Thirty-four French tourists were injured on Monday, four of them seriously, when a bus carrying them collided with a truck and overturned here. The bus carrying the tourists had left from a resort in Marugarh here when it met with the accident, police said. “The moment the bus reached a point near a school on…

Army troops of India and Russia will hold wargames codenamed ‘Ex INDRA’ in the deserts of Rajasthan starting from October 18 to enhance bilateral cooperation. “Exercise INDRA 2013 is the latest in series of planned Indo-Russian joint military exercises involving mechanised forces, which is scheduled to be conducted at Mahajan Field Firing Ranges,” defence spokesperson…

Bosch has announced that it will suspend manufacturing at the Bangalore and Jaipur plants in October 2013 in a phased manner. While the operations at the Jaipur plant will be shut on October 12, 19, 28 and November 2, the Bangalore plant will remain closed on October 15 and 31. This is the third straight…

The Ajay Maken-led Congress screening committee’s two-day discussions over selection of candidates for the Rajasthan assembly elections ended inconclusively in New Delhi on Tuesday. The committee is likely to meet again on October 14-15 to shortlist the candidates and forward the list to the party’s chief election committee (CEC) headed by president Sonia Gandhi. The…

In India,caste equations always play a dominant role and a decisive role in elections and Rajasthan is no exception . The Rajputs, Jats, Brahmins, Gurjars and Meenas are going to decide the Rajasthan future . Even main political parties like Congress and Bharatiya Janata party always provides benefits for the different castes and communities through…

There was a long queue of people, at the Sudhabye pond near Pushkar, who were trying to be free of spirits that have been haunting them by taking a dip in the pond water on Tuesday morning. This was the occasion of Chauth Mangla fair in Sudhabye, which started early on Tuesday and continued till…

It is in the air – the buzz of festivity. The dandiya-garba nights apart, Navratras mean time to get dressed and go pandal hopping. But before you decide which pandals to go to, here’s what the pandals in Jaipur are going to look like this time. This time, the organizers in Jaipur have decided to…

The Congress’s vital round of candidate selection process for the state assembly elections began on Monday, as a six-member screening committee under Ajay Maken held discussions with senior party leaders from here in New Delhi. The process, which is being described as the semi-final round of the selections, would continue on Tuesday. At the end…

The Rajput community in poll-bound Rajasthan appears set to throw up a fractured mandate with royal families being wooed by both the Congress and the BJP. At a time when several prominent faces from the major royalties are making the cut to central ministers, the BJP’s state unit too is trying to reach out to…

The Election Commission on 8 October 2013 appointed 42 awareness observers for assembly polls to be conducted in five states- Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Mizoram and Rajasthan. These awareness observers will oversee the management of electoral process as well as help in increasing the voter turnout. In the meanwhile, the awareness observers will also keep…