JAIPUR: In what could be the biggest ever anomaly in managing the NREGS funds from a single panchayat in the state, an inspection by a government team has unearthed a scam of Rs 1.31 crore at the Malaton Ki Weir panchayat in Ajmer. According to a sour Full Article at Times of India

JAIPUR: The three-day-long deadlock in the state assembly came to an end on Saturday with the opposition withdrawing its dharna in the assembly hall after the intervention of chief minister Ashok Gehlot. The chief minister personally visited the protes Full Article at Times of India

Censure motion against Home Minister may not be moved JAIPUR: The impasse in the Rajasthan Assembly ended on a conciliatory note around noon on Saturday when the Opposition MLAs agreed to lift the three-day-long sit-in inside the House responding to an Full Article at The Hindu

BJP MLAs supported by CPI(M) and JD(U), protesting the suspension of BJP chief whip R S Rathore for one year and party MLA Hanuman Beliwal till the end of the current session for their "unruly behaviour" and stalling the proceedings, ended the dharna... Full Article at Hindustan Times

The impasse over the government's attitude on suspension of two BJP members, censure motion against Parliamentary Affairs Minister Shanti Kumar Dhariwal and the attempt to pass budgetary demands summarily, disrupted the proceedings in the assembly for... Full Article at Webindia123

JAIPUR: The Bharatiya Janata Party national leadership has seemingly followed the Congress pattern in Rajasthan in nominating former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje as one of the party general secretaries. The Congress leadership had done something simil Full Article at The Hindu

JAIPUR: Chief minister Ashok Gehlot in reply to the five- day debate on the budget in the assembly announced a slew of populist announcements, including making the state BPL eligible for wheat at Rs 2 a kg. The announcement is expected to benefit about... Full Article at Times of India

The Rajasthan Government on Monday included the families in the extended Below Poverty Line list in the State for the newly-announced wheat scheme for the poor at Rs.2 per kg. With this announcement, made by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in the Assembly,... Full Article at The Hindu

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has announced to extend benefit of provision of cheap wheat at the rate of Rs 2 per kg to 4 lakh more poor families which are enlisted into extended state BPL list. Announcement to this effect was made by Mr Gehlot Full Article at Webindia123

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot today stressed on the need for evolving a formula and mechanism for time to time revision of honorarium and allowances of members of Parliament and state legislatures. Responding to demand of hike in pension and ho Full Article at Webindia123

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot today assured that the government would seriously consider the demands and suggestions for some relief in tax proposals made in his Budget speech last week. Replying to a four-day general debate on the Budget in th Full Article at Webindia123

More tigers would be shifted soon to Sariska from Ranthambhor, Mr. Gehlot informed. The tigers issue came up for the second time in the Assembly in the past four days as BJP member Gajendra Singh Kheevsar, who had put up a question Full Article at The Hindu

The House was adjourned twice during Zero Hour after the entire Opposition stormed the well of the House shouting slogans against the Government and the ruling Congress party members countering them. The absence of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot during... Full Article at The Hindu

JAIPUR: The Opposition on Thursday moved a privilege motion against chief minister Ashok Gehlot in the state assembly, accusing him of misleading the House over the 1% hike in VAT on essential commodities, announced in the budget. According to deputy... Full Article at Times of India

Rajasthan Assembly was today adjourned for an hour amid slogan shouting in the well of the House over alleged breach of privilege by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot by making some technical mistakes in Budget speech and correcting them outside the House. ... Full Article at Webindia123

Gehlot raises VAT rate by one per cent; power cess by 10 paise THE PROPOSALS:Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot presenting the State Budget in the Rajasthan Assembly on Tuesday. JAIPUR: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, who holds the Finance portfolio, presented a... Full Article at India Environmental Portal

The Gujjar community on Wednesday hailed the Rajasthan budget 2010-11 in which special welfare package has been provided to OBCs. A delegation of the community led by state Energy Minister Jitendra Singh today called upon Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and... Full Article at Hindustan Times

JAIPUR: Chief minister Ashok Gehlot had something to offer everyone in Tuesday's state budget, but it is the economically weaker section and those in rural areas that got a chunk of his largesse. Those hoping for some relief in fuel prices will also be... Full Article at Times of India

Gehlot raises VAT rate by one per cent; power cess by 10 paise JAIPUR: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, who holds the Finance portfolio, presented a marginally surplus Budget for Rajasthan for 2010-11 in the State Assembly on Tuesday. Delivering his over... Full Article at The Hindu