Rajasthan Ordinance

The Rajasthan will soon bring an ordinance to further strengthen the law to prevent malpractices in recruitment exams, CM Ashok Gehlot said Sunday after the state witnessed protests and arrests and over alleged irregularities i

Shree Rajput Karni Sena, which has been leading protests against 'Padmaavat', on Tuesday named a six member panel comprising erstwhile royals and historians to watch the film ahead of its release even as fringe outfits demanded an ordinance banning the movie.

A Rajasthan government ordinance which claimed it would protect government staff against probe into on-duty actions and "gagged" the media, triggering national uproar, has lapsed on Monday

The Rajasthan high court today issued notices to the Centre and the state government on writ petitions challenging the controversial ordinance that protects serving and former judges and public servants from being investigated for on-duty action without prior sanction of the state government.

The Rajasthan High Court on Friday issued notice to the central and state governments on an ordinance that aims to protect public servants from being probed for on-duty action without prior government sanction.

Rajasthan today deferred at least until next year a controversial measure to protect ministers and officials from corruption investigations and restrict the media from reporting on them. Pummeled by critics, the BJP government referred an ordinance or executive order it had issued last month, to an all-party committee for review. An amended bill wi...

Confronting widespread outrage over a law that seeks to protect ministers and officials from corruption investigations and also restrict the media from reporting on them, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje late on Monday night called a meeting in which it was decided that the move would be reviewed by a panel

Rajasthan Congress president Sachin Pilot and several party leaders were detained by the police in Jaipur today soon after they took out a march against the state government's criminal laws amendment bill.

Rajasthan's widely-criticised order shielding ministers, lawmakers and government officials from investigation into complaints against them was challenged in the High Court today and openly opposed by two lawmakers of the ruling BJP - one even referencing the Emergency of 1975. A petition in the court says the order allows a "large section of the s...

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today took a swipe at the BJP government in Rajasthan led by Vasundhara Raje over a proposed law that bars courts from taking up private complaints against public servants -- ministers, lawmakers and officials -- without its clearance.

The Congress has criticised the Rajasthan government for passing an ordinance which seeks to protect the serving and former judges, magistrates and public servants in the state from being investigated for on-duty action, without its prior sanction.

The new law that shields public servants including lawmakers and ministers from being investigated for on-duty action without prior sanction was necessary to end frivolous allegations meant to defame officials, a top Rajasthan minister has said, defending the law that the opposition Congress says was designed to "protect the interest of the corrupt...

In a controversial move, the Vasundhara Raje government in Rajasthan has barred courts from taking up private complaints against public servants including lawmakers, ministers and officials without the government's concurrence and made it a crime for the media to name the accused till the government decides that the public servant concerned can be ...

Having a toilet at home has been made compulsory for candidates in Rajasthan's Municipal elections. The new law -- brought into force by an ordinance or executive order -- comes a month before local elections are to be held.

Of the 9,872 sarpanches who were elected in January's civic polls in Rajasthan, 746 are now being accused of submitting fake certificates to circumvent a new ordinance that made Class 8 a minimum educational requirement for the post.

The Rajasthan will soon bring an ordinance to further strengthen the law to prevent malpractices in recruitment exams, CM Ashok Gehlot said Sunday after the state witnessed protests and arrests and over alleged irregularities i

Shree Rajput Karni Sena, which has been leading protests against 'Padmaavat', on Tuesday named a six member panel comprising erstwhile royals and historians to watch the film ahead of its release even as fringe outfits demanded an ordinance banning the movie.

A Rajasthan government ordinance which claimed it would protect government staff against probe into on-duty actions and "gagged" the media, triggering national uproar, has lapsed on Monday

The Rajasthan high court today issued notices to the Centre and the state government on writ petitions challenging the controversial ordinance that protects serving and former judges and public servants from being investigated for on-duty action without prior sanction of the state government.

The Rajasthan High Court on Friday issued notice to the central and state governments on an ordinance that aims to protect public servants from being probed for on-duty action without prior government sanction.

Rajasthan today deferred at least until next year a controversial measure to protect ministers and officials from corruption investigations and restrict the media from reporting on them. Pummeled by critics, the BJP government referred an ordinance or executive order it had issued last month, to an all-party committee for review. An amended bill wi...

Confronting widespread outrage over a law that seeks to protect ministers and officials from corruption investigations and also restrict the media from reporting on them, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje late on Monday night called a meeting in which it was decided that the move would be reviewed by a panel

Rajasthan Congress president Sachin Pilot and several party leaders were detained by the police in Jaipur today soon after they took out a march against the state government's criminal laws amendment bill.

Rajasthan's widely-criticised order shielding ministers, lawmakers and government officials from investigation into complaints against them was challenged in the High Court today and openly opposed by two lawmakers of the ruling BJP - one even referencing the Emergency of 1975. A petition in the court says the order allows a "large section of the s...

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today took a swipe at the BJP government in Rajasthan led by Vasundhara Raje over a proposed law that bars courts from taking up private complaints against public servants -- ministers, lawmakers and officials -- without its clearance.

The Congress has criticised the Rajasthan government for passing an ordinance which seeks to protect the serving and former judges, magistrates and public servants in the state from being investigated for on-duty action, without its prior sanction.

The new law that shields public servants including lawmakers and ministers from being investigated for on-duty action without prior sanction was necessary to end frivolous allegations meant to defame officials, a top Rajasthan minister has said, defending the law that the opposition Congress says was designed to "protect the interest of the corrupt...

In a controversial move, the Vasundhara Raje government in Rajasthan has barred courts from taking up private complaints against public servants including lawmakers, ministers and officials without the government's concurrence and made it a crime for the media to name the accused till the government decides that the public servant concerned can be ...

Having a toilet at home has been made compulsory for candidates in Rajasthan's Municipal elections. The new law -- brought into force by an ordinance or executive order -- comes a month before local elections are to be held.

Of the 9,872 sarpanches who were elected in January's civic polls in Rajasthan, 746 are now being accused of submitting fake certificates to circumvent a new ordinance that made Class 8 a minimum educational requirement for the post.