Nature takes another turn as a baby boy takes birth with two heads and a single body in Jaipur. The 2-headed boy was born in Tonk district of Rajasthan on Wednesday and was brought to J.K. Lone hospital of Jaipur on the same day for tests. Dr. S.D. Sharma, medical superintendent of J.K. Lone hospital…
The SPIC MACAY, in collaboration with Jaipur National University, is hosting a four-day musical festival starting from July 26 at the latter’s campus in Jagatpura. Rajeev Tatiwala of SPIC MACAY, Jaipur chapter said that artists of national and international repute would give live performances to educate students on Indian classical music and dance. Pt Hari…
Patients at the government-run Sawai Man Singh (SMS) hospital will now get nutritious food on the hospital premises as it has roped in Akshaya Patra for serving the meals to patients and their attendants at reasonable prices. The menu will have sprouts, soups, juices and other nutritious food items during breakfast, lunch and dinner. “We…
Sistema Shyam TeleServices, which provides services under MTS brand, said it has upgraded its network in four more cities of Rajasthan to support high-speed internet services. Jodhpur, Kota, Udaipur and Bhiwadi will now be covered under the network which was first launched by the company in Jaipur in 2011. The company has introduced a high…
The 16th century Thanagazi hill fort adjoining Sariska Tiger Reserve in Alwar district was illegally auctioned for Rs 7 crore on Tuesday despite the fact that it is located in the forest area. As soon as Alwar District Collector Ashutosh A T Pednekar came to know about the nature of the “property”, he cancelled the…
All eyes are on the Rupee. After plummeting at the market, it’s going to take a while for it to rise back up. What does this spell out for the traveller? Primarily, international travel — especially to Europe and the Americas has become more costly as is evident from the little selling that currency exchanges…
The advanced version of the indigenous Arjun Mark II main battle tank would go for final trials in the first week of August in the Mahajan ranges of Rajasthan where its missile-firing capabilities and other upgrades would be put to test by the Army. The final trials of the updated version of the Arjun tank…
Light to moderate rainfall occurred at many places in Rajasthan, even as hot and humid weather conditions persisted in western parts of the state. Dug in Jhalawar district receiving the maximum rainfall of 8 cms during past 24 hours, the MeT department said. Rainfall also occurred at many places in Udaipur, Kota, Jaipur, Bharatpur, Bikaner…
650 kg of poppy straw was seized from two locations in Rajasthan by anti-narcotics sleuths. In the first instance, 371.5 kg of poppy straw was recovered from an SUV in Udaipur area while a little over 274 kg was found in another vehicle in Ajmer by officials of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in coordination…
The Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday put stay on the lottery-oriented recruitment of sweepers to be conducted by nagar nigam on Wednesday. It also served notices to local self government department, chief executive officer, nagar nigam and commissioner, department of personnel. A single judge bench of justice Manish Bhandari acted on the petitions by Jitendra…