help to children with HIV. When people come to know about their illness, they are treated like untouchables. There are many such sad stories and I don't know how to tell them," says Smriti, who runs the NGO Faith in Jaipur to help HIV-positive children.

BJP's Maya Kodnani Cleared Of Charges In Worst Massacre Of 2002 Riots

India News | Reported by Harsha Kumari Singh, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday April 20, 2018

Maya Kodnani, a former minister and BJP leader sentenced to 28 years in prison for leading the biggest massacre in the Gujarat riots of 2002, was acquitted by the Gujarat High Court on Friday.