Six-year-old Karan broke into a jig when he saw his grandparents at the Jaipur airport’s terminal-2 on Monday. His grandparents were among the 162 rescued pilgrims who were brought to the city by a special aircraft arranged by the state government. Like Karan, for the families and relatives of the survivors it was a moment…
Bharatpur has been included in the National Capital Region (NCR) and a 180-km-long metro line connecting Alwar to Delhi via Gurgaon is also proposed to come up soon. A 33rd meeting of the NCR Planning Board under the chairmanship of Union Minister Kamal Nath gave approval to Jaipur being developed as a counter-magnet city. The…
The Rajasthan University on Monday for the third time extended the last date for generating application forms for postgraduate entrance test till July 2. “The last date for submitting hard copies is July 3,” said Bhupendra Singh Shekhawat, spokesperson for RU. The dates have been extended due to good response from the students. So far,…
The National Capital Region grew bigger on Monday with the inclusion of two more districts of Haryana and one in Rajasthan, a move that will not only decongest Delhi, bursting at the seams with a population of 16 million, but will also give a boost to infrastructure in the two states. The NCR Planning Board…
Rajasthan University of Health Science, Jaipur is starting online registration from successful candidates of NEET UG 2013 (State) for the counselling and admission in Rajasthan State Medical/Dental Colleges. Scheme, instructions and programme of conselling will be available in RUHS official website http://www.ruhsraj.org/ from 1st July. For Registration in MBBS & BDS 2013: Click Here Last…
With the first cut-off list of Rajasthan University‘s constituent colleges out, the mad race for grabbing seat in hostels has begun. The four constituent colleges-Maharani’s, Maharaja’s, Commerce and Rajasthan College have around 7,000 academic seats. According to rough estimate, over 40% students come from outside Jaipur and look to get a hostel accommodation. At a…
In one of its biggest catches, the state Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Sunday arrested a compounder at SMS hospital here, who was also doubling as an advisor at Indian Nursing Council (INC) and seized properties worth crores of rupees. The accused, Mahesh Chand Sharma, has been involved in cases of extortion, targeting nursing colleges and…
The Rajasthan government tonight approved a proposal to hike internship allowance of MBBS and BDS students from Rs 3,500 to Rs 4,500 month. The decision was taken by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, an official said. The CM also approved an additional budgetary support of Rs 3,988.76 lakh for the proposed airport in Kishangarh. He also…
Heavy rains today hit normal life in Rajasthan’s Karauli, Sawaimadhopur and Alwar districts even as the western region reeled under heat wave conditions. Sikar recorded 5 cm rainfall, followed by Sapotra 4 cm, Gangapur 3 cm and Rajgarh and Hindon 2 cm each. Churu at maximum 43.4 deg C was the hottest in the state,…
Despite a ban on carrying mobile phones during duty for BSF jawans at the Indo-Pak border, it has come to light that the personnel did carry cell phones after two of them died fighting over use of the phone. The incident happened at Shivni border post in Ganganagar. The BSF headquarters has suspended the post…