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Udaipur hosts historic womens' only fair
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Hundreds of women recently participated in a two-day long fair exclusively meant for women of Udaipur to celebrate bonds of friendship.
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Rajasthan village gets nod to shed ‘derogatory’ name
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All is ‘well’ that ends ‘well’. For the residents of a hamlet in Rajasthan, the news that their village would be renamed after ‘wells’ has come as a long-awaited relief after it suffered the ignominy of being called ‘Chamaron ka Vas’ (village of cobblers) for 23 years.
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CPM may upset RS aspirations of Cong, BJP
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If the move by CPI (M) to field a candidate with the support of independent MLAs for Rajya Sabha elections materialises, it could upset the calculations of two major political parties
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Heat wave takes its toll: 22 chinkaras perish in Barmer
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The high temperature in the state has taken a toll on chinkaras in Barmer district.
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Gehlot seeks cooperation to implement Right to Education
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Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday sought the assistance of all sections of society in implementing the law on Right to Education while affirming the State Government"s commitment to educate every child and stop the dropout of children from schools.
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Rajasthan yet to make panchayats the nodal agency for education
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Four years after the Union Government released a memo amending one of the sections of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) guidelines to make the panchayats the nodal agencies for education
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Maoists may be spreading to Rajasthan
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Rajasthan police’s intelligence suggests that Maoist elements from neighboring States, particularly Madhya Pradesh, may be looking for support among the tribals of the State’s southern belt.
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Minister to regularly visit NREGA sites near Jaipur
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Frustrated at constant non-adherence to departmental orders by officials, Bharat Singh, rural development and panchayati raj minister, has decided to personally visit all NREGA sites close to the capital regularly.
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RU norms bypassed for 'high-profile' scholars
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Bypassing research-related norms, the Rajasthan University has enrolled five candidates, including bureaucrats and police officials, to PhD courses without allotting them registration numbers.
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Khap forces couple to seek death in Barmer
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A newly wed couple in Barmer district has approached the district magistrate seeking permission to end their life after a khap panchayat ordered their separation and payment of Rs 5 lakh.
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More houses likely to be created
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The new policy on township is likely to create more residential space. It has offered additional relaxations and allowed public private partnership model for housing projects.
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Khap pushes 5 to suicide
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Shaken by the decision of a khap panchayat (self-styled community council), five persons, including two children killed themselves by jumping before a speeding train in Karauli district (150 km from Jaipur) on Wednesday night.
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Gujjars begin march to Jaipur after talks with govt fail
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With talks between Gujjars and the Rajasthan government on the reservation issue collapsing, Gujjar leader Kiroisingh Bainsla along with hundreds of his supporters on Tuesday began a march from Karauli district to Jaipur in support of their demands.
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Rajasthan hotels receive threat mails
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A series of threat calls by a Muslim terrorist outfit — Al Qaeda Sunni Movement — to a number of hotels in Rajasthan, including Udaivilas at Udaipur, has put the intelligence agencies on alert.
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Peace for now, but Gujjar trouble looms
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The Gujjar agitation has only received a seven-day reprieve. Though it seemed after Gujjar strongman Kirori Singh Bainsla met chief minister Ashok Gehlot that the trouble over their reservation would be sorted out amicably
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Negligence alleged at Zanana Hospital
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Tension gripped the Zanana Hospital on Wednesday after Hemlata, a 27-year-old woman, died a day after she delivered a baby girl.
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Wheat stocks rot while FCI rents out sheds for liquor storage
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The Rajasthan Government on Tuesday took strong exception to renting out of its sheds by Food Corporation of India (FCI), to liquour contractors, while tonnes of its own food grains were rotting in Jaipur for want of storage space.
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Locals poison 2 tiger cubs in Ranthambore
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Even as India struggles to keep its tigers alive, in a shocking incident, two 17-month-old cubs were found dead, allegedly poisoned by villagers on the outskirts of Ranthambore Tiger Reserve on Sunday.
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Rajasthan assures full protection to Bihar students: CM!
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar tonight said Rajasthan government had assured full protection to students from the state studying at an engineering college in Udaipur.
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Stress on non-toxic agents in cancer management
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Life science experts from Jaipur highlighted the significance of non-toxic and low-cost strategies for prevention and treatment of cancer at an international symposium on chemoprevention of cancer in New Delhi earlier this week.
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Did Headley visit Pushkar to plot attack on Jews?
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Was Pakistan-born American David Coleman Headley in Pushkar plotting an attack on Israeli tourists visiting the holy town?
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Local self-government in city is 140 years
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The local self-government in the Pink City is exactly 140 years old and the citizens of the Jaipur have just completed the process of electing its councillors and mayor for the Jaipur Municipal Corporation.
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Passengers concerned over security at railway station
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Passengers are not so comfortable travelling in trains after the repeated hoax calls and letters about blowing up the trains in the recent months.
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12 dead in Jaipur oil depot blaze; Deora says fire ‘to die down on its own’
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Petroleum minister Murli Deora on Friday said the fire at Indian Oil Corporation's fuel depot on the outskirts of the city has to die down on its own and there was 'no other solution' to douse the leaping flames.
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12 killed in Jaipur IOC depot fire, Army called
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A devastating fire swept through an Indian Oil fuel storage and distribution terminal on the outskirts of Jaipur on Thursday, killing at least a dozen people and injuring more than 100.
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