RAJASTHAN

Nafih Mohammed Naser, a child rights activist has started a makeshift school in Bengaluru for migrant children. The children are being taught as well as fed on a daily basis since the national lockdown came into effect. While these children are being taught by Nafih and his team, their parents are also provided with a helping hand for employment. A …

India is a country that is best example of unity in diversity, so many states and so diverse culture yet we are same. On 72nd Republic day just around, we celebrate our unity again. And one of our jewel states is Rajasthan, a land of royals, monuments, history and lovely people. Festivals and occasions are an integral part of Rajasthani …

A tripartite agreement was signed between Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited (MECL), Rajasthan State Mines & Minerals Limited (RSMML) and the Department of Mines & Geology (DMG), Govt. of Rajasthan for taking up feasibility studies of Solution Mining of Potash in the state of Rajasthan. The MoU was signed virtually in the presence of Union Minister for Coal, Mines & Parliamentary Affairs Prahlad …

Udaipur : Hundreds of people from various walks of life attended the cremation of Vallabhnagar MLA Gajendra Singh Shaktawat (48) at Bhinder town in Udaipur district on Thursday afternoon. Shaktawat, fondly known as ‘Bunty Banna’ died after prolonged illness at a hospital in New Delhi on Wednesday. Shops and markets remained closed in Bhinder town as a mark of respect as …

Udaipur : Gajendra Singh Shaktawat, Congress MLA from Vallabhnagar in Rajasthan’s Udaipur district, died at a hospital in New Delhi on Wednesday after a prolonged illness. Mr. Shaktawat, 48, was being treated for a liver-related ailment for more than a month. Mr. Shaktawat was the son of the late Gulab Singh Shaktawat, a freedom fighter and a prominent leader of …

‘Paliwal removed from Dean’s chair’ Udaipur : A two months old row between the Vice Chancellor of Mohanlal Sukhadia University and Law College Dean crossed the university campus and reached the police department. Amidst protest from the ABVP team, Anand Paliwal, the dean was removed from his responsibilities on Tuesday and the charge has been assigned to Seema Malik from the …

The first-ever National Road Safety Month was inaugurated here today, to build awareness about road safety and reduce road accidents in India. During the last few years, a road safety week was being organised, but considering the importance of the issue, a month-long programme has been made this year. The inaugural function was launched by Union Minister for Defence Rajnath …

‘HC prohibited fishing here in 2017’  Udaipur : Environmentalists and activists have condemned the act of the Fisheries department to award fishing license at Badi lake. Badi Lake is the home of  the endangered ‘Mahaseer’ fish also known as the ‘Tiger of rivers’ , for its size which inhabits only in pollution free waters. There was,once,  abundance of Mahaseer in reservoirs connected with Chambal and …

Udaipur : BTP MLA Ramprasad Dindor allegedly abused and slapped a gynecologist ,  at the government hospital Sagwara in Dungarpur district on Tuesday, accusing him of demanding bribe from a patient coming for treatment.  .Following the incident, the doctors protested and boycotted work for some hours. As situation grew tensed, Circle inspector from Sagwara police station went to the hospital and spoke …

Udaipur : Six persons including an office boy of a private bank have been arrested in connection with last week’s Rs 25 Lakh loot in Chittorgarh. The mastermind and two others are still at large while the police has recovered 18.5Lakh rupees from the loot money. “On December 29, unknown assailants had snatched away a bag containing the money from a …

Udaipur : Looking at the outbreak of avian influenza in some parts of Rajasthan, the Forest department and Animal Husbandry department has planned for an exhaustive surveillance in the coming days to prevent any possible spread of the virus among migratory and avian birds across South Rajasthan. With the birds season at peak and large number of migratory birds flocking in …

‘1059 arrests under various Acts in 2020’ Udaipur : Despite a setback due to the pandemic and three months of lockdown in 2020, Chittorgarh police met success to a great extent in curbing crime in the district as the cops arrested 1059 culprits under various acts including NDPS, Excise, Arms and illegal sand mining . “Two constables were terminated from service …

Udaipur : The youth wing of the Bhartiya Janta Party in Udaipur has demanded for the stationing of central paramilitary reserved forces in the sensitive districts of South Rajasthan. In a letter to Amit Shah, the union home minister, the district president of BJP Yuva Morcha Udaipur (rural) wrote that in recent times, some disturbing activities which are not in …

Udaipur : A man lost his life after being electrocuted in Bainsroad garh of Chittorgarh district on Saturday. The victim was riding on a motorcycle on the Borao- Pratap pura road when a 11 KV line fell on him. The deceased was identified as Shivlal Sen who fell down as flames engulfed him from all sides. Large number of people …

Udaipur : Terming the Gehlot government as a complete failure, the OBC morcha wing of the BJP said the people are suffering in the pandemic time but the state government is insensitive and busy celebrating its two years of governance. The party workers and supporters who took out a rally to protest the government, raised slogans outside the collectorate on Monday …

Udaipur : In a major success, Udaipur police on Monday, arrested three goons who had stabbed an autorickshaw driver to death under Surajpole police station limits a day ago. The accused are alcohol addicts who used to habitually abuse people, especially women passing on the roads. The victim had advised them to mend their ways, which was the reason for …

Rajasthan has become the 6th State in the country to successfully undertake “Ease of Doing Business” reform stipulated by the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance. Thus, the State has become eligible to mobilise additional financial resources of Rs. 2,731 crore through Open Market Borrowings. Permission for the same was issued by the Department of Expenditure on 24th December, 2020. Rajasthan has now …

Udaipur : On Saturday, the NWR inaugurated the Ajmer-Udaipur electrified railway route with the successful trip of a goods train between Madar and RanaPratap Nagar station. The locomotive with an electric engine started off from Madar in Ajmer from  3.20am, reached Udaipur’s station at 10.45am.The DRM, Ajmer division NK Parsuramka termed it as a historical moment for the division and said that …

Udaipur : In a terrifying incident, a 30-year-old man killed  his wife, and four children on Thursday night and hanged himself from a tree, some meters away from his home in  Holi Fala of Robiya village under Kherwara police station limits of Udaipur district.  The news of six deaths came as a shock not only for the villagers but the police and …

Udaipur : IIFL Foundation which runs‘Sakhiyon Ki Baadi’ – one of India’s largest girl child literacy programs in Rajasthan andhas brought over 36,000 out-of-school girls into education fold, recently celebrated Anand Utsav through online mode as it completed fourth year of operation successfully. Anand Utsav was hosted by Mrs. Madhu Jain, Director, IIFL Foundation and Mr. Nirmal Jain, Chairman, IIFL Group and …

‘First Online Convocation Event’ Udaipur : Mohanlal Sukhadia University became the first higher education institute in Rajasthan to honor students in an online convocation ceremony held here on Tuesday. Governor Kalraj Mishra, also the Chancellor of the university virtually presented the doctoral degrees to 91 scholars while VC Prof America Singh honored 51 Gold Medal winners in the actual function held …

‘Made victims carry baskets of shoes on head’  Udaipur : In yet another case of arbitrariness by the Khap Panchayat, the Chittorgah police arrested 9 men from the Dhakad community on Tuesday, who reportedly imposed illegal penalty on two men, made them carry shoes of the panch members on their heads for an hour and socially boycotted them even though they had …

Udaipur : Some seventeen prisoners in the Chittorgarh jail have been protesting against the jail administration for two days. On Saturday, 12 of these striking prisoners were taken to the district hospital for a check up after their health deteriorated. They were brought back to the jail later afternoon. The prisoners said if their demands are not heard, they would go …

Udaipur : Chittorgarh police arrested two brothers on Wednesday for reportedly assaulting a man and later burning him alive in Dhanora village under Sadar police station in Nimbahera . The accused confessed having committed the crime as they felt the deceased was having an illicit affair with their minor sister and despite several warnings, the duo had not stopped seeing …

Udaipur : Situation was tensed in Saira police station after a man who was picked up by the police for interrogation in an abduction case, died after his health deteriorated in police station on Wednesday morning. While family sources alleged it was a case of custodial torture & death , police said the deceased was taken to hospital first and referred …

History Sheeter Report of BHOPAL PURA Thana S.NO. Name Father/Husband Name Age Cast Temporary Address Police Station Permanent Address Police Station 1 AALAM KHAN AKHLAK 31 MUSLIM BHIKHARINATH JI KA MATH City: UDAIPUR RAJASTHAN (India). BHOPAL PURA BHIKHARINATH JI KA MATH City: UDAIPUR RAJASTHAN (India). BHOPAL PURA 2 ABDUL AADIL SHEKH ABDUL MAZID SHEKH 26 MUSLMAN 61 ALI PURA UDAIPUR …

Udaipur : A 28-year-old man was killed by his friend because he lusted the latter’s wife and asked him to send the woman for a few days to pleasure him , if he could not repay the loan taken. The murder took place on Monday and the police was informed of the incident when someone informed the cops of an unidentified …

Udaipur : Hearing on a civil writ petition Siddarth Pillai & ors Vs  State of Rajasthan & ors, filed by the BALLB-5yr course students of the Mohanlal Sukhadia University’s Law College, a single bench headed by Justice Vijay Bishnoi, at its principle seat at High Court, Jodhpur on Monday, ordered to issue notices to the Chief Secretary and the Registrar (MLSU) …

‘Plan for Khedut Sansad’  Udaipur : Fearing house arrest and custodial harrasments, members of the Gujrat Kisan Sangharh Samiti and various farmer unions have disguised themselves and moving furtively and stealthily to Delhi to participate in the Kisan movement. From the traditional Kediyu-Chorno and phento ( Kurta- Dhoti pant with headgear) many peasants have undergone a makeover to escape the watchful eyes of the …

Udaipur : A team of doctors constituting a medical board conducted autopsies of the deceased persons on Sunday morning, who lost their lives in a fatal road accident near Napawali-Sadal Khera under Nikumbh police station limits of Chittorgarh district on Saturday night. Six autopsies were held at Nikumbh civil hospital where the doctors wore PPE kits before completing the medical …

The mystery of progress, the state, is to concentrate the entirety of your energy not on battling the old, but rather on building the new. Social change begins with an individual, and can gradually change the structure holding the system together. Furthermore, despite the fact that we may censure many ground real factors in India, the reality remains that various …

Udaipur : Veteran Congress leader and Ex MP from Dungarpur Tarachand Baghora severely condemned the Congress-BJP alliance for the Dungarpur Zila Parishad elections and demanded the ‘ High Command’ to expel State Youth Congress President and legislator Ganesh Ghogra and Dungerpur district congress president Dinesh Khodaniya. “Congress party is like a mother to us and these men have abused her by …

Udaipur : The political drama for power continued on the second day in Dungarpur as the BJP and Congress stood together in electing the Up-Pramukh for the Zila Parishad. Congress supported Surta Parmar defeated BTP candidate Mohammad Salim by a single vote and was declared elected as the up pramukh here. Surta got 8 BJP votes and 6 congress votes while the …

Udaipur : Timely intervention by the District Legal Service Authority (DLSA) proved effective in preventing three child marriages in Pratapgarh district on Friday. The full time secretary , DLSA and ADJ Lakshmikant Vaishnav was tipped of three child marriages in Bagwas village. The judge instructed the Kotwali police station to prevent the illegal marriages. A police team along with Tehsildar Ujjwal Jain …

Udaipur : In a spine chilling incident, a 25-year-old teacher was charred to death when an overhead 33 KV wire fell on her while she was riding scooter towards her school on Friday morning. The incident took place near Naugama petrol pump under Kalinjara police station limits of Banswara district. People watched with horror as the woman and the vehicle fell …

Udaipur : Dungarpur police have nabbed a gang of inter state thugs who cheated people by alluring them by the offer of gold in cheaper price and took away their money. Four persons have been held by the Bicchiwada police team in Dungarpur district on Wednesday who duped a businessman of 3 lakh rupees in lieu of gold in cheaper …

Udaipur : A contsable was found hanging from the ceiling fan of a room in Gariyawas area of the city under HiranMagri police station limits on Thursday morning. Narpat Lal Meena, the deceased was resident of Kachumbara  village of Kanod block who was posted in Udaipur. The room was a rented accomodation of his girl friend Sumitra Meena and the couple …

Udaipur : With around 2 lakh degrees on digital platform, Udaipur’s Mohanlal Sukhadia University has become the first higher education institute in Rajasthan to have deposited the highest number of awards and degrees in the National Academic Depository (NAD). NAD is a 24X7 online store house of all academic awards viz.certificates, diplomas, degrees, mark-sheets etc. duly digitised and lodged by academic …

  Udaipur : Finally, the heritage works  being done under Udaipur Smart City project has started showing up results. Raampol restoration is expected to be completed this month. This historical gate is part of the 12 gates built in 1733, a project by Maharana Sangram Singh-II. The masonry work of the Raampol gate, installation of the wooden-gate with iron knob & …

‘Community held massive protests for justice’ Udaipur : After four months in jail, Tejaram Devasi, a cattleman from Bankli village of Sumerpur in Pali district was released on the orders of a local court here on Thursday. Activists and supporters greeted him as he stepped outside Udaipur central jail, Tejaram shed tears of joy. During these four months, Devasi community …

Udaipur : People from all walks of life , bid a teary adieu to former state minister and Rajsamand legislator Kiran Maheshwari who was cremated here at the Rani road crematory on Tuesday morning. Maheshwari , 59, breathed her last in Medanta Hospital at Gurugram on Sunday late night after battling with coronavirus for three weeks.Her body reached Udaipur on …

‘Kicked so hard that the child’s neck broke’ Udaipur : Police in Chhoti Sadri block of Pratapgarh district on Monday  arrested a 22-year old man who allegedly raped and brutally murdered his eight-year-old girl cousin in Meghpura village three days ago. The accused had a lust for the girl as she was beautiful and on the fateful day he found the opportunity …

Udaipur. Former Rajasthan minister and presently Rajsamand MLA Kiran Maheshwari died on Sunday. She was admitted to Medanta Hospital in Gurgaon for the last several days. Today the body will be brought to Udaipur.

Udaipur : Anticipating limited stock of the onion plants that were put on sale at Krishi Vigyan Kendra in Faloj under Dovda police station limits of Dungarpur District, hundreds of villagers who had gathered to purchase, uprooted them from the field and went away. Before the KVK staff could understand anything or stop the villagers,the plants had been plucked. A police …

Jaipur : Campaigning for the first phase of elections for Panchayat Samiti and Zila Parishad members in 21 districts of Rajasthan ended on Saturday and the polling will be held on Monday. According to state election commissioner P S Mehra, 72.38 lakh voters, of which 37.47 lakh male and 34.90 female, will be able to exercise their franchise to elect 1310 …

Udaipur : Sixteen persons died, while 3,007 others were tested positive for Covid-19 in Rajasthan on Saturday bringing the state’s overall tally to 2,40,676. With 16 deaths, state toll rose to 2146. The districts which reported new cases are Jaipur (551), Jodhpur (444), Bikaner (215), Ajmer (210), Kota (203), Alwar (139), Bhilawara (128), Sriganganagar (115), Sikar (95), Nagaur (94), Tonk (85), Pali (84), …

Udaipur : Hearing on an application by Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) Mumbai Zonal Unit, the special court of NDPS Act cases in Udaipur granted transit remand for a female tourist staying in a hotel here, on Wednesday. The DRI team left with the accused Hazel Donald Corriea, a resident of Vasai, Maharashtra later evening. Yogita Bhangre, a senior intelligence …

Udaipur : In a major crackdown against illegal transport of narcotics substances, the Chittorgarh police chased drug peddlers and seized 4 quintal 40 kilogram doda choora on Khermalia road under Badi Sadri police station limit area of the district on Monday night. Chittorgarh SP Deepak Bhargava said the drug traffickers who were in a Scorpio jeep opened 7 rounds of …

The Government of Rajasthan has communicated its acceptance for Option-1 out of the two options suggested by the Ministry of Finance to meet the shortfall in revenue arising out of GST implementation.  The State has now joined 21 other States and 3 Union Territories (Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir and Puducherry) who have opted for Option-1. The States who choose Option-1 …

Jaipur. There has been a decrease in cases of corona virus in the state. During the last 24 hours, 1785 new cases of corona virus have been reported in the state. After this the total number of infected people in the state was 191629. At the same time, the death toll has come down. In the last 24 hours, 10 …