Hostages released by Dungarpur villagers after 30 hours standoff with police

Udaipur : A 30-hours long standoff in Doli Rotwada village of Sagwara block in Dungarpur district was resolved on Thursday midnight after the cops managed to convince the hostage taker villagers to release the two men who were abducted and held hostage in a government school since Wednesday afternoon. The police freed the men past midnight and … Read more

Locust control operations carried out at 37 places in 11 districts of Rajasthan, Gujarat and Haryana during night of 30th-31st July, 2020

Locust control operations were carried out at 34 places in 09 districts viz. Jaisalmer, Barmer, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Churu, Nagaur, Hanumangarh, Jalore and Sirohi of Rajasthan and 02 places in Kutch district of Gujarat against swarms and hoppers by LCOs in the intervening night of 30th-31st July, 2020. Besides this, Haryana State Agriculture Department also carried … Read more

Commercial Coal Mining will start new era of development in Chhattisgarh: Pralhad Joshi

Commencement of commercial coal mining will start new era of growth & development in Chhattisgarh, said Union Minister of Coal and Mines Shri Pralhad Joshi. Interacting with media during his visit to Chhattisgarh, Shri Joshi said that it will create around 60,000 additional employment for the people of the State. He added that under commercial coal mining the … Read more

Engineering students make ‘smart stick’ to assist visually impaired

Udaipur : Two BTech final year students from electrical stream , in a private college, have facilitated sensors and GPS in a normal walking stick to transform it into a ‘Smart Stick’ which would help the visually disabled persons to commute easily. Garvit Paliwal and Sumit Sharma, both engineering students from Udaipur, have developed a sensor … Read more

BRICS one of the most valuable and working partnership: Shri Prakash Javadekar

The Environment Ministers of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China & South Africa) participated in the 6th BRICS Environment Ministers’ Meeting on 30 July 2020 via videoconference under the presidency of Russia. Representing India, Union Environment Minister, Shri Prakash Javadekar, said that India attaches great importance to the grouping. The Environment Minister said that the … Read more