Tag: Rajasthan

Jaipur: The sorry state of Kota’s J.K. Lon Hospital is reflected in a government-appointed panel’s report which shows that around 105 children died in a span of over a month due to cold shivering in the hospital as it lacked everything a normal hospital should have. The committee formed by the Rajasthan government to probe […]

Bhubaneswar: The Railways will run special trains to Ajmer from Puri for the ‘Urs’ festival later this month. The decision has been taken after reviewing the long waiting list in regular trains, an official said. The Puri-Ajmer Special will depart at 9 am on February 26 and arrive at 4 am on February 28. In […]

New Delhi: Two new cases of coronavirus have been reported from Bengaluru and Punjab taking the total positive cases to 45 so far. A new case each was earlier reported from Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Ernakulam in Kerala, and Jammu, the Health Ministry said, adding that no deaths due to the coronavirus had been reported yet […]

Kolkata/Jaipur: Novel coronavirus cases in India rose to 271 individuals, informed Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Saturday. The total figure also includes four deaths reported from Delhi, Karnataka, Punjab and Maharashtra. “A total of 271 individuals have been confirmed positive among suspected cases and contacts of known positive cases,” said the IMCR release. […]

Chandigarh/Jaipur: Amid COVID-19 outbreak threat, Punjab and Rajasthan government have ordered complete lockdown in the states in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus. The Punjab government on Sunday decided to enforce lockdown in the entire state till March 31 in the wake of the threat of coronavirus. Punjab has so far reported 14 cases […]

Rayagada: These are testing times for Odisha students who are stuck in Kota, Rajasthan due to the nation-wide lockdown clamped to contain the spread of COVID-19. Around 13 students from Rayagada district, who are stranded in Kota, took to social media and urged Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for initiating measures for their safe return. […]

Bhubaneswar: Citing that COVID19 cases in Odisha have doubled since his last address in a short span of time, Odisha Chief Minister, Naveen Patnaik today said that the next few days are crucial for Odisha as people from other states will return and any mistake or lapses in handling the situation can lead to an […]

New Delhi: Migrant workers, tourists, students and other people stranded in different parts of the country were on Wednesday allowed to move to their respective destinations with certain conditions, giving a big relief to the distressed people. In an order, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla said buses shall be used for transport of such groups […]

Bhubaneswar: As a large number of stranded people are set to return to Odisha following the Centre facilitating their movement by trains and buses, the state government on Friday decided to allow home quarantine for returnees who live in urban pockets and, in specific cases, in rural areas after stamping on their hands. Chief Secretary […]

New Delhi: Health infrastructure should be ramped up to ensure preparedness for the next two months in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, the government has conveyed to eleven municipal areas in the country that have accounted for 70 per cent of India’s coronavirus case load. Eleven municipal areas from Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Delhi, […]

New Delhi: Heatwave conditions intensified in most parts of the northern states on Tuesday, with Churu in Rajasthan scorching at 50-degree Celsius and the mercury breaching the 47-degree mark in parts of the national capital. Kuldeep Srivastava, Head of IMD’s Regional Weather Forecasting Centre, said, “Churu today had the highest maximum temperature at 50-degree Celsius. […]

Bhubaneswar: Multi-coloured bedcovers, sarees, lehenga cholis, dolls and dupattas embellished with heavy mirror-work brought life to the otherwise lack-lustre pavements in one of busiest roads of Bhubaneswar recently. A sight that was refreshing enough to draw people, who stopped, shopped and left in a flurry. Because it was still lockdown and first unlock that functions […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday allowed the Rajasthan High Court to pronounce order on plea of 19 dissident Congress MLAs, including sacked deputy CM Sachin Pilot, against the Assembly Speaker’s notice for initiating disqualification proceedings against them, but said that it would be subject to the outcome of the petition before the top court. […]

New Delhi/Jaipur: The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has issued a whip to its erstwhile MLAs to vote against the Ashok Gehlot government in Rajasthan in case a floor test is held during the Assembly session that will begin on Friday. The six BSP MLAs had merged with the Congress last year. The BSP has termed […]

New Delhi: Six ministers of opposition ruled states — West Bengal, Punjab, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand — have jointly filed a review petition in the Supreme Court challenging its August 17 order declining to entertain pleas seeking postponement of NEET-JEE exams slated in September in the backdrop of Covid-19 pandemic. The petition has been […]