After a few Islamist groups threatened the organisers of Jaipur Literature Festival against allowing the four authors who had read out passages from Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses at the event in 2012, sources in the Rajasthan police said that members of the BJP and the RSS in the state were opposing the participation in…
Results for recruitment in state discoms will be declared on Monday. As many as 294 posts were lying vacant for the position of data entry operators with the electricity board. Around 45,000 candidates appeared for the examination to fill 807 vacancies in various departments in Jaipur, Ajmer and Jodhpur discoms, under the massive discom recruitment…
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi Saturday inaugurated a 2.8-km tunnel here that offers an alternative route to connect the Rajasthan capital with Agra in Uttar Pradesh, an official said. The prime minister and Gandhi, who are in Jaipur to attend a Congress brainstorming session, inaugurated the Ghat Ki Guni tunnel in…
As part of its diversification plans, the National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco) has been foraying into other metals and energy sectors, according to a company release here on Thursday. The Nalco is going to set up its second wind power plant at Ludarva in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan with a capacity of 47.6 MW. The Rs…
Light to moderate rains with hailstorm lashed parts of Rajasthan where Jodhpur recorded 32.6 mm rainfall. Churu, Dholpur and Pilani received 30.3, 16.6 and 12.3 mm rainfall respectively while others places including Jaipur, Ajmer, Eranpura, Bikaner and Gangangar recorded below 9 mm of rainfall, according to Met department in Jaipur. The rains triggered by a…
Cricketers and authors will face off at the Jaipur Literature Festival, scheduled to be held in the Pink City from January 24-28. The fest will see a friendly cricket match between leading authors coming to the festival and the Royals XI, comprising of few players, team management and esteemed personalities. The ‘Authors XI’ versus ‘Royals XI’ match will be…
The Delhi Government has declined to provide recycled water to Rajasthan Government saying its own water supply is dependent on the neighbouring States Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. In a reply to Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Delhi Government has declined to provide 40 million gallon per day (MGD) recycled water to run industries in several…
For those who malign and blackmail a girl or a woman by posting her vulgar pictures at some social networking site or at other public domain. The Rajasthan Women (Prevention & Protection from Atrocities) Bill, 2011 is going to be a milestone in cracking a whip against such mischief. Earlier this crime was treated under some…
One of the three infants who sustained burn injuries in the fire at PBM Hospital in Bikaner died while undergoing treatment on Tuesday. The child had suffered burns due to intense smoke during the fire that broke out in the hospital’s children nursery on Sunday. Baby Ekta was born prematurely. PBM Hospital’s child unit head Dr Renu…
Congress MP Deepender Singh Hooda on Tuesday hoped that Union Railway Ministry would approve a new daily inter-city train between Jaipur and Chandigarh through Rewari, Jhajjar, Rohtak and Jind. Hooda was at Kosli on Tuesday to pay his last respects to the deceased CRPF personnel Pradeep Yadav and Rohtash Singh. The two CRPF personnel had…