Rajasthan Health Minister AA Khan has directed officials to conduct field surveys for tracking suspected swine flu patients. In a review meeting yesterday, he asked officials to conduct surveys in the areas where swine flu cases have been detected, an official said today. Rapid response teams are already screening patients in the field, but the…
The 5th Jaipur International Film Festival (JIFF) saw actress Rekha Rana winning the Best Actress award for her performance in Hindi film Tara: The Journey of Love and Passion. The jury consisted of eminent producers and directors including Oscar winning producer Mark Baschet, and they presented the award to her on the 3rd of February….
Rajasthan University has granted special permission to students, whose result was withheld, for submitting the examination form by February 9. All the students whose result was withheld due to use of unfair practices, or former students of the university would be allowed to submit their forms. The students can submit the forms in the administrative…
The education department of Rajasthan has decided to pre-pone the annual examination by 5 days. The examination would be held from April 5 to April 20. Earlier, the examinations were to be held from April 10 to April 25. The department took the decision to devote more time for the checking of examination copies. New…
An administrative inquiry has been initiated against a police station in-charge in Alwar for distorting facts in the case of rape of a 15-year-old girl to shield the accused. The victim’s mother had approached a local court here on Friday seeking permission to get an abortion done on her daughter who was allegedly kidnapped and kept hostage…
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has slapped a penalty notice of approximately Rs 100 crore against IPL team Rajasthan Royals for allegedly violating forex laws in its business operations. The agency, which issued the penalty notice after a two years of investigations under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), has sent out three separate notices to the IPL franchise totalling to Rs 98.5…
Former Chief Minister Vashudhara Raje, named the new BJP president in Rajasthan, has run into problems with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), informed sources said on Monday. Sources in the RSS told IANS that its leaders were not happy that Raje had been appointed the state BJP chief replacing Arun Chaturvedi, who was a RSS…
A headless body of a farmer was found in a farm in Nela village near here this afternoon, police said. Heera Lal (55) was brutally murdered by some unidentified persons who beheaded him, In-charge of Goverdhan Vilas police station Attaurrahaman said. Enraged over the gruesome killing, the family members refused to hand over the body…
Gearing up for assembly elections in Rajasthan slated for later this year, BJP resolved on Saturday the factional fight in the state unit by appointing Vasundhara Raje as the party chief to spearhead the effort to retake power. Announcing Raje’s appointment in the presence of senior party leaders Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley, new BJP chief Rajnath…
Hema Malini inaugurated the 5th edition of Jaipur International Film Festival recently, in one of the oldest cinema halls of the walled city. “The city has brought back some fond memories as I have shot for several films in the Pink City. In fact, I also shot for the films which were directed by me. And it’s…