With Assembly elections scheduled later this year in Rajasthan, former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said the results were a precursor to the 2019 general elections.
A total of 42 candidates are in the fray for the bypolls to the three seats, the election to which was held on Monday.
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and opposition Congress are involved in a direct fight in Ajmer and Alwar.
Voting on two Assembly and three parliamentary bypoll seats in Rajasthan and West Bengal began today, the results of whom will be declared on February 1.
Police have arrested two self-declared 'gau rakshaks' for allegedly killing 42-year-old Ummar Khan who was found dead near railways tracks in the Ramgarh area of Alwar district.
The body of 35-year-old Umar Khan was found near railway tracks in Rajasthan's Alwar district on Saturday, with activists alleging that he was killed by cow vigilantes.
Cows, considered sacred by Hindus, have been at the centre of debate in the country for a long time. India, being a union of states has different laws for cow and cattle slaughter in different states.
Falahari Baba has been arrested under Section 376 (rape) and section 506 (criminal intimidation).
The Supreme Court today expressed concern over the recent incidents of cow vigilantism and issued notices to the Centre and seven states, of which six are ruled by the BJP.
Kharge’s reference to Hindutva organisations linked to the BJP was however expunged by Speaker Sumitra Mahajan.
Rajnath's response came after Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge raised the issue during Zero Hour, demanding action against the culprits.
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday asked the government to take strict action against those responsible for the brutal and senseless Alwar incident.
Days after terrifying visuals of a Muslim man being beaten to death by a group of alleged ‘cow vigilantes’ in Rajasthan’s Alwar district stirred a row comes an equally appalling revelation in the case.
In Rajasthan, the export of cows for slaughter is strictly prohibited under the Rajasthan Bovine Animal Act, 1995.
The latest incident is a stark reminder of 2015 lynching of a Muslim man in Uttar Pradesh’s Dadri on suspicion of stealing and slaughtering a stolen cow.
Two days after a farmer in Chikkamagaluru district of Karnataka was cheated by a photocopied Rs 2,000 note, another incident of attempted cheating with fake note has come to light.
Jaipur: It sounds like a story of a film where an Army man who was presumed to have died in an car accident nearly seven years ago, returned home, astonishing family members in Alwar's Behror
Jaipur: Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised a primary school teacher from Alwar for developing 52 educational mobile apps, Rajasthan government today offered him a job in the science and technology department.37-year-old Imran Khan,
New Delhi: After finding mention of his name in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech at Wembley Stadium, state-run BSNL will offer free internet to Imran Khan of Alwar for developing mobile applications used by students.Telecom
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