“The court observed Santhara as suicide and said if anybody goes for Santhara on account of religion, a case should be lodged according to constitution,” Nikhil Soni said to HT. The ancient ritual, also called Sallekhana, consists of voluntary starvation to embrace death. The Swetambar (white sect) community, which practises the age-old ritual, considers it…
After a fortnight of aggressive rains in Rajasthan, the southwest monsoon has weakened since yesterday in state due to a rise in temperature and change in wind pattern, a MeT official said today. However, due to local weather system heavy rains occurred in east Rajasthan in Jaipur, Bikaner, Kota and Udaipur divisions with Taranagar in…
Jats of Bharatpur and Dholpur will not get benefit of OBC reservation in state government jobs and educational institutes. Disposing of 16-year-old matter, the Rajasthan high court on Monday rejected reservation claim of Jats from Dholpur and Bharatpur. The decision, however, would not affect Jats in rest of the state as the high court has…
Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on Tuesday urged the Centre to develop new grid sub-stations for the distribution of power generated in Rajasthan under “Green Energy Corridor”. During her meeting with Union Minister of State for Energy Piyush Goyal in New Delhi on Tuesday, Raje said solar power generation is increasing in Rajasthan and most…
Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje said on Sunday that the State could be an investment zone in the defence sector for public sector units (PSUs). On her meeting with Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar in New Delhi on Sunday , Ms. Raje said Rajasthan provides abundant opportunities of investment and may be considered as a venue…
Noted screen writer Mr. Kamlesh Pandey will head the next Jaipur International Film Festival (JIFF) to be held in Jaipur from January 2nd to 6th 2016. It was announced by JIFF spokesperson Rajendra Bora after the JIFF Board meeting here today. Accepting the JIFF’s request Mr. Pandey, an Indian screen-writer and advertising professional with more…
Three persons, including a woman, were today killed and two others injured when a dumper hit the motorcycles they were riding on Alwar-Sikandra road here, police said. The incident occurred when driver of the dumper, carrying some material, lost control over the vehicle, which was also plying on wrong side, and hit the motorcycles after…
Rajasthan High Court has asked the state government to ensure that flood lights around Jaisalmer fort are installed and are functioning before August 15. A division bench headed by justice Govind Mathur yesterday ordered the government to resume the lighting system around the fort and produce the action taken report by August 14. Additional Advocate…
In mark of respect to the late former President of India, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, all post offices in Jaipur remained open on Sundays. Kalam who was known as the People’s President always spoke about the development of the nation. He was usually quoted saying about dreams and how people could achieve only if they…
As the student union elections draw near, the civic bodies have geared up against student leaders planning to deface the city with posters, banners, pamphlets and other election campaigning material. Acting on the state government’s order to deal with these students strictly, the JMC administration has registered FIRs with various police stations in the city,…