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Rahl Gandhi may visit Rajasthan in April

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi may visit Rajasthan in April, party sources said after the leader’s meeting with PCC chief Chandrabhan and chief minister Ashok Gehlot in New Delhi on Monday. BJP state president and former chief minister Vasundhara Raje is also to launch the ‘Suraj Sankalp Yatra’ in April to gear up the opposition party for the state assembly elections…

Jaipur Railway Station has 33-year-old Manju as Rajasthan’s first woman ‘coolie’

Several passengers at the Jaipur Railway Station find themselves in a dilemma when they come across 33-year-old Manju. The mother of three is a coolie at the station, offering to carry the heavy luggage of passengers for a small sum of money. After her husband died a year ago, Manju took his job, becoming Rajasthan’s…

Rajasthan Royals starts sale of IPL6 matches

Rajasthan Royals on Monday announced the commencement of ticketing for their upcoming season of the Indian Premier League scheduled to begin from April 3. Rajasthan Royals will play their first match in front of their home crowd at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium on April 8 against the defending champion Kolkata Knight Riders. The starting price…

After transfer of Jaipur Police Commissioner lawyers call off stike

Rajasthan government Friday night transferred Jaipur police commissioner B L Soni as director of Police Academy, Jaipur, in a bid to pacify lawyers, who are on strike since last week protesting police action on them. The lawyers called off their strike tonight after a meeting between government officials, Bar Council of India members and representatives…

Bitti Mohanty identity confirmed by Jaipur prison officials

Bitti Mahanti was brought to Jaipur Friday by a team of Kerala Police to confirm his identity and dig out records of the rape case in which he was convicted in 2006. The team had reached Alwar Thursday after a two-day train journey from Kannur, where Mahanti was caught after nearly six years on the…

Rajasthan tested positive for H1N1, 3 more swine flu cases in Kota region

Three women, including a pregnant one, tested positive for H1N1 virus in Kota region and are undergoing treatment at Maharao Bheem Singh (MBS) hospital. Of the three women tested positive for the swine flu, 32-year-old Shimla Sharma, a resident of Chaterpura area of Bundi district, is pregnant, swine flu cell in charge at MBS hospital,…

Rajasthan housing board Ajmer lottery results

Rajasthan housing board, Jaipur declared the property allotment lottery result of Partapur, Banswara and Gari Thorian, Beawar, Panchsheel, Nakamadar, Naserabad of Ajmer in EWS, MIG B, MIG A SFS, LIG category. Complete list of the allottees can be seen by visiting on below links. For result of EWS – Partapur, Banswara : Click Here For…

Sheraton Udaipur will also join Earth Hour 2013

By spending an hour in the dark next week, Sheraton Udaipur will join millions around the world to send a powerful message for a brighter future of our planet. Sheraton Udaipur will turn off its lights in observance of Earth Hour, the global environmental awareness event created by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Last year,…

After seven years Bitti Mohanty arrives in Rajasthan

A team of Kerala Police on Thursday arrived here with German woman rape case convict Bitti Mohanty and examined the records of Alwar jail to establish his identity. “The team from Kunnur district of Kerala, along with the convict Mohanty, arrived here this evening by a train and went to the jail to examine the…

Sagwara housing scheme, Dungarpur and Maa Latiyal housing scheme, Phalodi, Jaisalmer lottery result

Rajasthan housing board, Jaipur declared the property allotment lottery result of Sagwara housing scheme, Dungarpur and Maa Latiyal housing scheme, Phalodi, Jaisalmer in EWS, MIG B, MIG A, LIG, MIG B, HIG category. Complete list of the allottees can be seen by visiting on below links. For result of EWS Sagwara Housing Scheme, Dungarpur :…