Ashok Gehlot's Congress government granted full approval to the Hanumangarh ethanol plant project in 2023. At the time, Congress touted it as a job-generator and symbol of development. However, after losing the election, their stance changed.
While Ashok Gehlot accuses the BJP-led governments in the Centre and Rajasthan of conspiring to hand over the Aravalli Hills to mining mafias, citing the Centre’s ‘0.019% mining area’ argument, in 2002, the Gehlot government itself wanted to open the Aravallis for mining.
The Sri Ganganagar education department has directed government and private schools not to force students to dress as Santa Claus on Christmas. The move aims to respect cultural sensitivities and prevent pressure on children, with action promised against violators.
After the two leaders were taken into custody, several women students marched to the Kotwali police station and began a sit-in protest inside the premises.
The police lodged the FIR against Chandy Varghese and Arun John for carrying out conversions through allurement during a 3-day 'Spiritual Satsang' held at Beersheba Church in Kota.
Six people were injured in separate stray dog attacks in Nagar, Rajasthan. The victims, including a woman and a girl, were taken to hospital as municipal authorities launched efforts to capture the possibly rabid dogs.