She had only recently been appointed as the party’s spokesperson because of her communication skills. Sharma is seen as one of the staunchest supporters of Raje and an effective communicator when it comes to defending the chief minister on controversial issues.She has been a regular on TV debates, taking on the Congress for allegations that…

The cancellation of the leases, announced by the chief minister’s office late Saturday night, came after a special review committee constituted October 5 to look into the matter submitted its report. Of the 19,000 applications, about 4 per cent were processed under the first come-first served basis which appears irregular, the initial report of the…

“Situation will soon be normal as the gas emission would be controlled completely,” he said. Jaisalmer Collector Vishwa Mohan Sharma said special teams of OIL were still on their job to control the oozing of gas and there was nothing to worry now. Machines and equipment brought from Maharashtra and Gujarat have been deployed by…

Goyal said, “Rajasthan is the first state in the country to have submitted a detailed plan to the Centre for providing 24X7 power for all. What is more, it has already succeeded in providing up to 22 hours of power to every village in the state.” Rajasthans problems in discom debt is the most daunting…

I praise the writers who have returned the awards and I also want to return my award, which I won in 2004 for my Rajasthani novel Samhi Khulto Marag, Bhardwaj said. He also sent back the prize money of Rs 50,000 awarded to him. Noted writer Nayantara Sahgal’s decision last week to return her Sahitya…

Nitin Gadkari promised to finish a route of 250 km from Etawah, Baran, Raipur to Ujjain in the next two years at a cost of over Rs 102 crore. This will facilitate travel for people going on pilgrimages to Ujjain. Another route of 112 kms, which will be developed from Kota, Jalore to Juna, Bundi…

A provision of fee deposition would also be made available at e-mitra outlets so that RTI seekers would not have to travel much, the commissioner said, adding the manual process to get information under RTI Act will continue to remain in place in addition to the online access. Pointing out lacunae in the existing RTI…

Company officials said experts have been moved to the well site to control the leak. So far, there has been no fire and injuries reported from the leakage. He said no one was being allowed to go near the affected area that is very close to the India-Pakistan border and does not have any villages…

“This will motivate other states to follow,” Naidu said at the event here. He said that the state is among the first few states to identify 40 cities to be included in the first phase of implementation of ‘Housing for All’ Scheme of the Central Government. The minister informed that the National Building Construction Corporation…

The newly constituted body will be named as Rajasthan State Power Finance and Financial Services Corporation and surplus amount of the state PSUs will be kept with the Corporation instead of banks, social justice and empowerment minister Arun Chaturvedi said. He said that the amount would be utilised to grant loan to sick units as…