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Rajasthan: Dalit student beaten for touching utensil in school

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Jodhpur: A 10-year-old Dalit student of a government school in Osian tehsil in Jodhpur district sustained minor injuries after his teacher allegedly thrashed him for touching utensil when the mid-day meal was being served inside the school premises, the police said on Saturday.

A Class 4 student at the government secondary school in Osian tehsil, 50 km from Jodhpur, Dinesh Meghwa was admitted to the Ummed hospital in Jodhpur on Friday night with minor bruises.

The boy’s father approached the police after the alleged incident took place on Thursday. Police have lodged a case under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in this connection. Osian deputy superintendent of police Narendra Choudhary is handling the case.

Manaram Meghwal told the police that his son’s mistake was touching the serving plate when the mid-day meal was being served on Thursday. He said the mid-day meal in-charge and school teacher, Hemaram Chaudhary, got furious when he learnt about this. A furious Chaudhary summoned his son at the spot and beat him for touching the utensil, Meghwal added.

Further, Meghwal alleged that when he approached the school authorities to complain about the episode involving his son, the angry teacher misbehaved with him and even tried to manhandle him. The school principal was not present when Chaudhary tried to brow beat him, Mehwal added.

The Osian deputy superintendent of police confirmed that Meghwal has lodged a case against the teacher in this connection.

Meanwhile, the teacher also lodged a counter complaint against Meghwal for obstructing him from performing his official work. On his part, the teacher alleged that the student’s father misbehaved with him and prevented him from carrying out his duties.

(Agencies)

Slight earthquake in Rajasthan, no damage reported

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Jaipur/New Delhi: A ‘slight’ intensity earthquake shook Rajasthan late on Thursday night, the met department said. There were no reports of any casualty or property damage.

According to the India Meteorological Department, a temblor measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale and classed as of “slight intensity” was recorded ar 11.27 p.m. with its epicentre at a point 27.6 degrees north latitude and 75.6 East longitude in the state’s Sikar district.

Mild tremors were felt in some parts of Rajasthan including state capital Jaipur, leading to people, especially residents of high-rise buildings, rushing out in panic.

“It happened around 11.27 or so….I was sleeping and suddenly my bed started to shake… till the time I woke up and was able to understand that it was a quake, the shaking stopped,” said Jitendra Singh, who lives on the third floor in a high-rise building in Jaipur’s Tilak Nagar.

“I was working on my desktop computer….suddenly for few seconds my chair started to shake. I just got up and came out of my house,” said Ashok Kumar, a resident of the old city.

Shocks were also felt in Sikar, Ajmer and Jhunjhunu among other cities and towns.

“I did feel thing around me shaking, but only for few seconds,” said Durgesh, a resident of Chomu near Jaipur.

There are no reports of any loss of life or property in the state so far.

(IANS)

Rape-accused Asaram called a ‘saint’ in Rajasthan school textbook

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Jodhpur: Rape accused Asaram features in a chapter on saints in a Class III textbook in the district, sharing space with Vivekananda, Mother Teresa and Ramakrishna Paramhans.

Yoga guru Ramdev is also included in the list of saints in the moral education and GK textbook ‘Naya Ujala’ which is taught in many schools of the district.

The chapter also has pictures of Guru Nanak, Kabir, Meerabai and Shankaracharya and the children have been asked to identify them including Asaram, who is in a Jodhpur jail after being arrested in a rape case.

The book has been supplied by a Delhi-based publisher Gurukul Education Books.

Asked about the inclusion of Asaram’s name, a representative of the publishing house said when the book was published, there was no case against Asaram.

“Now we are withdrawing the books from the market and are preparing a new edition of the book sans Asaram”, he said.

When officials of the education department were asked about the book, they expressed ignorance about the matter.

However, they said notices would be issued to the school authorities where the textbook is part of the curriculum.

Asaram is in jail since August 2013 on charges of sexual assault. He was arrested after a 16-year-old girl lodged a police complaint, alleging that the self-styled godman sexually assaulted her at his ashram in Jodhpur.

(Agencies)

No discussion until Sushma steps down: Rahul Gandhi

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New Delhi: Attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his “silence” on the Lalit Modi controversy, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said his party was against discussion until External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj steps down.

Claiming that Modi’s credibility is on the decline, Rahul said the Prime Minister should listen to the voices of the people of the coutry who are demanding an answer from him over controversies confronting the government.

“The Prime Minister had assured the country that he will not tolerate corruption. His words should carry weight. But he speaks in air, he speaks whatever comes to his mind, his credibility is slowly declining.

“We asked the PM what he thinks about Lalit Modi. We got no answer. We got no answer on the Vyapam scam, no answer on Chhattisgarh and no answer on Sushma,” he told reporters outside Parliament.

Rahul’s comments come against the backdrop of the stalemate persisting in both the Houses of Parliament with Congress-led opposition aggressively pressing for ouster of Sushma and Chief Ministers of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh Vasundhara Raje and Shivraj Singh Chouhan over the Lalit Modi controversy and Vyapam scam, which the government rejected.

He made it clear that there would be no discussion on the Lalit Modi controversy unless Sushma quits office.

“What we have said is that (there will be) no discussion without resignation. Sushma has done a criminal act. He (Lalit Modi) is a ‘fugitive’. You have signed it (the recommendation for grant of travel document). The High Commission does not know about it. The Indian government too in unaware of that,” he said and alleged that there were business links between the families of Lalit Modi and Sushma Swaraj.

(PTI)

Lalit Modi row: Congress asks Vasundhra Raje to quit along with Sushma Swaraj

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New Delhi: With the latest revelations in Modigate drawing Vasundhra Raje into the controversy, Congress today demanded that Rajasthan Chief Minister also resign along with External Affair Minister Sushma Swaraj.

Swaraj should step down and Raje should also resign for “helping Lalit Modi, an economic offender and fugitive,” spokesperson Shobha Ojha told reporters.

Ojha also targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying his silence in the matter so far showed that “there is a mute support by the PM to these leaders”.

Besides, she said the party wanted a Supreme Court monitored Special Investigation Team (SIT) to go into the Modigate.

She dismissed as laughable BJP’s charge that Congress was targeting women leaders of BJP.

“Since they want to hide their crimes, they are raising the gender issue which is condemnable and laughable,” she said.

Taking a dig at Modi government, she said that Modigate showed “achche din” for economic offenders like Latit Modi with the entire government coming to his rescue.

Raje and Swaraj stand “exposed for helping Lalit Modi”, she alleged.

(PTI)

25 electrocuted after live wire falls on bus in Rajasthan

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Jaipur: At least 25 persons were electrocuted Friday when a bus in which they were travelling came in contact with a live wire in Pachewar area of Tonk district of Rajasthan, officials said.

15 deaths are confirmed and several others also received burn injuries, district collector Rekha Gupta said.

Police and district administration officials have reached the spot, the DC said.

The death toll is likely to increase, the SP Deepak Kumar said.

(PTI)

3 Dalits run over with tractors as Caste violence flares in Rajasthan village over land dispute

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Jaipur: In a shocking case of caste violence over a plot of land in Rajasthan’s Nagaur district, three members of the Dalit community were run over by tractors after one member of the Jat community was killed.

While the police said that the incident had taken place in the Dangawas village near Merta village when two groups had clashed with weapons, other reports said that the years-long battle over a plot of land had culminated in members of the two castes clashing.

According to media, the legal dispute between the Dalit families of Ratnaram Meghwal, Gutaram Meghwal and Khemaram Meghwal, and the family of Chimnaram Jat had been on in courts for years but when a Jat panchayat was held on Thursday and Dalit families were called to it, things escalated quickly.

The Dalit families reportedly fearing that they were going to be attacked shot at the members of the Jat community in which one Rampal was killed.

This led to members of the Jat community chasing the Dalit families with their tractors, attacking their homes and attacking the women.

Ratna Ram, Pokar Ram and Pancha Ram were run over and killed while seven other persons were admitted to a hospital in Ajmer.

After the atack, hundreds of armed persons reportedly surrounded a hospital to prevent the injured Dalits from receiving treatment and police had to be called in to ensure they could be shifted to another hospital.

A case has been registered against 12 persons for murder, police officials said, adding, no arrests has been made so far.

(Agencies)

 

Cow-urine refinery inaugurated at Jalore

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Jodhpur: Rajasthan medical and health minister Rajendra Rathore today inaugurated a cow-urine refinery at Jalore.

The refinery, set up at Pathmera Gaushala, will prepare cow-urine extract for use in the formulation of various products.

Rathore on the occasion emphasised on the need for large- scale research on cow products and their application in the treatment of various diseases.

“There is a pressing need that we explore the scientific concepts behind traditional medical practices and undertake research for treatment of various diseases by combining them with the cow products,” said Rathore.

A MoU to this effect has been singed between Jodhpur’s Dr S Radhakrishnan Ayurveda University and the Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences at Bikaner.

According to Rathore, a by-product derived from cow-urine extract will be used for cleaning at the SMS Hospital in Jaipur. He also reiterated the commitment of the state government for the consumption of various other by-products.

Head of Pathmera Gaushala, Dinesh Giri Maharaj, said that besides the cleaner, pesticides would be prepared using the cow-urine extract.

“This pesticide will be absolutely an organic product and would prove a boon for organic farming,” he said.

While calling for support of the cow-driven economy, he said that providing assistance to gaushalas and cow products should be a priority for governments so that cow-rearing could lead to economic independence.

Currently, the fibre obtained from cow dung is being used at two places, in Agra and Jalore, for running industries. Maharaj added that if harnessed to its fullest, cow dung can also address the energy shortage.

(PTI)

Shouldn't have gone ahead with the rally, says Kejriwal

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New Delhi/Jaipur: Admitting his “mistake” of going ahead with his speech at the rally where a farmer from Rajasthan committed suicide, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today tendered an apology, which was “rejected” by the family of the deceased, who demanded a CBI probe into the incident.

“I was to deliver an hour-long speech but I wrapped it up in 10-15 mins. I think that was my mistake. Probably I should not have spoken. If that has hurt anynone’s sentiments I would like to apologise,” an under-fire Kejriwal said.

He, however, insisted that the focus should not deviate from the “real” issues being faced by the farmers.

“I am guilty. Blame me. I feel the rally should have been called off. But please focus on the real issue of the farmers and desist from politicking. Whoever is guilty hang him but the focus of the debate should be on why the farmers are committing suicide,” Kejriwal told a news channel.

Still bitter, the family of Gajendra Singh, 41, who ended his life by hanging from a tree at an AAP rally on Wednesday, refused to accept Kejriwal’s apology.

“What will happen now after this apology? My brother has died. Kejriwal did not stop the rally for even two minutes after the incident,” the farmer’s sister Rekha told reporters at his native Nangal Jhamarwada village in Dausa district of Rajasthan.

Backing the conspiracy theory behind her brother’s tragic death, she said, “He might have been provoked… some conspiracy may be behind this.”

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh had yesterday said AAP supporters “clapped and raised slogans” as Singh stood atop a tree with a towel fashioned as noose tied around his neck. The Delhi police’s FIR too alleged they “instigated” the farmer to commit suicide and thwarted their attempts to save him.

Gajendra’s uncle, Gopal Singh, the village Sarpanch, demanded a CBI probe into the incident.

“We have doubts about this incident and demand a CBI inquiry in the case. We have asked (state) minister Rajendra Rathore to take up this matter with Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh,” Gopal Singh told PTI.

Referring to the turf war between Delhi police and his government over a parallel magisterial probe, Kejriwal said he was prepared to file his statement to the police, if needed.

The Delhi police had yesterday claimed a magistrate had no jurisdiction to investigate the case already being probed by the police. District Magistrate Sanjay Kumar had, however, said it was incumbent upon the police to cooperate in the inquiry as CrPC provided for the police informing the nearest executive magistrate in case of a suicide who will then hold a parallel probe.

“District Magistrate has the jurisdiction to investigate under the CrPC and the police does criminal investigation based on FIR…if police calls me I will go to file my statement,” Kejriwal said, striking a conciliatory note.

The Delhi Chief Minister also softened his party’s stand that the police personnel at the rally venue were mute spectators to the tragic incident and made no efforts to save Singh.

“We should not say that all policemen are bad. Should not indulge in blame game. I believe if police had the slightest inkling they would have tried to save him. They must have genuinely thought nothing of that sort was taking place,” he said.

The incident, Kejriwal said, caused him to lose sleep. “I am saying this happened in front of the Delhi CM. I couldn’t sleep the whole night,” he said.

Meanwhile, Rajasthan health minister Rajendra Rathore handed over a cheque for Rs 4 lakh to the family on the behalf of BJP.

Gajendra’s uncle told journalists that the family has demanded the status of a ‘Shaheed’ (martyr) for him and sought the scheme for providing relief to distressed farmers to be named after him.

The family also discussed with the state minister arrangements for providing good education to Gajendra’s children and a government job to one of his family members. Gopal Singh said the minister assured the distraught family that he would take up the issue with Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje. Gajendra is survived by his wife and three children.

 (PTI)

AAP to pay Rs.10 lakh to farmer's family

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New Delhi: Delhi’s ruling AAP announced on Thursday a compensation of Rs.10 lakh to the family of a Rajasthan farmer who killed himself at a party rally here a day earlier.

Making the announcement, Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh said that his party activists tried but failed to save Gajendra Singh after he hanged himself from a tree at the site.

He added that Delhi Police were very much to blame for the death on Wednesday because they failed to intervene despite repeated appeals from AAP leaders.

“The truth of what happened (yesterday) is captured on your cameras,” Sanjay Singh told the media. “The way the police acted was insensitive and incompetent.”

The AAP leader accused the central government, which controls Delhi Police, of hoisting a concocted case against the AAP over the death of the farmer.

The dramatic suicide took place at a rally in the heart of the capital called by the AAP to denounce the land ordinance.

(IANS)

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