Impressed by the success of the mini passenger green vehicle named, ‘Alwar Vahini’ in encouraging people to shift from private vehicles to the public facility in Rajasthan’s Alwar, the Centre wants all the States to introduce similar passenger-friendly service to decongest the streets. A joint effort of cooperative society and the Alwar district administration, Euro…

A 36-year old man allegedly bit off his 5-month old daughter’s nose, lip and cheek in a fit of rage in Rajasthan’s Bikaner district last week, police said. The accused, Bahadur Singh, was drunk when he reached his house at Siyana village on Thursday night and had a spat with his wife over some domestic…

Uncertainty looms large over the city’s chances of hosting this edition’s IPL matches as the memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) and Rajasthan State Sports council (RSSC), which had expired last year, is yet to be renewed. Rajasthan Royals though, are holding their camp at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium, and team…

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot today said the first phase of work for Jaipur Metro was likely to be completed by July next year. Inaugurating the two infrastructural projects — one an underpass and another a parking lot — in the city, he said these would provide better facilities to people. Gehlot said the ongoing work for the first…

Republic Day was celebrated with enthusiasm in Rajasthan Saturday. Governor Margaret Alva unfurled the national flag in front of a large crowd packing the Sawai Man Singh Stadium here. She took the salute and inspected the guard of honour from marching contingents amid cheers and thunderous applause. Personnel from the Rajasthan Armed Constabulary, police, Government…

A sportsman and an artist from the state were selected for Padma Shri awards which were announced on Friday evening. Bajrang Lal Takhar who had won a silver medal in the 2010 Asian Games in rowing and 56-year-old S Shakir Ali, a renowned miniature painting artist, were chosen for their contribution in their respective arenas….

Curfew was today imposed in the Asind and Gulabpura towns in the district after a clash broke out between two groups, police said. “Clashes broke out between two groups during a religious procession today following which curfew was imposed in Gulabpura and Asind,” district collector Onkar Singh said. The situation in the towns was tensed…

Indian cricket team’s former mental conditioning coach, Paddy Upton has been appointed as the head coach of Rajasthan Royals. The 44-year-old mental conditioning coach of the South African cricket team will coach the Royals in the sixth season of the Pepsi Indian Premier League scheduled to be held in April. Upton had assisted former Indian…

The Rajasthan high court on Wednesday asked advocate general G S Bapna to justify the state government’s recent decision to increase overall reservation in jobs for the socially deprived communities to 54% from 49%. The bench also asked Bapna to explain why, in the absence of a justification, the 5% reservation granted to the special…

A journalist of a Jaipur-based newspaper was today sentenced to six months imprisonment in a defamation case by the Rajasthan High Court, which also slapped a fine of Rs 50,000 each on the owner, editor and a correspondent of the daily. While hearing the contempt petition, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Amitav Roy and…