Back in 2014, the Supreme Court had said that “entering sewer lines without safety gear should be made a crime even in emergency situations”.

The increasing chasm between past success and a future with the pressure of replicating the same level of fame can lead to tragedies like Payne's death.

Six out of the seven assembly seats where the bypolls will take place were held by either the Congress or by parties which were part of the alliance against BJP.

The purported suicide note bears the name and sign of head constable Babu Lal Bairwa and ends with the slogan, ‘Jai Bhim, Jai Hind, Jai Bharat’.

Earlier, the Udaipur district administration had demolished the house where the minor accused's family lived as tenants.

'How is it justice that a house is demolished because the son of the tenant living in it has committed a crime? I am the owner of the house and the family of the accused was living as rented tenants.'

From efforts to woo the OBC population in Rajasthan to replacing a Kushwaha leader in Bihar who failed to bring the community to vote for the BJP, the impact of the Lok Sabha election’s outcome on the appointments is apparent.

Soon after Congress MLA Harish Chaudhary finished reading a poem written by Omprakash Valmiki, it became obvious that he had ruffled the feathers of several leaders irrespective of party lines.

A leader as big as Meena stepping back doesn't come as a surprise, as several other bigwigs of the Rajasthan BJP have met a similar fate in recent times.

The multiple flip flops come at a time when the Congress along with other parties in the INDIA alliance are hoping to prevent the BJP from winning all 25 Lok Sabha seats in Rajasthan.

"[BJP MLA Madan] Dilawar’s comments are the biggest insults against tribals in independent India. He has offended the self respect of the entire Adivasi community by hurting their sentiments."

Kumar’s comments come just days after RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, in an apparent reference to the BJP, had said that a ‘true sevak’ does not have arrogance.

A major reason for the BJP losing many of its 2019 gains in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Haryana was the Jat community voting against the party.

While Jat and Dalit support for the opposition and anger over Agniveer brought the BJP’s tally down, the Congress’s decision to ally with other parties won electoral dividends.

A video of the assault on Rameshwar Valmiki has gone viral on social media, wherein a group of men can be seen assaulting him with sticks, while he is tied and hung upside down from a rod. The incident has resulted in massive criticism of the BJP government in Rajasthan. 

A delegation of Jain monks and VHP leaders have claimed that a Sanskrit school and Jain temples existed on the site of Ajmer's Adhai Din Ka Jhonpra.

"By contesting the elections against the prime minister, I want to assure the public that at least one person will not withdraw his nomination. I felt that in every seat there should be at least one candidate who will not withdraw even if he gets 2-4 votes."

The Bikaner police said that Ghani was taken into preventive custody after he ‘misbehaved and entered into a confrontation with police officials’ at the Mukta Prasad Nagar police station.

Prime Minister Modi’s speech in Banswara has put the spotlight on the constituency, where the tribal party — Bharat Adivasi Party's — popularity has promised a closely fought electoral battle. 

Congress's Govind Singh Dotasra tells 'The Wire' that Modi has 'lost his magic'.