Tag: Jaipur

Jaipur: Bringing some dismay among cricket lovers, Odisha today managed to score 199 while losing all the wickets in the first innings against Gujarat in a quarterfinal match of the Ranji Trophy being played at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur of Rajasthan. With a score of 148 runs and loss of eight wickets till […]

Jaipur: Congress leader Ashok Gehlot was sworn in on Monday as the 12th Chief Minister of Rajasthan, while the party’s state president Sachin Pilot took oath as his deputy at a ceremony here. It is Gehlot’s third innings as Chief Minister. Congress President Rahul Gandhi, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Nationalist Congress Party’s chief Sharad […]

Jaipur: The total number of patients affeted by the zika virus in the city is 109, state health officials said. To contain the spread of the virus, dengue and chikungunya, health officials will conduct fogging on Saturday in different part of the city. The officials have asked the residents to keep their windows and doors […]

Jaipur: At a time when the #MeToo movement is gaining momentum in India, renowned singer Usha Uthup expressed her sadness at the entire episode. Uthup was in Jaipur to attend the MTV India Music Summit. Speaking to IANS on Friday, she said, “I am quite sad about the whole thing being blown out of proportion. […]

Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on Saturday announced free electricity for farmers up to Rs 10,000, hours before the Election Commission announced schedule for upcoming Assembly elections in the state. Addressing a public meeting in Ajmer, in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Chief Minister made the announcement. According to the announcement, […]

Jaipur: A total of 1,05,299 duplicate/fake voters appeared in Jaipurs electoral rolls and all these have been deleted, said district collector Siddharth Mahajan on Saturday. Congress had recently complained to the Election Commission demanding a probe into duplicate voters. The state election department identified the duplicate names with the help of a software, sources said. […]

Jaipur: An Indian Air Force (IAF) MiG aircraft crashed near Jodhpur in Rajasthan during a routine mission on Tuesday, the Defence PRO said. Both pilot and co-pilot ejected safely. The MiG 27 fighter jet airborne from Jodhpur came down near Devriya village. The pilots avoided dense residential colonies and the jet crashed on an open […]

Mainpuri: At least 17 people were killed and 20 injured when a bus overturned after hitting a divider here this morning, police said. The ill-fated bus carrying around 60-70 people was on its way to Farrukhabad from Jaipur in Rajasthan, Mainpuri Additional Superintendent of Police Om Prakash Singh told PTI. “The bus overturned after hitting […]

Jaipur: The first phase of the night tourism project ensuring illumination of the walled city in Rajasthan has been completed and was launched late on Friday night by Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, an official said on Saturday. This phase covers Chaura Rasta, Tripolia Gate and New Gate in the city, while work in the remaining […]

Jaipur: At least 30 people were killed and 15 injured when a passenger bus fell into a river on Saturday near Rajasthan’s Sawai Madhopur, police said. The Sawai Madhopur-Lalsot bus was driven by a 16-year-old conductor who lost control due to over-speeding, officials said. The bus skidded and fell off a bridge into the Banas […]

Mumbai: Over 50 artists — from Hindustani and Carnatic classical to jazz, folk, devotional, electronica and more — will celebrate non-Bollywood music at the MTV India Music Summit, to be held in Jaipur October 27-29. The summit, which will be attended by artists from various backgrounds and belonging to different genres of music, will be […]

Jaipur: Odisha staged a comeback of sorts to find themselves at a respectable 184/8 at stumps on the second day of their Ranji Trophy cricket quarter-final tie against Gujarat here on Saturday. All-rounder Deepak Behera (34 not out) and tailender Basant Mohanty (4 not out) were at the crease, as Odisha still trailed by 79 […]

New Delhi: Former Commonwealth Championships medallists Amandeep Singh and Sunil Siwach will be among the competitors in the six all-Indian undercard bouts of Vijender Singh’s showdown against Ghana’s Ernest Amuzu on December 23 in Jaipur. The undefeated Vijender will take on Amuzu in a double title fight in which his WBO Asia Pacific and Oriental […]

New Delhi: Low-cost carrier SpiceJet today announced the launch of a second direct flight between Udaipur and Jaipur starting October 13. The airline will deploy its 78-seater Bombardier Q400 aircraft on this route. The new flight will take off from Jaipur at 6.35 pm and reach Udaipur at 7.45 pm. The return flight will leave […]

An eight-year-old boy was allegedly killed after he resisted a sodomy attempt in Sawaimadhopur district here, police said today