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Braveheart from Jaipur gave helping hands to flood hit Uttarakhand

He is a habitual rescuer. Be it serial blasts or a fire incident, 35-year-old Abhishek Pandit is the most sought after person by the fire department and the Jaipur police. This time Abhishek along with a 50-member team of volunteers rushed to Dehradun on June 18. He is still there to help the stranded people….

23 yr old young marry two girls in one mandap

A young man of tribal caste has married two brides at the same time in Chatarpura village of Udaipur district, police said today. Bhagwati Lal (23) yesterday married the two brides with the consents of their parents, a senior police officer of Jhadol police station told PTI on telephone. Coincidentally, both brides’ are called Rekha,…

MLSU staff go to strike over terminating 15 employees

The steaming problem of MLSU’s non teaching staff employment has popped up today when 15 people working in MLSU from last several years were fired from their jobs, on the ground of new permanent recruitment on the vacant posts. More than one hundred people working on several posts including assistants and non teaching staff called…

Dry weather in most parts of Rajasthan

Weather remained mainly dry in parts of Rajasthan where day temperature remained above 40 degree Celsius today. Churu was the hottest place with a maximum recorded of 45 degree Celsius followed by Sriganganagar at 43.8 degrees. Day temperature was 41.5 and 40.8 degree Celsius in Bikaner and Jaipur respectively, according to a Met report. Sangod…

Rajasthan University UG admission date extended till 26 June

The last date for downloading admission forms of Rajasthan University undergraduate courses has again been extended till June 26. This means that students applying for all undergraduate courses in constituent colleges of RU can submit application forms till Wednesday. The last date for submitting hard copy with the challan has been extended till June 29….

ACB caught patwari accepting bribe in Hanumangarh

Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) team nabbed a patwari accepting bribe of Rs.200 at Hanumangarh district on Thursday. Vinod Gandhi, deputy superintendent (DSP), told that in his complaint, Jagdish Jat resident of Meherwala village told that after mortgaging his 14 bigha agriculture land he intended to apply for agriculture loan on Kisan Credit Card. For this…

RBSE announces cut-off marks for IIT admission

The Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education (RBSE) has announced the cut-off marks to be eligible for an admission to the IITs. The cut-off has been decided at 66.40% or a minimum of 332 marks in the exams. Following a directive by the HRD ministry, the board announced the cut-off on Friday. Under the new exam…

Jhalawar will get train link

With the flagging off of Kota-Jhalawar passenger train on Friday, Jhalawar will get rail connectivity for the first time. The train’s inauguration had been pending for quite some time because of a dispute between two ministers over who will flag off the train. Earlier, MP Ijyaraj Singh was scheduled to flag off the train while…

Govt approved 774 cr for roads under NHDP

The government today approved a highways project worth Rs 774.33 crore in Rajasthan to be built under its flagship road building programme, National Highways Development Project (NHDP). “The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has given its approval for two-laning with Paved Shoulders of the Uniara-Nainwa-Hindoli-Jahajpur-Shahpura-Gulabpura section of NH-148D in Rajasthan under the NHDP Phase…

CM Gehlot left for Uttarakhand for stranded Rajasthani pilgrims

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday left for Uttarakhand to supervise relief works being carried out for Rajasthani people trapped there. Gehlot is accompanied by Jaipur MP Mahesh Joshi, PCC Chief Dr Chandrabha, Chief Secretary C K Mathew and Principal Secretary-Finance Dr Govind Sharma.  He will meet and discuss the situation with his Uttarakhand…