Tag: Rajasthan
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PM Modi announces Rs.2 lakh ex gratia to kin of Bharatpur victims
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday announced an ex gratia of Rs.2 lakh each for the families of those killed in a wall collapse in a marriage hall in Bharatpur in Rajasthan. Expressing his condolences, Modi said: "I am pained beyond words… My thoughts are with the families of the deceased. I hope the injured...
May 11, 2017 -
Jodhpur to get state’s first sanitary napkin incinerators
In a first for Rajasthan, incinerators for the disposal of used sanitary napkins will soon be installed in government-run girls schools here. Made of clay, the incinerators will cost very little when compared to electric ones, and convert the used napkins to ash. Zila Parishad Chief Executive Officer Pradeep K Gavande said the government has...
May 4, 2017 -
Cow vigilantism will cause more violence, Rajasthan CM told
Twenty-three former bureaucrats have urged Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje to arrest those who killed a Muslim farmer and warned that unchecked cow vigilantism will lead to "large-scale violence". "Very disturbed" by the April 1 lynching of a dairy farmer Pehlu Khan in Alwar, the ex-bureaucrats also pressed Raje to punish police and other officials...
April 24, 2017 -
Two IPS officers transferred in Rajasthan
Two IPS officers were transferred and one RAS officer was put under Awaiting Posting Orders status in Rajasthan. Akhilesh Kumar, who was posted as the SP in Sikar was shifted to Anti-Corruption Bureau as the SP, while DCP Jodhpur East Rathod Vinit Kumar was transferred to Sikar as the SP. DCP (Headquarters and Traffic) Jodhpur...
April 22, 2017 -
Suspected poacher killed in Rajasthan, locals clash with police
A 40-year-old man was killed and eight policemen were injured when members of a nomadic tribe attacked a police party which had gone to arrest him for allegedly poaching wild animals. "The eight-member police team had gone to arrest Pusa last evening near Silaria village but members of his tribe attacked it, prompting the personnel...
April 22, 2017 -
Rajasthan Gurjars to launch stir demanding quota
The Gurjar community in Rajasthan is set to launch a major agitation against the state government for failing to implement 5 per cent Special Backward Class (SBC) quota in educational institutes and government jobs for the community. Gurjar leaders have called for a public meeting at Sikandra on Saturday, nearly 70 kilometers from the state capital Jaipur and the venue has...
April 21, 2017 -
Rajasthan signs MoU with HPCL for refinery
An MoU was signed on April 18 between the Hindustan Petroelum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) and the Rajasthan government to establish a refinery-cum-petrochemical complex in Barmer. This revised MoU was signed in the presence of Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and Union Petroleum Minister Dharamendra Pradhan. Earlier, a MoU was signed with HPCL to establish a refinery-cum-petrochemical...
April 19, 2017 -
Ornate & embellished
Water is the elixir around which our existence centers. Its dearth and storage has always exercised the ingenuity of people, rich and mass alike. The Baolis or stepwells, in their different forms, have occupied a pivotal role in all the major communities and also remained a part of their tradition especially in rural Rajasthan. The...
April 15, 2017 -
Bypoll results 2017: Victory for BJP in Delhi, Himachal Pradesh and Assam
After an emphatic win in the Assembly elections in five states, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has yet again climbed the ladder of victory by winning Assam, Delhi and Himachal Pradesh bypolls. The BJP's Manjinder Singh Sirsa won the Delhi assembly byelection from the Rajouri Garden constituency, defeating rival Meenakshi Chandela of the Congress by...
April 13, 2017 -
Dholpur bypoll: VVPAT machines to be used for 1st time in Rajasthan
The voters in Rajasthan will exercise their franchise through VVPAT machines for the first time on Sunday for the bypoll to Dholpur Assembly seat, preparations for which have been completed. As many as 231 polling booths have been set up for the bypoll where the voters will exercise their franchise tomorrowthrough Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT)...
April 8, 2017 -
NHRC issues notice to Rajasthan on lynching, seeks action report
Taking suo motu cognizance of the lynching of a Muslim man by cow vigilantes in Alwar district of Rajasthan last week, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday issued notice to the Rajasthan government demanding a detailed action report. "The Commission has issued a notice to the Chief Secretary, Rajasthan calling for a detailed...
April 7, 2017 -
Cow vigilantism: SC issues notice to Centre, 6 states
In another development to the Alwar lynching incident, the Supreme Court on Friday issued notice Centre and other six states and sought response within three weeks. A top court bench issued notice to Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, Jharkhand, UP and sought a detailed report on a petition seeking ban on cow vigilante groups. According to...
April 7, 2017 -
Shocking breakdown of law in Alwar, says Rahul Gandhi
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday condemned the killing of a Muslim man in Alwar and said the government should take strict action against those responsible for the brutal and senseless attack. "We expect the government to take strict action against those responsible for the brutal and senseless attack," Rahul said in a series...
April 6, 2017 -
Liquor ban: Rajasthan denotifies highways within city limits
Rajasthan has denotified certain sections of state highways passing through populous towns, days after the Supreme Court order banning liquor vends within 500 metres of national and state highways came into effect. The chief engineer of the Public Works Department, however, said that the process of denotification has nothing to do with the apex court...
April 4, 2017 -
Man thrashed for eloping with girl in Rajasthan
A 21-year-old man was tied to a tree and brutally beaten up allegedly by the family members of a girl with whom he had eloped two months back in Rajasthan's Rajsamand district, police said on Friday. Police arrested six persons on Friday in connection with the matter after the video of the incident went viral on...
March 31, 2017 -
Opposition in RS protest Rajasthan minister’s rape remarks
Opposition parties, including the Congress on Thursday forced a brief adjournment of proceedings in the Rajya Sabha over a Rajasthan minister questioning the integrity of a student who was allegedly gangraped. Kahkashan Parveen (JD-U) raised the issue of state Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria's reported remark that it was unlikely that eight men gangraped the girl...
March 30, 2017 -
Opposition in RS protest Rajasthan minister’s rape remarks
Opposition parties, including the Congress on Thursday forced a brief adjournment of proceedings in the Rajya Sabha over a Rajasthan minister questioning the integrity of a student who was allegedly gangraped. Kahkashan Parveen (JD-U) raised the issue of state Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria's reported remark that it was unlikely that eight men gangraped the girl...
March 30, 2017