05 December 2012 Jaipur The State Women’s Commission has issued fresh guidelines for educational institutes making it mandatory for them to form a Complaint Committee for ‘Prevention of Sexual Harassment at Work Place’ with immediate effect. The move came after the commission was alarmed over the rise in harassment cases in educational institutes. The commission…

05 December 2012 Jaipur Amid uproar and protest over foreign direct investment in the parliament, Rajasthan is all set to welcome foreign retailers in the state. Being among the nine states that have given consent for allowing foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail, the MNC’s are expected to line up here soon. With Bharti-Walmart, Carrefour and Metro…

04 December 2012 Jaipur Mukundra Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan would come into existence as a new year gift for tiger lovers. An expert committee, appointed by the State Government to demarcate the area of the new tiger sanctuary, has submitted its report to the forest department. According to Chief Wildlife Warden of the State AC…

Jaipur Metro Project in the city is getting pace as the project now got the special flash cut cum wielding machine. This machine will facilitate putting the seamless tracks on the route projected. Anil Singhal, Deputy Chief Engineer (DMRC PRO), informed that the machine using the Control Temperature and Control Pressure, joins the tracks seamlessly….

The DSC Jaipur Literature Festival 2013 will be going to be best place for dialogue and readings in South Asian literatures. Jaipur Literature Festival 2013 will be held in Diggi Palace,Jaipur between 24th – 28th January 2013. It will have numerous writers from Pakistan, Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are expected to attend the fest. Fahmida Riaz, M A Farooqui from Pakistan; Sonam…

Learning from previous experience of slow pace of admission process, Rajasthan Technical University (RTU) authorities will soon enforce a rule and set a deadline for admissions from the next academic session in its affiliated colleges of state. RTU officials are claiming that if the proposed rule is enforced, then admissions will have to be completed…

After the previous power hikes in power tariff in September 2011 and August 2012, Rajasthan state government is again gearing up for yet another hike in power tariff. The state government, after a span of seven years, hiked the power tariff by almost 20% in September 2011, which was followed by another hike of 18% in August…

Hindustan Zinc, a company of Vedanta Group, has signed an MoU with the Rajasthan Government to adopt 92 Schools in phases in Chittorgarh and Bhilwara District of the state. Hindustan Zinc is aiming to adopt 92 schools, 72 Government schools in Bhilwara for 5 years and 20 schools in Chittorgarh for 3 years. The total…

Rajasthan lost to Punjab in Ranji Trophy Group A match. Played at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh, Rajasthan low score in second innings take them to loose the match. With the winning of toss, Punjab chose to field first. After first innings, Rajasthan was on the forefront with a lead of 7 runs but…

With the starting of last month of the year, cold wave strikes Rajasthan. There is very much decrease in temperature in places like Churu which records 3.9 degrees celsius being the coldest place in the desert state. Pilani recorded a minimum of 5.7 degrees celsius while Sriganganagar, Mount Abu and Bikaner were at 6.2, 8 and 8.8 degrees…