The district court here on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant against suspended additional superintendent of police LokeshSonwal after hearing an application filed by the anti-corruption bureau (ACB). The ACB requested the court to issue a warrant against Sonwal as the suspended officer had evaded arrest despite several attempts to locate him since the last one month. Sonwal has been absconded since January…
Rajasthan Governor Margaret Alva today administered an oath to the people as part of the ‘One Billion Rising’ campaign, asking them not to be prejudiced against women or support violent conduct. She administered the public oath at a gathering which was attended by a large number of school and college students, teachers and employees of various organisations, at…
A man was arrested in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur Thursday for sexually abusing his 14-year old daughter for several months, police said. According to the police, the crime came to light when the girl was found crying in her class Tuesday. “She was taken to the principal. Asked what was troubling her, she told the principal the…
India Cements plans to expand its capacity in Rajasthan with the possible investment of around Rs 650-700 crore to cater to increasing demand in Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. “We are examining” on the expansion on the integrated plant in Rajasthan, N Srinivasan, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director said, announcing the financial results of the company for…
Azure Power India Pvt., a developer of solar plants, said it has started a 35 megawatt plant at Nagaur in the northern state of Rajasthan. The plant was built beside an existing 5 megawatt unit, making it the largest under India’s National Solar Mission, Inderpreet Wadhwa, chief executive officer, said in a telephone interview from New…
Rajasthan RPSC PTI Grade III provisional merit list and results have been announced. With the announcement of the results the candidates wait is finally come to an end. Thousands of aspirants from the state were waiting for the announcement of the results and this declaration of merit list has come as a pleasant surprise for…
The Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) approved its annual budget of Rs1,015 crore for the fiscal year 2013-14 during its 16th general body meeting (GBM) held on Tuesday. However, 34 councillors preferred to skip the important meeting. The meeting started with the budget speech of mayor Jyoti Khandelwal, followed by the debate among the councillors from…
Indian Air Force will conduct its first ever day-night exercise and will display its full combat capability during ‘Iron Fist’ show to be held at Pokhran firing ranges in Western sector in Rajasthan on February 22. “Work at the new air strip on Pokhran range is operationally ready for this mega event which would be witnessed…
A 70-year-old ‘tantric’ was arrested in Udaipur for instigating two tribal men to bring him a severed head so that he could make a magical tabeez (locket) using the bones. The two men had chopped off the head of a security guard at an agriculture farm, acting on the self-proclaimed tantric’s instructions. The body of…
Malkhan Singh Bishnoi, an accused in the sensational BhanwariDevi murder case, who was ordered to be shifted from Jodhpur jail, looked uneasy upon reaching the Ajmer central jail on Monday afternoon. It was reported that the prisoners also showed their protest at his arrival. On the orders of Jodhpur court, Malkhan was shifted to Ajmer jail on Monday. He was brought from Jodhpur amid…