Rajasthan

The first thing that raised eyebrows is, chief minister Ashok Gehlot came out from the middle of his quarantine just for the purpose to release this book which clearly carried a humble appeal to 'Join BJP'. Secondly, the copies of the book were sold to 27 university vice-chancellors without their consent.

On Thursday, the maximum temperature will hover around 42 degrees Celsius in Delhi, the IMD said. A day after the 'severe heat wave' gripped the city with mercury rising to 43.5 degrees Celsius, seven notches above the normal and the highest this year, the IMD said the minimum temperature registered on Thursday morning at 31.7 degrees was also four notches above normal.

The story started with the removal of her posters during by-poll campaigning in three states; then her posters were removed from the state party headquarters. Recently, a former minister from her camp, Rohitashv Sharma, was issued a show-cause notice for speaking against the party's working. He has been warned to reply within 15 days or else disciplinary proceedings will be initiated against him.

"The idea is to offer an alternative choice to the people who live in the village through creative economy," said Amita D'Alessandro, the French co-founder of Mandawa Art Village, along with Virendra Singh Shekhawat, the director and founder of DPC, a Delhi-based photography club. The Mandawa Art Village project aims to promote local art and culture and stop migration from the village.

Haryana's Hisar recorded 45 degrees, UP's Jhansi 43 and Una (Himachal Pradesh), Patiala, Halwara (both Punjab) and Alwar (Rajasthan) recorded maximum temperatures above 43 degrees. Even Ladakh saw 40.5, while Jammu also sweltered at 42.7 degree Celsius. The maximum temperature above average was recorded in J&K's Qazigund, which was 7.1 degrees above the average.

The lawyer is Lekhraj Mehta from Jodhpur who turned 100 on Friday. Mehta has been a legendary name in the field of law and has taught many eminent figures including former CJIs, CMs and international court judges too. He has been practising law since 1947. However, during the pandemic times he learnt the art of attending his court hearings via video conferencing.

Choudhary, who represents Gudamalani, requested the Speaker to accept his resignation on Tuesday itself. Meanwhile, staunch Pilot loyalist and MLA Vishvendra Singh's son Anirudhh Singh, in a tweet, termed the development as a "start" in state politics. Vishvendra Singh had stood strongly with Pilot during the rebellion last year and hence had to lose his cabinet portfolio

Counting for by-polls for three seats in Rajasthan, namely, Rajsamand, Sahada and Sujangarh will be held on Sunday amid strict Covid guidelines, said chief electoral officer Pravin Gupta. No one will be allowed to visit the counting centre without presenting the RT-PCR negative report or double vaccination certificate.

Announcing the guidelines late on Friday night, the home department termed it as Red Alert Public Discipline Fortnight in which new norms are far more strict than in the Public Discipline Fortnight announced from April 28 to May 3. The number of guests in the wedding party has been limited to 31 instead of 50 earlier. However, those playing bands will be kept beside these numbers.

Serum Institute of India has approved our proposal of providing 3 lakh vaccine (Covishield) doses to Rajasthan and hence we are starting the vaccination drive for this age group at 11 districts where corona infection is the highest, Rajasthan Health Minister Raghu Sharma said.