A 20-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by two sacked jawans of Rajasthan Police Constabulary, police said here. “The girl was with her friend on a motorbike on March 7 when the accused, also on motorcycle, chased and stopped them near Rawatbhata road. The accused identified as Mohan Singh and Jai Kumar, posing as policemen, sought…
During his two-day visit to Jaipur, ambassador of Israel, Alon Ushpiz, laid the foundation stone for an Indo-Israel Centre of Excellence (CoE) for pomegranate in Bassi. Earlier in the day, Ushpiz met chief minister Ashok Gehlot and discussed with him ways to enhance cooperation between Israel and Rajasthan, in the fields of agriculture and water….
Indian Premier League (IPL) side Rajasthan Royals Thursday announced the signing of four new players for the upcoming season. Sanju Samson, Sachin Baby, Rahul Shukla and Harmeet Singh have been signed by the 2008 champions and will join the team’s training camp soon to prepare for the sixth edition of the Twenty20 league. Kerala’s 18-year-old…
Nearly 7,95,000 students will appear in senior secondary and vishihstaupadhyay exams of the Rajasthan Secondary Education Board set to begin from Thursday. The board has completed preparations to maintain transparency and smooth conduct of the exams amid deployment of heavy security in some sensitive examination centers across the state. Board chairman P S Verma said…
Dr Madhukar Gupta would be creating history when he teaches public administration to the Rajasthan University’s (RU) post-graduate students on Thursday. Dr Madhukar Gupta, newly-appointed RU vice-chancellor, is all set to become the first sitting V-C in RU’s history who will teach the students in classroom. Ever since this news reached the RU students that…
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday presented the state annual budget for financial year 2013-14 in the legislative assembly. Gehlot, who also holds finance portfolio, presented the budget at 11am when the House resumed its sitting after a recess of six days. This is the fifth and the last budget of the present government…
State-owned Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) plans to invest Rs 37,000 crore in setting up a nine million tonne oil refinery and a petrochemical complex at Barmer in Rajasthan. The company will on March 13 sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Rajasthan government for setting up the refinery-cum-petrochemical complex, a source privy to…
Popular German premium car maker Audi recently celebrated its association with 15th Vintage & Classic Car Rally in Jaipur. The car rally organized by Rajasthan Tourism & Rajputana Automotive Sports Car Club, Jaipur along with Audi India/Audi Jaipur was inaugurated by Mr. Michael Perschke, Head, Audi India. “I am delighted to continue our partnership with…
About a dozen people, including advocates and police officers, were injured when clashes occurred between lawyers and police outside the state assembly building during the ongoing budget session, officials said on Wednesday. To draw attention to their demands, the lawyers broke security barricades put up by the police and marched towards the assembly building. Police…
Pakistani Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf will come to India on a private visit on Saturday on a pilgrimage to Ajmer Sharif, official sources said here. “He is expected to come Saturday on a private visit,” an official said, adding the Pakistani prime minister is scheduled to visit Ajmer to offer prayers at the shrine…